Nw. Marshall et K. Faulkner, NORMALIZED ORGAN DOSE DATA MEASURED AS A FUNCTION OF FIELD SIZE FOR ABDOMINAL EXAMINATIONS, Physics in medicine and biology, 38(8), 1993, pp. 1131-1136
Doses to 14 radiosensitive organs were measured as a function of field
size for both antero-posterior (AP) and postero-anterior (PA) project
ions of the abdomen. The organ doses were measured using thermolumines
cent dosemeters (TLD) placed within a Rando anthropomorphic phantom. C
ircular field sizes 14 cm, 26 cm and 36 cm in diameter (measured at th
e image intensifier input plane) were set for the PA irradiations. For
the AP projections, the circular field sizes measured 14 cm, 20 cm, 2
7 cm and 40 cm in diameter, again specified at the input plane of the
image intensifier. Organ doses were also measured for the conventional
35 x 35 cm film/screen technique, for both AP and PA views. The dose
measurements were made at a tube potential of 81 kV, which is commonly
used in radiological examinations of the abdomen. TLD were also used
to measure the entrance surface dose (with backscatter) for each field
size and projection. The organ doses are presented normalized to this
entrance surface dose. A brief comparison is made between the data me
asured in the current study and normalized organ dose data published b
y other authors.