The objective was to quantify thyroid cancer incidence and mortality trends in Portugal. The
number of thyroid cancer cases and incidence rates were retrieved from the Regional …

A nation-wide survey on radiation doses in diagnostic and interventional radiology was
conducted in Switzerland in 1998 aiming at establishing their collective radiological impact …

Recently the Brazilian health organisation published information concerning the number of
hospitals, details of radiological equipment and frequency of medical examinations in the …

The International Atomic Energy Agency has recommended guidance levels of dose for
diagnostic radiography for a typical adult patient. These levels were intended to act as …

Objective: It was the aim of this study to investigate radiation doses for commonly performed
paediatric X-ray examinations (skull, chest, abdomen and pelvis) in public hospitals in …

In a wide range of medical fields, technological advancements have led to an increase in the
average collective dose in national populations worldwide. Periodic estimations of the …

The purpose of this study is to support retrospective dose estimation for epidemiological
studies by providing estimates of historical absorbed organ doses to the brain, lens of the …

Entrance surface dose from two diagnostic x-ray centers in Nigeria for three common
radiological examinations is presented in this study. Entrance surface doses for 294 patients …

The aim of this study was to evaluate the entrance surface doses (ESDs) to patients
undergoing chest and lumbar spine X-ray examinations in Najran, Saudi Arabia. ESD per …

Ziel: Bereitstellung von Konversionsfaktoren zur Rekonstruktion von Organdosen aus der
Einfalldosis bei der konventionellen Röntgenuntersuchung des Thorax unter …