Estimation of radiation cancer risk in CT-KUB

• Main Authors: Karim, M. K. A., Hashim, S., Bakar, K. A., Bradley, D. A., Ang, W. C., Bahrudin, N. A., Mhareb, M. H. A.
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 2017
• Subjects: QC Physics
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/75720/; https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85006295114&doi=10.1016%2fj.radphyschem.2016.10.024&partnerID=40&md5=58aab4d9b70ddf310b810955ae815909

The increased demand for computed tomography (CT) in radiological scanning examinations raises the question of a potential health impact from the associated radiation exposures. Focusing on CT kidney-ureter-bladder (CT-KUB) procedures, this work was aimed at determining organ equivalent dose using a...