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Estimation of Kidney Dose for Pediatric Patients during X-Ray Examinations

Volume 4 - Issue 3

**Nadia O Alatta¹, Ahmed H Abdelrahim¹, Ikhlas A Hassan^1,2*, Mogahid MA Zidan¹, Mohand Abdelalla³, Salah A Fadlalla¹ and Mohammed M Mustafa¹**

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- ¹Faculty of Diagnstic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine Sciences, the National Ribat University, Sudan
- ²Collegeof Medical Radiologic science, Sudan University of Science and Technology, Khartoum, Sudan
- ³Almoalem Medical City, Khartoum, Sudan
*Corresponding author: Ikhlas A Hassan, Faculty of Diagnstic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine Sciences, the National Ribat University, College of Medical Radiologic science, Sudan University of Science and Technology, Khartoum, Sudan

Received: April 28, 2018; Published: May 09,2018

DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2018.04.001052

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Abstract

This study was performed in three hospitals in Sudan to assess the values of entrance surface air kerma (ESAK) and kidneys’ dose for 55 pediatric patients whom their ages arranged between 1day-15years, underwent chest and abdominal radiographic examination. The essential aim of this study was to evaluate the value of kidneys’ dose and compare the value of ESAK with the reference level for diagnostic. The CALDose_X software was used to estimate these values by entering the exposure factors Kv and mAs, the output of the machine and information about the patient age and gender. The dose of kidney variated from hospital to another in same exam, these variations due to difference in setting of exposure factors to each patient, also to the difference in the output of machine. By comparing these values with reference level for diagnostic, it was found that in some hospitals the values are higher than the reference level for diagnostic. Kidneys dose was small and it has considerable concern.

Keywords: Diagnostic Reference Level; Entrance Surface Dose; Chest x-ray; Abdoman x-ray; ESAK