Dose evaluation for common digital radiographic examinations in selected hospitals in Pahang Malaysia

• Main Authors: Moey, Soo Foon, Ahmad Shazli, Zubir, Shah, Sayed Inayatullah
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Iranian Association of Medical Physicists 2017
• Subjects: QC Physics; R Medicine (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/58198/1/IJMP_Volume%2014_Issue%203_Pages%20155-161.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/58198/7/58198-Dose%20evaluation%20for%20common%20digital%20radiographic%20examinations.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/58198/; http://ijmp.mums.ac.ir/article_8835_e62fb201582efe42733fd9b00eb1b147.pdf

Introduction: In digital radiography, radiographers tend to increase exposure factors to acquire an acceptable image quality thereby increasing radiation dose to patients. Regarding this, the present study aimed to re-evaluate the exposure parameters and to ascertain the entrance surface dose (ESD)...