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Radiology in Norway anno 2008. Trends in examination frequency and collective effective dose to the population

Description

A new population dose survey in Norway anno 2008 gave the following key figures: 4,3 mill examinations (900 per 1000 inhabitants), 1.1 mSv/caput whereof 80% of the dose from CT. 23% of the examinations were done in private sector. Planar X-ray is reduced in number; ultrasound is about the same, while both CT and MR have doubled in frequency since 2002. (Author)

Availability note (English)

Available at: http://www.nrpa.no/dav/dc3ba89a7a.pdf

Additional details

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Original title (Norwegian)
Radiologiske undersoekelser i Norge per 2008. Trender i undersoekelsesfrekvens og straaledoser til befolkningen

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
39 p.
ISSN
0804-4910
Report number
NRPA--2010:12

INIS

Country of Publication
Norway
Country of Input or Organization
Norway
INIS RN
43107396
Subject category
S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS; NORWAY; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOLOGY; X-RAY EMISSION ANALYSIS; X-RAY SOURCES
Descriptors DEC
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; EUROPE; MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE; MEDICINE; MONITORING; NONDESTRUCTIVE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; RADIATION SOURCES; SCANDINAVIA; WESTERN EUROPE

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