Radiology Research and Practice

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A Review of Doses for Dental Imaging in 2010–2020 and Development of a Web Dose Calculator

Table 8

Minimum, mean, and maximum values of effective and organ (bone marrow, brain, salivary gland, and thyroid) doses from cone-beam computed tomography procedures by age group (children and adults) and field-of-view area (FOV width × height, cm²) reported in the selected publications.


FOV area (cm²) age group			Effective dose (μSv)	Organ dose (μGy)
FOV area (cm²) age group			Effective dose (μSv)	Bone marrow	Brain	Salivary gland	Thyroid

Small (<50)	Children (n = 11)	Mean	131.3	292.4	192.0	2568.5	281.4
		Min	17.1	15.2	14.4	336.3	38.6
		Max	220.2	1052.0	760.0	4352.0	751.0
	Adults (n = 9)	Mean	53.8	226.6	85.8	1271.1	349.3
		Min	19.0	21.0	18.0	523.0	30.0
		Max	105.0	400.0	290.0	2830.0	1252.0

Medium (50–150)	Children (n = 7)	Mean	144.3	512.2	115.9	2289.2	1089.1
		Min	47.9	31.7	28.6	1028.0	270.6
		Max	298.0	1478.0	219.0	4204.0	2772.0
	Adults (n = 25)	Mean	105.2	172.0	204.3	2094.7	694.4
		Min	28.0	6.9	2.8	32.0	8.4
		Max	265.0	621.0	1155.0	6372.0	3533.0

Large (>150)	Children (n = 4)	Mean	177.7	346.6	2572.9	2093.9	1498.6
		Min	64.7	104.7	772.2	1319.0	202.6
		Max	392.2	614.0	4324.0	4007.0	2908.0
	Adults (n = 20)	Mean	146.1	241.9	837.6	3046.0	1221.5
		Min	31.0	10.0	124.0	738.3	47.0
		Max	368.0	1034.0	4653.0	7775.0	8727.0