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- The study assessed radiation exposure from CT localizer radiographs for the trunk using a radiophotoluminescent glass dosimeter at four measurement points.
- The entrance surface dose was measured under specific conditions, showing 0.80 mGy and 0.74 mGy at the center for the upper and lower X-ray tubes, respectively.
- The results indicated that these doses were significantly higher than the 2015 Japanese diagnostic reference levels for chest X-rays, suggesting that CT localizer radiographs contribute notably to radiation exposure.
Article Abstract
This research measured the radiation exposure of the computed tomography(CT) localizer radiograph of the trunk of the body. The entrance surface dose for CT localizer radiograph was measured using radiophotoluminescent glass dosimeter(RPLD) on four points of measurement, including the center of the phantom, on the surface of a phantom placed in the center of a CT bed, assuming that the subject has a thickness of 20 cm. The entrance surface dose of the localizer radiograph under the chest CT protocol manufacturer's initial setting conditions of 120 kV 35 mA was 0.80 mGy at the center and 0.53 for the 4-location average for the upper X-ray tube (excluding the CT bed), and 0.74 mGy at the center and 0.48 mGy for the 4-location average for the lower X-ray tube (including the CT bed). Compared to the Japan DRLs 2015 chest X-ray (P→A), the entrance surface dose was 2.67 times at the center and 1.77 times for the 4-location average for the upper X-ray tube and 2.47 times at the center and 1.60 times for the 4-location average for the lower X-ray tube. The CT radiation dose also cannot be ignored for the localizer radiograph entrance surface dose.
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