PEDIATRIC HEAD CT EXPOSURE DOSES IN TUNISIA: A PILOT STUDY TOWARDS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL DIAGNOSTIC REFERENCE LEVELS

Autor:	Latifa Ben Omrane, Mohamed Mogaadi, Wiem Douira Khomsi, Abir Bouaoun, Azza Hammou, Asma Zidi
Rok vydání:	2018
Předmět:	Male medicine.medical_specialty Tunisia Adolescent Pilot Projects Radiation Dosage Effective dose (radiation) Pediatric ct 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Age groups Reference Values medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Medical physics Child Good practice Radiation Radiological and Ultrasound Technology business.industry Infant Newborn Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Infant General Medicine Patient data Child Preschool 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Geographic regions Female Radiation protection Tomography X-Ray Computed business Monte Carlo Method
Zdroj:	Radiation Protection Dosimetry. 182:241-251
ISSN:	1742-3406 0144-8420
Popis:	The purpose of this study was to assess and analyze the radiation doses during head pediatric CT from different CT units within six Tunisian hospitals representing different geographic regions in order to optimize the dose given and minimize the radiology risk to this category of patients and towards the derivation of national diagnostic reference levels. Patient data and exposure parameters were collected for four age groups (
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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