ESTABLISHMENT OF LOCAL DIAGNOSTIC REFERENCE LEVEL FOR ROUTINE PAEDIATRIC COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY EXAMINATIONS IN BAFOUSSAM WEST CAMEROON

Autor:	Eddy Fotso Kamdem, Odette Ngano Samba, Cedric Tetchoka Manemo, Brice Bertrand Foubi Kouam, Serge Abogo, Joshua Tambe, Jean Claude Mballa Amougou, Emilienne Guegang, Odile Fernande Zeh, Boniface Moifo, Célestine Nguemgne, Narcisse Fidèle Nwedjiwe Nana, Alain Jervé Fotue
Rok vydání:	2022
Předmět:	Radiation Radiological and Ultrasound Technology Reference Values Diagnostic Reference Levels Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Cameroon General Medicine Child Radiation Dosage Tomography X-Ray Computed Retrospective Studies
Zdroj:	Radiation Protection Dosimetry. 198:815-820
ISSN:	1742-3406 0144-8420
DOI:	10.1093/rpd/ncac143
Popis:	The main purpose of this study was to determine local diagnostic reference level (LDRL) for routine computed tomography (CT) examination in Bafoussam, western Cameroon. The exposure parameters and dose quantities were collected manually. This retrospective, evaluative and comparative study was conducted to determine LDRLs for routine head CT examination in Bafoussam, to optimize these procedures in the region. The 75th percentile values of the calculated volume CT dose index (CTDIvol) and dose length product (DLP) were proposed as LDRL. The sample was classified in four age groups
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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