EVALUATION OF RADIATION DOSE FOR PATIENTS UNDERGOING MAMMOGRAPHY IN QATAR

被引：4

作者：

AlNaemi, Huda ^{[1
]}

Aly, Antar ^{[1
]}

Omar, Ahmed J. ^{[1
]}

AlObadli, Amal ^{[1
]}

Ciraj-Bjelac, Olivera ^{[2
]}

Kharita, Mohamad Hassan ^{[1
]}

Rehani, Madan M. ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Hamad Med Corp, Doha, Qatar

[2] Univ Belgrade, Vinca Inst Nucl Sci, Belgrade, Serbia

[3] Massachusetts Gen Hosp, Boston, MA 02114 USA

来源：

RADIATION PROTECTION DOSIMETRY | 2020年 / 189卷 / 03期

关键词：

FIELD DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; BREAST-CANCER; IMAGE QUALITY; PHANTOM; KNOWLEDGE; ATTITUDES; WOMEN; FILM;

D O I：

10.1093/rpd/ncaa049

中图分类号：

X [环境科学、安全科学];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0830 ;

摘要：

In the absence of information on radiation doses in mammography in the Gulf countries, this study was designed to assess patient dose in terms of entrance surface air kerma and average glandular dose (AGD) in three mammography units in Qatar that covers 21% of all mammography systems in the country. The study of 150 patients involving 600 projections indicated that the average value of AGD in patients was 2.2 mGy for cranio-caudal and 2.5 mGy for mediolateral-oblique views, respectively. Dose assessment was also performed for polymethyl methacrylate phantoms of thicknesses, ranging from 20 to 80 mm. Comparing the patient dose values with several other publications in literature for full-field digital mammography, our values are typically higher, which can be likely attributed to the larger compressed breast thickness.

引用

页码：354 / 361

页数：8

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