Monte Carlo estimation of radiation doses in red bone marrow and breast in common pediatric x-ray examinations |
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| Authors: | Gialousis George I Yakoumakis Emmanuel N Dimitriadis Anastasios I Papouli Zografia K Yakoumakis Nikolaos E Tsalafoutas Ioannis A Papadopoulou Despoina I Georgiou Evangelos K |
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| Affiliation: | Medical Physics Department, Medical School, University of Athens, 75 Mikras Asias Str. Goudi 11527, Athens, Greece. gialousis@med.uoa.gr |
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Radiation exposure was investigated for children undergoing various common radiographies in three dedicated pediatric hospitals in Greece. Kerma in air at the entrance of the beam (Ka,e) was measured with thermoluminescent dosimeters. Ka,e values ranged from 0.09 mGy to 5.52 mGy and were found to be greater in Hospital C, because of the increased high voltage and time-current product used by the radiation technologists. Equivalent doses in red bone marrow and breast were estimated with Monte Carlo simulation by PCXMC code. Values ranged from 2 microSv to 204 microSv for red bone marrow and from 0 to 817 muSv for breast. Variation in doses occurred due to field size, high voltage setting, and Ka,e. |
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