Background: Ionizing radiation has an indispensable role in diagnostic radiology and
clinical treatments. Apparently, medical exposure in diagnostic radiology pertains to be the …

Purpose Within paediatric pelvis imaging there is a lack of systematic dose optimisation
studies which consider age and size variations. This paper presents data from dose …

Introduction To investigate the exposure parameters for thoracic spine/(TS) radiography that
allows the image acquisition at the lowest dose possible, while maintaining an adequate …

Background It is generally accepted that children are more sensitive to radiation than adults
and have a higher relative risk of cancer. The longer life expectancy after exposure …

This work aimed at calculation of effective dose and estimation of cancer risk from X-ray
exposure in three Nigerian teaching hospitals. Personal Computer X-Ray Monte Carlo …

Purpose There is a lack of literature on paediatric x-ray dose optimisation; this is especially
true for pelvis radiography using digital systems. Various reasons exist for this including the …

During past three decades, there has been a remarkable increase in the number of patients
undergoing computed tomography (CT) procedures. Although CT is a valuable diagnostic …

Shielding has been recommended as an effective tool against radiation exposure. Several
studies have published on the availability and use of shielding tools in diagnostic X-ray …

Patient safety is a major priority for all healthcare professions and is broadly conceptualized
for the prevention of harm to patients. Radiography is an integral part of pediatric healthcare …

Introduction: Portable chest and abdomen x-rays are the most common x-ray procedures
performed during hospitalization in the Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs). These x-rays …