EXPOSURE OF THE SWISS POPULATION BY RADIODIAGNOSTICS: 2013 REVIEW
| Autor: | Le Coultre, R., Bize, J., Champendal, M., Wittwer, D., Ryckx, N., Aroua, A., Trueb, P., Verdun, F.R. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Databases
Factual Environmental Exposure/analysis Humans Pilot Projects Radiation Dosage Radiation Monitoring/methods Radiography/adverse effects Radiography/statistics & numerical data Radiography Interventional/adverse effects Radiography Interventional/statistics & numerical data Switzerland Tomography X-Ray Computed/methods X-Rays |
| Zdroj: | Radiation protection dosimetry, vol. 169, no. 1-4, pp. 221-224 |
| Popis: | In 2013, a nationwide investigation was conducted in Switzerland to establish the population's exposure from medical X rays. A hybrid approach was used combining the Raddose database accessible on-line by the participating practices and the Swiss medical tariffication system for hospitals. This study revealed that the average annual number of examinations is 1.2 per inhabitant, and the associated annual effective dose is 1.4 mSv. It also showed that computed tomography is the most irradiating modality and that it delivers 70 % of the total dose. The annual effective dose per inhabitant registered a 17 % increase in 5 y and is comparable with what was recently reported in neighbouring countries. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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