Foetal Radiation Dose and Risk from Diagnostic Radiology Procedures: A Multinational Study

Table 3

The mean and range of foetal absorbed dose per examination from some simple diagnostic radiology examinations.

Projection	Examination	Foetal absorbed dose per examination (mGy)
		Range	Mean
AP	Abdomen	0.05–3.74	0.80
AP	Chest	<0.001–0.001	0.001
LAT	Chest	<0.001–0.01	0.002
PA	Chest	<0.001–0.01	0.002
PA	Colon	1.66–2.20	1.85
	Hip joint	0.01–0.05	0.03
AP	Lumbar spine	0.11–4.42	1.14
PA	Lumbar spine	0.02–0.80	0.23
LAT	Lumbar spine	0.03–3.89	0.92
	Lumbosacral joint	0.02–0.80	0.25
AP	Pelvis	0.18–1.07	0.49
AP	Stomach	0.01–1.33	0.18
LAO	Stomach	<0.01–0.01	0.01
LAT	Stomach	<0.01–0.01	0.01
LPO	Stomach	<0.01–0.01	0.01
PA	Stomach	<0.01–0.01	0.02
AP	Thoracic spine	<0.001–0.85	0.28
LAT	Thoracic spine	<0.001	<0.001