Investigating and Comparing Safety Level of Thyroid and Eye Effective Radiation Dose in Cranial Multi Slice CT Scans

Autor: Vahid Changizi, Fereshteh Mohammadi, Ebrahiminia Ali
Jazyk: perština
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: پیاورد سلامت, Vol 11, Iss 5, Pp 532-540 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1735-8132
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Popis: Background and Aim: CT scan as a medical imaging modality delivers high radiation dose to the patients. Since eye and thyroid are two radiosensitive organs in this study, those effective doses were evaluated in brain CT scan. Using TLD as dosimeter. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out in three selective hospitals in Rasht in September and October in year 2016.TLD was used as personal dosimeter. To measure the effective dose, TLDs were put on the patient’s eyes and thyroid and the mean effective dose was evaluated in brain CT scan. Results were analytical using SPSS software and Anova (P
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