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- Title
EFFECTIVE DOSE EVALUATION FOR CHEST AND ABDOMEN X-RAY TESTS.
- Authors
Lee, S. C.; Wang, J. N.; Liu, S. C.; Jiang, S. H.
- Abstract
The radiation doses resulting from diagnostic X-ray examinations are routinely measured in terms of entrance skin exposure (ESE). In this study, for the purpose of radiation protection, the radiation doses received from chest and abdomen X-ray tests were evaluated in terms of equivalent dose and effective dose. The dose calculations were conducted by using the MCNP Monte Carlo code and an adult hermaphrodite mathematical phantom. The effects of both operating high voltage and projection geometry on the effective dose were investigated. The absolute values of the effective doses may be provided from the national average ESE.
- Subjects
RADIOTHERAPY safety; X-ray spectroscopy; MONTE Carlo method; IMAGING phantoms; MEDICAL dosimetry; MEDICAL radiology
- Publication
Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 2005, Vol 116, Issue 1-4, p613
- ISSN
0144-8420
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/rpd/nci007