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- Title
MEASUREMENT OF PATIENT RADIATION DOSES IN CERTAIN UROGRAPHY PROCEDURES.
- Authors
Sulieman, A.; Barakat, H.; Zailae, A.; Abuderman, A.; Theodorou, K.
- Abstract
Patients are exposed to significant radiation doses during diagnostic and interventional urologic procedures. This study aimed to measure patient entrance surface air kerma (ESAK) and to estimate the effective dose during intravenous urography (IVU), extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy (ESWL), and ascending urethogram (ASU) procedures. ESAK was measured in patients using calibrated thermo luminance dosimeters, GR200A). Effective doses (E) were calculated using the National Radiological Protection Board (NRPB) software. A total of 179 procedures were investigated. 27.9 % of the patients underwent IVU procedures, 27.9 % underwent ESWL procedures and 44.2 % underwent ASU procedures. The mean ESAK was 2.1, 4.18 and 4.9 mGy for IVU, ESWL, and ASU procedures, respectively. Differences in patient ESAK for the same procedure were observed. The mean ESAK values were comparable with those in previous studies.
- Subjects
RADIATION dosimetry; RADIATION doses; URINARY organ radiography; ULTRASONIC lithotripsy; DOSIMETERS; PUBLIC Health England
- Publication
Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 2015, Vol 165, Issue 1-4, p397
- ISSN
0144-8420
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/rpd/ncv185