Computed tomography diagnostic reference levels for adult brain, chest and abdominal examinations: A systematic review

I Garba, F Zarb, MF McEntee, SG Fabri - Radiography, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives Radiation dose variation within and among Computed Tomography (CT) centres
is commonly reported. This work systematically reviewed published articles on adult …

Pediatric computed tomography dose optimization strategies: A literature review

KMS Al Mahrooqi, CKC Ng, Z Sun - Journal of medical imaging and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Introduction Computed tomography (CT) dose optimization is an important issue in
radiography because CT is the largest contributor to medical radiation dose and its use is …

Identifying institutional diagnostic reference levels for CT with radiation dose index monitoring software

K MacGregor, I Li, T Dowdell, BG Gray - Radiology, 2015 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To retrospectively evaluate radiation optimization efforts over 4 years for three
computed tomography (CT) protocols and to determine institutional (local) diagnostic …

Diagnostic reference levels for common computed tomography (CT) examinations: results from the first Nigerian nationwide dose survey

EU Ekpo, T Adejoh, JD Akwo, OC Emeka… - Journal of …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Purpose. To explore doses from common adult computed tomography (CT) examinations
and propose national diagnostic reference levels (nDRLs) for Nigeria. Materials and …

Radiation doses from head, neck, chest and abdominal CT examinations: an institutional dose report

E Atlı, SA Uyanık, U Öğüşlü, HÇ Cenkeri… - Diagnostic and …, 2020 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
PURPOSE We aimed to obtain typical values for head, neck, chest, and abdominal
computed tomography (CT) examinations from routine patients in 2018, and to review our …

Local clinical diagnostic reference levels for chest and abdomen CT examinations in adults as a function of body mass index and clinical indication: a prospective …

H Brat, F Zanca, S Montandon, D Racine, B Rizk… - European …, 2019 - Springer
Objectives To compare institutional dose levels based on clinical indication and BMI class to
anatomy-based national DRLs (NDRLs) in chest and abdomen CT examinations and to …

Dosimetric and radiation cancer risk evaluation of high resolution thorax CT during COVID-19 outbreak

C Ghetti, O Ortenzia, M Maddalo, L Altabella… - Physica Medica, 2020 - Elsevier
Purpose The aim of this work was to evaluate the dosimetric impact of high-resolution thorax
CT during COVID-19 outbreak in the University Hospital of Parma. In two months we have …

Pediatric chest CT diagnostic reference ranges: development and application

KJ Strauss, MJ Goske, AJ Towbin, D Sengupta… - Radiology, 2017 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To determine diagnostic reference ranges on the basis of the size of a pediatric
patient's chest and to develop a method to estimate computed tomographic (CT) scanner …

Establishment of a local diagnostic reference level for computed tomography chest and abdomen in two different cities in Saudi Arabia

AM Ahmed, A Musa, A Medani, M Mahmoud… - Applied Radiation and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background and aim Spiral computed tomography (CT) scans, which are considered a high-
contrast resolution, quick and cross-sectional imaging technique, have grown in popularity …

Indication-based national diagnostic reference levels for paediatric CT: a new approach with proposed values

H Järvinen, R Seuri, M Kortesniemi… - Radiation protection …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Indication-based national diagnostic reference levels (DRLs) for a few most common
paediatric computed tomography (CT) examinations are proposed. Patient dose data …