PMID- 30824932
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20200701
LR  - 20200701
IS  - 1742-3406 (Electronic)
IS  - 0144-8420 (Linking)
VI  - 185
IP  - 2
DP  - 2019 Dec 23
TI  - PATIENT DOSE SURVEY BASED ON SIZE-SPECIFIC DOSE ESTIMATE AND ACCEPTABLE QUALITY 
      DOSE IN CHEST AND ABDOMEN/PELVIS CT EXAMINATIONS.
PG  - 176-182
LID - 10.1093/rpd/ncy288 [doi]
AB  - The practical aspects of two recently developed patient dose optimization methods 
      in computed tomography (CT) examinations, size-specific dose estimate (SSDE) and 
      acceptable quality dose (AQD), were verified for the chest and abdomen/pelvis 
      examinations. A dose survey was performed in a CT institute by considering 
      patients lateral diameter, weight and body mass index (BMI). The AQD tables for 
      weight and BMI groups and SSDE threshold curves were obtained. The mean of volume 
      CT dose index and dose length product for standard-size patients were compared 
      with the national diagnostic reference levels (NDRLs) of Iran. The results show 
      that patient doses are below the NDRLs. It is more reliable to report the AQDs 
      based on SSDE and for BMI groups which can well take into account patient size in 
      the dose optimization process. The SSDE threshold curves can be determined with 
      more precision by including dose data of all possible sizes in the curves.
CI  - (c) The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. 
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FAU - Mehdipour, Ali
AU  - Mehdipour A
AD  - Department of Radiology, Faculty of Paramedical, Rafsanjan University of Medical 
      Sciences, PO BOX, Rafsanjan, Iran.
FAU - Parsi, Masoumeh
AU  - Parsi M
AD  - Immunology of Infectious Diseases Research Center, Rafsanjan University of 
      Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran.
FAU - Khorram, Faezeh-Sadat
AU  - Khorram FS
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - Radiat Prot Dosimetry
JT  - Radiation protection dosimetry
JID - 8109958
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Aged, 80 and over
MH  - Body Mass Index
MH  - Body Size
MH  - Body Weight
MH  - Humans
MH  - Image Processing, Computer-Assisted/methods
MH  - Iran
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Neoplasms/*diagnostic imaging/pathology
MH  - Pelvis/*diagnostic imaging
MH  - Quality Assurance, Health Care/*standards
MH  - Radiation Dosage
MH  - Radiography, Abdominal/*methods
MH  - Radiography, Thoracic/*methods
MH  - *Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - Tomography, X-Ray Computed/*methods
MH  - Young Adult
EDAT- 2019/03/03 06:00
MHDA- 2020/07/02 06:00
CRDT- 2019/03/03 06:00
PHST- 2018/04/03 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2018/12/01 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2019/01/02 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2019/03/03 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2020/07/02 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2019/03/03 06:00 [entrez]
AID - 5368224 [pii]
AID - 10.1093/rpd/ncy288 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Radiat Prot Dosimetry. 2019 Dec 23;185(2):176-182. doi: 10.1093/rpd/ncy288.