EFFECT OF PELVIC LEAD SHIELD ON ORGAN DOSES IN POSTERO-ANTERIOR CHEST RADIOGRAPHY.

Lead shields are commonly used in X-ray imaging to protect radiosensitive organs and to minimise patient's radiation dose. However, they might also complicate or interfere with the examination, and even decrease the diagnostic value if they are positioned incorrectly. In this study, the radiation dose effect of waist half-apron lead shield was examined via Monte Carlo simulations of postero-anterior (PA) chest radiography examinations using a female anthropomorphic phantom.

The Use of Model-based Iterative Reconstruction to Optimize Chest CT Examinations for Diagnosing Lung Metastases in Patients with Sarcoma: A Phantom Study.

Rationale And Objectives: This phantom study aimed to evaluate low-dose (LD) chest computed tomography (CT) protocols using model-based iterative reconstruction (MBIR) for diagnosing lung metastases in patients with sarcoma.

Materials And Methods: An adult female anthropomorphic phantom was scanned with a 64-slice CT using four LD protocols and a standard-dose protocol. Absorbed organ doses were measured with 10 metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor dosimeters.

Fetal radiation dose in three common CT examinations during pregnancy - Monte Carlo study.

Purpose: To determine fetal doses in different stages of pregnancy in three common computed tomography (CT) examinations: pulmonary CT angiography, abdomino-pelvic and trauma scan with Monte Carlo (MC) simulations.

Methods: An adult female anthropomorphic phantom was scanned with a 64-slice CT using pulmonary angiography, abdomino-pelvic and trauma CT scan protocols. Three different sized gelatin boluses placed on the phantom's abdomen simulated different stages of pregnancy.

Incident air kerma to absorbed organ dose conversion factors for breast and lung in PA thorax radiography: The effect of patient thickness and radiation quality.

Purpose: Converting the measurable quantities to patient organ doses in projection radiography is usually based on a standard-sized patient model and a specific radiation quality, which are likely to differ from the real situation. Large inaccuracies can therefore be obtained in organ doses, because organ doses are dependent on the exposure parameters, exposure geometry and patient anatomy. In this study, the effect of radiation quality and patient thickness on the organ dose conversion factors were determined.