Organ dose conversion coefficients in CT scans for Korean adult males and females [PDF]
Nuclear Engineering and Technology, 2022 Dose monitoring in CT patients requires accurate dose estimation but most of the CT dose calculation tools are based on Caucasian computational phantoms.
Choonsik Lee +5 more
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Assessing the Organ Dose in Diagnostic Imaging with Digital Tomosynthesis System Using TLD100H Dosimeters [PDF]
TomographyBackground: Digital tomosynthesis (DTS) is an advanced imaging modality that enhances diagnostic accuracy by offering three-dimensional visualization from two-dimensional projections, which is particularly beneficial in breast and lung imaging.
Giuseppe Stella +5 more
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Breast Organ Dose and Radiation Exposure Reduction in Full-Spine Radiography: A Phantom Model Using PCXMC [PDF]
DiagnosticsBackground/Objectives: Full-spine radiography is frequently performed from childhood to adulthood, raising concerns about radiation-induced breast cancer risk.
Manami Nemoto, Koichi Chida
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A Critical Appraisal of System-Reported Organ Dose (OD) Versus Manually Calculated Mean Glandular Dose (MGD) in Dubai’s Mammography Services [PDF]
DiagnosticsBackground: This study compares system-reported organ doses (ODs) to manually calculated mean glandular doses (MGDs) in mammography across multiple centers and manufacturers in Dubai.
Kaltham Abdulwahid Mohammad Noor +4 more
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Organ dose reconstruction for the radiation epidemiological study of Korean radiation workers: The first dose evaluation for the Korean Radiation Worker Study (KRWS) [PDF]
Nuclear Engineering and Technology, 2023 The Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences has started a radiation epidemiological study, titled ''Korean Radiation Worker Study,'' to evaluate the health effects of occupational exposure to radiation.
Tae-Eun Kwon +8 more
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A Statistical Approach to Assess Biological Equivalent Mean Organ Dose (MOD) for Different Fractionations in Thoracic Radiotherapy [PDF]
BiomedicinesBackground: With advances in radiotherapy technology, there are more technological options and fractionation regiments for different stages of lung cancer.
Siyao Zhong +7 more
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Diagnostic CT organ dose estimation in whole-body PET/CT examinations–comparison of a patient-specific monte carlo approach and a computational phantom-based CT dosimetry tool [PDF]
EJNMMI PhysicsBackground Studies evaluating the impact of advances in CT dosimetry tools on CT organ dose estimations are often limited to a comparison with TLD measurements in anthropomorphic phantoms or a comparison of different dosimetry tools using computational ...
Gwenny Verfaillie +2 more
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A comparison of pediatric and adult CT organ dose estimation methods [PDF]
BMC Medical Imaging, 2017 Background Computed Tomography (CT) contributes up to 50% of the medical exposure to the United States population. Children are considered to be at higher risk of developing radiation-induced tumors due to the young age of exposure and increased tissue ...
Yiming Gao +9 more
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Ionizing radiation and volumetric mammographic density
International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, 2022 Objectives Mammographic density (MD) refers to the percentage of dense tissue of an entire breast and was proposed to be used as a surrogate marker for breast cancer.
Beata Pepłońska +3 more
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Thyroid abnormalities and influencing factors in medical radiology workers in Guangdong Province
环境与职业医学, 2023 BackgroundThe thyroid gland is one of the organs sensitive to ionizing radiation, and there are few studies on the effects of long-term exposure to low doses of ionizing radiation on the thyroid gland of radiation workers. ObjectiveTo investigate thyroid
Xiaolian LIU +9 more
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