OBJECTIVE Despite the obligatory recording of doses administered to patients during CT scans, this data is not easily accessible. The objective of this study was to implement and validate a computerised automated dose-recording system for CT scans, for a single radiology department. MATERIAL AND METHODS Every patient undergoing a CT scan in our department over a one-year period was included i...

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introduction: coronary angiography and angioplasty procedures lead to significant radiation exposure of patients. in the current study, the average radiation dose to patients during angiography in the angiography department of shahid-madani hospital was determined. materials and methods: an image intensifier based angiography unit (philips bh 3000) was used for angiography procedures. the accur...

background: the aim of this study was to investigate clinical applications of mobile c-arms and consequent radiation risk,to increase medical attention on radiation protection, and to provide basic data for safe radiation use in the operating room. materials and methods: in this study, a total of 374 surgical operations, conducted using a portable fluoroscopic x-ray system from january to march...

BACKGROUND To investigate the radiation dose and image quality for iterative reconstruction combined with the CARE kV technique in chest computed tomography (CT) scanning for physical examination. METHODS A total of 130 patients who underwent chest CT scanning were randomly chosen and the quality reference value was set as 80 mAs. The scanning scheme was set and the patients were randomly div...

Purpose Analysis of patient´s X-ray exposure during percutaneous radiologic gastrostomies (PRG) in a larger population. Materials and Methods Data of primary successful PRG-procedures, performed between 2004 and 2015 in 146 patients, were analyzed regarding the exposition to X-ray. Dose-area-product (DAP), dose-length-product (DLP) respectively, and fluoroscopy time (FT) were correlated with th...

OBJECTIVE To explore the usefulness of 320-slice CT angiography (CTA) for evaluating the course of the anterior ethmoidal artery (AEA) and its relationship with adjacent structures by using three-dimensional (3D) spin digital subtraction angiography (DSA) as standard reference. MATERIALS AND METHODS From December 2008 to December 2010, 32 patients with cerebrovascular disease, who underwent b...

Background: In 2010, the International Atomic Energy Agency launched the “3A’s campaign” as an effective tool for primary cancer prevention. In 2011, the American Association of Physicists in Medicine recommended the size specific dose estimate (SSDE). Objectives: To audit doses of Coronary CT Angiography (Coronary CTA) in tertiary care referral center. Methods: We reviewed 998 consecutive Coro...

OBJECTIVE. The objective of this study was to optimize CT protocols for whole-body PET/CT by reducing radiation dose while minimizing effects on image quality. MATERIALS AND METHODS. Before protocol optimization, a survey of 140 consecutive patients was conducted to establish the baseline dose from a whole-body PET/CT examination. Another sample of 100 patients was surveyed to evaluate the redu...

Objective: We aimed to investigate the image quality of paranasal sinus computed tomography (CT) scans obtained with “Advanced intelligent Clear-IQ Engine” (AICE) software and ultra-low dose parameters in patients prediagnosed rhinitis, sinusitis or nasal septum deviation. Methods: The first 50 (31 men 19 women, aged 18-70 years) who agreed participate our prospectively planned study were inclu...