Effective dose and energy imparted in diagnostic radiology
The patient effective dose, E, is an indicator of the stochastic radiation risk associated with radiographic or fluoroscopic x-ray examinations. Determining effective doses for radiologic examinations by measurement or calculation is generally very difficult. By contrast, the energy imparted, ε, to...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Medical physics (Lancaster) 1997-08, Vol.24 (8), p.1311-1316 |
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Zusammenfassung: | The patient effective dose,
E,
is an indicator of the stochastic radiation risk associated with radiographic or fluoroscopic x-ray examinations. Determining effective doses for radiologic examinations by measurement or calculation is generally very difficult. By contrast, the energy imparted, ε, to the patient may be obtained from the x-ray exposure-area product incident on the patient. As energy imparted is approximately proportional to the effective dose for any given x-ray radiographic view, the availability of
E/ε
ratios for common radiographic projections provides a convenient way for estimating effective doses. Ratios of
E/ε
were obtained for 68 projections using
E
and ε values obtained from published dosimetry data computed using Monte Carlo techniques on an adult anthropomorphic phantom. The average
E/ε
ratio for the 68 projections in adults was 17.8±1.4 mSv/J, whereas uniform whole body irradiation corresponds to 14.1 mSv/J. The major determinant of
E/ε
ratios was the projection employed (the body region irradiated and x-ray beam orientation), whereas the tube potential and beam filtration were of secondary importance. Adult
E/ε
ratios may also be used to obtain effective doses to pediatric patients undergoing x-ray examinations by application of a correction factor based on the patient mass. |
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ISSN: | 0094-2405 2473-4209 |
DOI: | 10.1118/1.598153 |