Investigation of thyroid radiation doses during mammography

The use of mammography as a diagnosis has increased in recent years, being currently, the most sensitive technique and mostly performed for early diagnosis of breast cancer. Consequently, there is an increase in the number of exposures to radiation on breast and adjacent organs, appearing the need to evaluate the dose absorbed by risk organs, like thyroid gland. This study was planned to quantify the scatter radiation dose to right and left lobe of thyroid gland during routine screening mammography examination. The single examination doses were not found significant but higher frequency of screening examination will increase the risk of radiation doses