1. PEDIATRIC HEAD CT EXPOSURE DOSES IN TUNISIA: A PILOT STUDY TOWARDS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL DIAGNOSTIC REFERENCE LEVELS
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Latifa Ben Omrane, Mohamed Mogaadi, Wiem Douira Khomsi, Abir Bouaoun, Azza Hammou, and Asma Zidi
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Tunisia ,Adolescent ,Pilot Projects ,Radiation Dosage ,Effective dose (radiation) ,Pediatric ct ,030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Age groups ,Reference Values ,medicine ,Humans ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,Medical physics ,Child ,Good practice ,Radiation ,Radiological and Ultrasound Technology ,business.industry ,Infant, Newborn ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Infant ,General Medicine ,Patient data ,Child, Preschool ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Geographic regions ,Female ,Radiation protection ,Tomography, X-Ray Computed ,business ,Monte Carlo Method - Abstract
The purpose of this study was to assess and analyze the radiation doses during head pediatric CT from different CT units within six Tunisian hospitals representing different geographic regions in order to optimize the dose given and minimize the radiology risk to this category of patients and towards the derivation of national diagnostic reference levels. Patient data and exposure parameters were collected for four age groups (
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- 2018
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