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Radiation doses with various body weights of phantoms in brain 128-slice MDCT examination
Author(s) -
HungChih Lin,
Te-Jen Lai,
HsienChun Tseng,
Ching-Hsiang Wang,
Yen-Ling Tseng,
Chien-Yi Chen
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of radiation research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.643
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1349-9157
pISSN - 0449-3060
DOI - 10.1093/jrr/rrz029
Subject(s) - thermoluminescent dosimeter , nuclear medicine , medicine , imaging phantom , dosimeter , effective dose (radiation) , dosimetry
The effective dose (H E ) and organ or tissue equivalent dose (H T ) for use in brain computed tomography (CT) examinations with various body weights were evaluated. Thermoluminescent dosimeters (TLD-100H) were inserted into Rando and five anthropomorphic phantoms. These phantoms were made of polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA), according to the specifications of ICRU 48, with masses from 10 to 90 kg. Brain CT examinations were conducted, scanning the maxillae from the external auditory meatus to the parietal bone using a 128-slice multi-detector CT (MDCT) scanner. To reduce errors, three independent trials were conducted. Calculated H E,TLD , based on the weighting factor recommended by ICRP 103, was 1.72 ± 0.28 mSv, which slightly exceeds the H E,DLP of 1.70 mSv, that was calculated from the dose–length product (DLP) of the Rando phantom. This experiment yielded H E,TLD values of ICRP 103 from the highest 1.85 ± 0.28 (90 kg) to the lowest 1.47 ± 0.22 (10 kg) mSv. H E,TLD (mSv) = 5.45×10 −3 W(kg) + 1.361, with an R 2 of 0.87667. Using the DLP protocol, H E,DLP was estimated from CTDI vol that was recorded directly from the console display of the CT unit and multiplied by the conversion coefficient ( k ) recommended by the ICRP 103. Finally, the experimental results obtained herein are compared with those in the literature. Physicians should choose and adjust protocols to prevent the exposure of patients to unnecessary radiation, satisfying the as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA) principle. These findings will be valuable to patients, physicians, radiologists and the public.

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