Affiliation:
1. Department of Nuclear Science, Faculty of Science, University of Colombo , Colombo 00300 , Sri Lanka
2. Department of Radiology, National Hospital of Sri Lanka , Colombo 00700 , Sri Lanka
Abstract
Abstract
In head and neck computed tomography (CT) imaging, the optimisation of radiation dose is crucial due to the presence of radio-sensitive organs. This study aimed to evaluate the radiation dose in multi-slice CT for head and neck examinations. Volume CT dose index, dose length product and effective dose (E) were assessed for 10 head and neck CT scans performed on 292 adult patients (mean age 49.2 ± 15.9 y). The study resulted in median E values of 0.82, 1.62, 2.43, 0.93, 1.70, 0.83, 3.55, 6.25, 2.19 and 5.26 mSv, respectively, for sinuses (non-contrast (NC)), sinuses (NC) and contrast-enhanced (CE), petrous bone (PTB)/internal auditory meatus (IAM) (NC + CE), PTB/IAM (NC), orbit (NC + CE), orbit (NC), brain with the orbit (NC), brain CT angiography (CTA) subtraction, neck (NC) and brain/neck (NC). Furthermore, the overall radiation doses of this institution were found to be below the values suggested by similar studies. However, optimisation of the dose is required for brain CTA.
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Subject
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging,General Medicine,Radiation,Radiological and Ultrasound Technology
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