Surface dose measurements of children undergoing head and upper-lower abdomen CT examinations

• Main Author: Σταθόπουλος, Ιωάννης
• Other Authors: Ευσταθόπουλος, Ευστάθιος Π.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Dosimetry; Paediatric CT; Dose; Δοσιμετρία; Τομογραφία σε παιδιά; Δόση; 615.842 2

Paediatric head and abdomen/pelvis CT are identified as the most frequent CT examinations in children. The aim of the study is the direct measurement of skin, eye lens and thyroid dose in paediatric patients during head CT and abdomen/pelvis examinations using TLDs, as to our knowledge, there are...