Australian per caput dose from diagnostic imaging and nuclear medicine
| Autor: | Paul Marks, D. Tingey, Peter N. Johnston, K. Edmonds, Anna Hayton, Anthony Wallace |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
| Předmět: |
Diagnostic Imaging
endocrine system medicine.medical_specialty viruses Radiography Frequency data Radiation Dosage Radiography Interventional Effective dose (radiation) Ionizing radiation Radiation Protection Radiation Monitoring Radiation Ionizing Medical imaging Humans Medicine Fluoroscopy Mammography Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Radiometry neoplasms Radiation Radiological and Ultrasound Technology medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Australia Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health General Medicine Radiation monitoring Radiology Nuclear Medicine Tomography X-Ray Computed business Nuclear medicine |
| Zdroj: | Radiation Protection Dosimetry. 156:445-450 |
| ISSN: | 1742-3406 0144-8420 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/rpd/nct101 |
| Popis: | The largest man-made contributor to the ionising radiation dose to the Australian population is from diagnostic imaging and nuclear medicine. The last estimation of this dose was made in 2004 (1.3 mSv), this paper describes a recent re-evaluation of this dose to reflect the changes in imaging trends and technology. The estimation was calculated by summing the dose from five modalities, computed tomography (CT), general radiography/fluoroscopy, interventional procedures, mammography and nuclear medicine. Estimates were made using Australian frequency data and dose data from a range of Australian and international sources of average effective dose values. The ionising radiation dose to the Australian population in 2010 from diagnostic imaging and nuclear medicine is estimated to be 1.7 mSv (1.11 mSv CT, 0.30 mSv general radiography/fluoroscopy, 0.17 mSv interventional procedures, 0.03 mSv mammography and 0.10 mSv nuclear medicine). This exceeds the estimate of 1.5 mSv per person from natural background and cosmic radiation. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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