Radiation dose comparison in CT thorax, CT abdomen and CT thorax-abdomen-pelvis (TAP) using 640-and 160-slice computed tomography (CT) scanners

• Main Authors: Gan, Ying Shen, Akmal Sabarudin,, Hamzaini Abdul Hamid,, Mazli Mohd Zain,, Muhammad Khalis Abdul Karim,, Khadijah Mohamad Nassir,
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2020
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/15039/1/29785-121593-2-PB.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/15039/; http://ejournal.ukm.my/jskm/issue/view/688

This study was carried out to compare the effective dose, size specific dose estimation (SSDE) and scan length between genders and between CT scanner with different slice number. A total of 245 set data of radiation dose and scan length for CT scanning procedure involving thorax, abdomen and pelvis...