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A Survey of Organ Equivalent and Effective Doses from Diagnostic Radiology Procedures Table 4 Estimated mean effective dose for all examinations and projections compared with reported values in the literature.
Projection Examination Estimated mean effective dose (mSv) This work$ Reference [30 ] Reference [28 ] Reference [29 ] Reference [25 ]& AP Abdomen
0.14
— —
0.7
— AP Cervical spine
0.023
— — —
0.06
Lateral Cervical spine
0.0025
— — —
<
0.01 Cervical spine
*
0.0103 — — — — Lateral Chest
0.11
— —
0.04
0.03
PA Chest
0.0204
— —
0.02
0.04
Chest
*
0.066
0.02
0.04
— — Lateral Head
0.0071
— —
0.01
0.01
AP/PA Head
0.0202
— —
0.03
0.01
Head
*
0.014
0.04
0.03
— — AP Hip
0.034
— — — — AP Lumbar spine
0.38
— —
0.7
0.28
Lateral Lumbar spine
0.13
— —
0.3
0.04
Oblique Lumbar spine
0.093
— — — — Lumbar spine
*
0.21
1.3
0.48
— — AP Pelvis
0.16
0.7
0.33
0.7
0.29
AP Shoulder
0.0019
— — — — AP Thoracic spine
0.22
— —
0.4
0.14
Lateral Thoracic spine
0.32
— —
0.3
— Thoracic spine
*
0.14
0.7
— — —
* Values are the results of all the various projections of the examination.
$ All data are rounded to 2 significant figures.
& The average of three hospitals.
