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17684076

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
954
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-8-8
pubmed:abstractText
Based on the Medical Exposure Directive of the European Commission, 97/43/Euratom, The Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK) in Finland has the responsibility for setting national diagnostic reference levels (DRLs) for the most common radiological examinations. Paediatric patients deserve special attention because of the higher radiation risk compared with adults. The purpose of this paper is to present a method that takes into account patient size when setting DRLs in paediatric patients. The overall data consisted of patient doses collected from six hospitals during the years 1994-2001, and new measurements in two hospitals in 2004. In total, there were 700 chest examinations. The method established by the National Radiological Protection Board (UK) for setting DRLs was not considered feasible in Finnish practice. Patient doses correlated exponentially with the projection thickness, which was measured directly for each patient. Since 1 January 2006, paediatric DRLs for conventional chest examinations have been specified in Finland as a DRL curve by using both dose quantities (entrance surface doses (ESD) and dose-area product (DAP)) as a function of patient projection thickness.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1748-880X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
80
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
452-9
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Diagnostic reference levels for thorax X-ray examinations of paediatric patients.
pubmed:affiliation
Radiation Practices Regulation, Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority, PO Box 14, FI-00881, Helsinki, Finland. timo.kiljunen@stuk.fi
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Multicenter Study