Published July 1989
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Journal article
Practical CT dosimetry
Description
The dose from computed tomography (CT) examinations is not negligible from a radiation safety standpoint. Occasionally, one encounters a case in which an unsuspected pregnant woman undergoes a CT pelvic scan, and the radiologist is required to estimate the dose to the fetus. This article addresses practical methods of CT dosimetry with a specific discussion on fetal dose estimate. Three methods are described: (1) the use of a dose chart, (2) the pencil ionization chamber method, and (3) the thermoluminescence dosimetry (TLD) method
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Radiologic Technology
- Journal Volume
- 60
- Journal Issue
- 6
- Series
- Radiol. Technol.
- Journal Page Range
- 505-509
- ISSN
- 0033-8397
- CODEN
- RATIB
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 21005991
- Subject category
- S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
- Descriptors DEI
- COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FETUSES; MAN; PREGNANCY; RADIATION DOSES; RADIATION MONITORING; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY
- Descriptors DEC
- ANIMALS; DOSIMETRY; MAMMALS; MONITORING; PRIMATES; TOMOGRAPHY; VERTEBRATES