Dosimetric quantities and effective dose in medical imaging: a summary for medical doctors

Dosimetric quantities and effective dose in medical imaging: a summary for medical doctors

Abstract This review presents basic information on the dosimetric quantities used in medical imaging for reporting patient doses and establishing diagnostic reference levels. The proper use of the radiation protection quantity “effective dose” to compare doses delivered by different radiological pro...

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Main Authors: Eliseo Vano, Guy Frija, Reinhard Loose, Graciano Paulo, Efstathios Efstathopoulos, Claudio Granata, Jonas Andersson, the European Society of Radiology (ESR)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-07-01
Series:Insights into Imaging
Subjects:
Dosimetric quantities
Diagnostic reference levels
Effective dose
Cumulative dose
Patient information
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13244-021-01041-2

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s13244-021-01041-2

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