Estimation of effective dose during hystrosalpingography procedures in certain hospitals in Sudan

Alzimami, K.; Sulieman, Abdelmoneim; Babikir, E.; Alsafi, Khalid; Alkhorayef, M.; Omer, Hammad

doi:10.1016/j.apradiso.2015.02.009

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“…The least incidence cancer risk is about 14 per 100,000 (1:7000); this is considered a low risk and the highest incidence cancer risk is about 156 per 100,000; this is categorized as moderate risk [10]. Large variation in radiation dose values as recorded in this study is well documented in literature [11][12][13][14]. Radiation risk models are a function of patient dose and age at exposure.…”

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confidence: 51%

“…The impact of exposure parameters to entrance (ESD) in this study is significant as shown in Table 3 and 4. Literature has shown that the use of appropriate exposure parameters is a means of dose reduction strategy [11,15]. It is evidenced in this study that the choice of appropriate exposure parameters was responsible for the low ESD recorded in centre F. This implies that the implementation of appropriate dose reduction methods are more pronounced in centre F compared to centre E as shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3.…”

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Cancer risks from head radiography procedures

Achuka

Aweda

Usikalu

2018

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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Abstract. The goal of this study is to evaluate the risk of cancer induction in head radiography procedures with a view to promote dose optimization and enhance patient safety. Thermoluminescent dosimeter (TLD 100) was used to determine the entrance surface dose (ESD) of 20 patients presented for head radiography in two tertiary healthcare institutions in Southwest Nigeria. The corresponding effective dose and doses to the brain, oral mucosa and salivary gland were evaluated using PCXMC software. Incidence cancer risks were evaluated using BEIR VII model. The total entrance surface dose (ESDT) for mandible, paranasal sinuses and skull radiography ranged between 3.01-19.12 mGy with a mean of 7.52 mGy. The resulting effective dose, brain dose, oral mucosa dose and salivary gland dose has a mean of 0.25 mGy, 2.84 mGy, 3.06 mGy, and 4.97 mGy respectively. The least incidence of cancer risk obtained in this study is 1: 7000. Failure in the adoption of complete optimization technique was responsible for the increased risk. Periodic dose audit and enforcement of radiation protection policy will help to checkmate the lapses and alleviate patient risk.

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confidence: 51%