Dose verifications in several organs in abdominal computed tomography (CT) scan by using Al2O3 OSL dosimeters

Author:

Fahmi Mohd Yusof Mohd,Haiqal Ramli Muhammad,Nazri Che Hussin Che,Bazlie Abd Kadir Ahmad,Mohd Isa Norriza

Abstract

Abstract The study investigated the dose of several organs in the computed tomography (CT) scan by using Al2O3 optically stimulated luminescent (OSL) dosimeters. The organs of right and left kidney, right pancreas, spleen and liver in an anthropomorphic human phantom were investigated for the dose received during the scan. The OSL dosimeters are embedded into custom-made wax and replace onto two selected slices of human body phantom where the selected organs are located. The phantom was scanned with by using adult abdomen protocol. The percentage differences of OSL doses reading compared to the previous study data and the international dose reference level (DRL). The doses obtained from OSL NanoDots® showed excellent agreement compared to XRQA film dosimeters with percentage differences within 5%. The doses measured by using OSL dosimeters in five organs were also within the range of the national DRL values by the Ministry of Health of Malaysia (MOH). These findings suggest that our results can be utilized to verify the doses received by internal organs during computed tomography abdomen protocols. The overall results indicated the suitability of OSL dosimeters for the indirect dose verification in the CT scan.

Publisher

IOP Publishing

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