Clinical Study
Foetal Radiation Dose and Risk from Diagnostic Radiology Procedures: A Multinational Study
Table 2
Estimated mean and range of entrance surface doses to female adult patients from diagnostic radiology examinations.
| Projection | Examination | No. of cases | Estimated entrance surface dose (mGy) | Range | Mean |
| AP | Abdomen | 56 | 0.2–10.5 | 2.62 | AP | Chest | 38 | 0.034–0.41 | 0.12 | LAT | Chest | 36 | 0.07–2.51 | 0.72 | PA | Chest | 52 | 0.01–1.62 | 0.26 | PA | Colon | 3 | 4.69–6.24 | 5.23 | | Hip joint | 5 | 0.28–3.13 | 1.35 | AP | Lumbar spine | 39 | 0.4–16.1 | 4.62 | PA | Lumbar spine | 4 | 0.45–0.80 | 0.56 | LAT | Lumbar spine | 41 | 0.29–38.30 | 12.06 | | Lumbosacral joint | 30 | 1.03–28.53 | 12.24 | AP | Pelvis | 3 | 0.59–2.76 | 1.40 | AP | Stomach | 16 | 0.52–6.34 | 2.50 | LAO | Stomach | 2 | 1.59–3.35 | 2.47 | LAT | Stomach | 2 | 2.10–2.60 | 2.35 | LPO | Stomach | 6 | 3.31–3.35 | 3.33 | PA | Stomach | 12 | 0.26–6.34 | 2.40 | AP | Thoracic spine | 3 | 1.25–2.94 | 2.10 | LAT | Thoracic spine | 1 | 3.20 | 3.20 |
|
|