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A New Method for Estimating of Patient Effective Dose in Computed Tomography Based on Body Mass Index: Performance of the Method in Abdomen-Pelvic Examination

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  • Mohammad Hossein Jamshidi

    (Department of Radiologic Technology, Faculty of Paramedicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran)

  • Mohammad Reza Deevband

    (Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical engineering, Shahid-Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Iran)

  • Mohammad Javad Tahmasebi Birgani

    (Faculty of Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Iran)

  • Ali Yadollahpour

    (Department of Radiation Therapy, Golestan Hospital, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Iran)

  • Morteza Tahmasebi

    (Department of Radiology, Golestan Hospital, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Iran)

Abstract

Along with all the benefits that CT-scan has, the dose is much higher than other radiology procedures. The nobility of the present scientific study was to investigate how the introduction of MDCT scanners and patient-size-dependent imaging protocols have affected patient doses.

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  • Mohammad Hossein Jamshidi & Mohammad Reza Deevband & Mohammad Javad Tahmasebi Birgani & Ali Yadollahpour & Morteza Tahmasebi, 2018. "A New Method for Estimating of Patient Effective Dose in Computed Tomography Based on Body Mass Index: Performance of the Method in Abdomen-Pelvic Examination," Current Trends in Clinical & Medical Imaging, Juniper Publishers Inc., vol. 2(2), pages 27-31, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:adp:jctcmi:v:2:y:2018:i:2:p:27-31
    DOI: 10.19080/CTCMI.2018.02.555584
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