Diagnostic reference levels for paediatric CT in Jordan

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dc.check.date2020-08-28
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dc.contributor.authorMohammad, Rawashdeh
dc.contributor.authorMostafa, Abdelrahman
dc.contributor.authorMaha, Zaitoun
dc.contributor.authorCharbel, Saade
dc.contributor.authorAlewaidat, Haytham A.
dc.contributor.authorMcEntee, Mark F.
dc.contributor.funderJordan University of Science and Technologyen
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-09T10:16:41Z
dc.date.available2019-09-09T10:16:41Z
dc.date.issued2019-08-28
dc.date.updated2019-09-06T12:11:31Z
dc.description.abstractThis study aimed to investigate the current status of Diagnostic Reference Levels (DRL) in paediatric CT across Jordan. The dose data for four main CT examinations (brain, chest, abdominopelvic, and Chest, Abdomen and Pelvis (CAP)) in hospitals and imaging centres (n = 4) were measured. The volume CT dose index (CTDIvol) and Dose Length Product (DLP) values were compared within the different hospitals and age groups (<1 year, 1-4 years, 5-10 years and 11-18 years). DRL in Jordan were compared to international DRLs. The paediatric population consisted of 1,818 children; 61.4% of them were male. There were significant variations between the DRLs for each CT scanner with an up to four-fold difference in dose between hospitals. There were apparent significant differences between Jordan and other countries with the DLPs in Jordan being relatively high. However, for CTDIvol, the values in Jordan were close to those of other countries. This study confirmed variations in the CTDIvol and DLP values of paediatric CT scans in Jordan. These variations were attributed to the different protocols and equipment used. There is a need to optimise paediatric CT examinations doses in Jordan.en
dc.description.sponsorshipJordan University of Science and Technology (Grant No.20180322)en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionAccepted Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationMohammad, R., Mostafa, A., Maha, Z., Charbel, S., Alewaidat, H. A. and McEntee, M. F. (2019) 'Diagnostic reference levels for paediatric CT in Jordan', Journal of Radiological Protection. doi: 10.1088/1361-6498/ab3ee2en
dc.identifier.doi10.1088/1361-6498/ab3ee2en
dc.identifier.eissn1361-6498
dc.identifier.issn0952-4746
dc.identifier.journaltitleJournal of Radiological Protectionen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/8469
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherIOP Publishingen
dc.relation.urihttp://iopscience.iop.org/10.1088/1361-6498/ab3ee2
dc.rights© 2019, Society for Radiological Protection. Published on behalf of SRP by IOP Publishing Limited. All rights reserved. This Accepted Manuscript is available for reuse under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 licence after a 12 month embargo period.en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
dc.subjectRadiation doseen
dc.subjectOptimisationen
dc.subjectCTDIvolen
dc.subjectDLPen
dc.titleDiagnostic reference levels for paediatric CT in Jordanen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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