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Effective dose in medicine [PDF]

open access: yesAnnals of the ICRP, 2020
The International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) developed effective dose as a quantity related to risk for occupational and public exposure. There was a need for a similar dose quantity linked to risk for making everyday decisions relating to medical procedures.
C.J. Martin
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Use of effective dose [PDF]

open access: yesAnnals of the ICRP, 2016
International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) Publication 103 provided a detailed explanation of the purpose and use of effective dose and equivalent dose to individual organs and tissues. Effective dose has proven to be a valuable and robust quantity for use in the implementation of protection principles.
J D, Harrison   +7 more
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Cumulative effective dose from recurrent CT examinations in Europe: proposal for clinical guidance based on an ESR EuroSafe Imaging survey

open access: yesEuropean Radiology, 2021
In recent years, the issue of cumulative effective dose received from recurrent computed tomography examinations has become a subject of increasing concern internationally.
G. Frija   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Dosimetric quantities and effective dose in medical imaging: a summary for medical doctors

open access: yesInsights into Imaging, 2021
This review presents basic information on the dosimetric quantities used in medical imaging for reporting patient doses and establishing diagnostic reference levels.
E. Vañó   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Patient Exposure from Radiologic and Nuclear Medicine Procedures in the United States: Procedure Volume and Effective Dose for the Period 2006-2016.

open access: yesRadiology, 2020
Background Comprehensive assessments of the frequency and associated doses from radiologic and nuclear medicine procedures are rarely conducted. The use of these procedures and the population-based radiation dose increased remarkably from 1980 to 2006 ...
F. Mettler   +15 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Pretreatment of secondary effluents in view of optimal ozone-based AOP removal of trace organic contaminants : bench-scale comparison of efficiency and energy consumption [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
This study compares the performance of several ozone-based advanced oxidation processes (AOPs), in combination with filtration, in terms of trace organic contaminant (TrOC) removal efficiency and energy and cost requirement.
Demeestere, Kristof   +2 more
core   +1 more source

The Importance of Direct Progeny Measurements for Correct Estimation of Effective Dose Due to Radon and Thoron

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health, 2020
Radon (Rn), thoron (Tn), and thoron progeny (TnP) were measured in seven inhabited areas of the uranium and thorium bearing region of Lolodorf, located in southwestern Cameroon.
Guillaume Samuel Bineng   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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