Assessment of patient exposure to X-radiation from SPECT/CT scanners

N Hara, M Onoguchi, K Takenaka… - Journal of nuclear …, 2010 - Soc Nuclear Med
In the operation of any SPECT/CT system, in addition to internal radiation exposure (γ-ray)
resulting from administration of radiopharmaceuticals, external radiation exposure (x-ray) …

Scan region and organ doses in computed tomography

W He, SA Marzolf, S Tipnis… - Radiation protection …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
The purpose of this study was to investigate how the choice of the scanned region affects
organ doses in CT. ImPACT CT Patient Dosimetry Calculator (version 1.0) was used to …

Assessment of effective dose from cone beam CT imaging in SPECT/CT examination in comparison with other modalities

E Tonkopi, AA Ross - Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The aim of this study was to assess radiation dose from the cone beam computed
tomography (CBCT) component of single photon emission tomography/computed …

Estimate of organ radiation absorbed doses in clinical CT using the radiation treatment planning system

T Fujibuchi, N Funabashi, M Hashimoto… - Radiation protection …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Organ absorbed doses in computed tomography (CT) scans can be measured with
anatomical phantoms but not inside the human body. In this study, a straightforward method …

[HTML][HTML] Direct measurement of radiation exposure dose to individual organs during diagnostic computed tomography examination

K Yamashita, K Higashino, H Hayashi, K Takegami… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Ionizing radiation from Computed tomography (CT) examinations and the associated health
risks are growing concerns. The purpose of this study was to directly measure individual …

Organ and effective dose evaluation in diagnostic radiology based on in-phantom dose measurements with novel photodiode-dosemeters

C Kawaura, T Aoyama, S Koyama… - Radiation protection …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Organ and the effective doses of patients undergoing clinical X ray examinations of chest
and abdomen were evaluated with an anthropomorphic phantom and a new dosimetry …

Multicenter Investigation of the Effective Dose for Whole-body CT Scanning.

T Sato, Y Saito, N Saito, M Ooba - Nihon Hoshasen Gijutsu Gakkai …, 2017 - europepmc.org
Objective To study whether the actual radiation exposure is different between computed
tomography (CT) scanners and medical centers when the same patient is scanned, we …

Radiation exposure levels of routine SPECT/CT imaging protocols

I Rausch, FG Füchsel, C Kuderer, M Hentschel… - European journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Aims To assess incremental and total patient exposure from clinical SPECT/CT imaging by
means of effective dose estimations with regards to different protocols and SPECT/CT …

Estimation of patient organ doses from CT examinations in Tanzania

JE Ngaile, PK Msaki - Journal of applied clinical medical …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Although the use of CT in medical diagnosis delivers radiation doses to patients that are
higher than those from other radiological procedures, lack of optimized protocols could be …

Relationship between specific organ doses and volumetric CT dose indices in multidetector CT studies

K Matsubara, K Koshida, K Noto… - Journal of Medical …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Organ doses are useful for estimating radiation doses to patients. However, it is impossible
to determine specific organ doses for each patient. The aim of this study was to examine the …