ESTABLISHMENT OF DIAGNOSTIC REFERENCE LEVEL FOR ROUTINE CT SCAN EXAMINATION IN SOKOTO STATE, NIGERIA

IF 17.7 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2024-03-05 DOI:10.1051/radiopro/2024009

S. M Kabeer, S. A Aliyu, F. K Umar, I. Kamal, N. A Muhammad, M. K. A Karim

{"title":"ESTABLISHMENT OF DIAGNOSTIC REFERENCE LEVEL FOR ROUTINE CT SCAN EXAMINATION IN SOKOTO STATE, NIGERIA","authors":"S. M Kabeer, S. A Aliyu, F. K Umar, I. Kamal, N. A Muhammad, M. K. A Karim","doi":"10.1051/radiopro/2024009","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Diagnostic Reference Levels (DRLs) are embedded into the optimization procedure to regulate CT dose and diagnostic quality. The purpose of this research was to establish the local DRLs and radiation dose exposure for CT scans at the Sokoto State Advanced Medical Diagnostic Center, Nigeria. 200 patients who had CT head, chest, and abdomen-pelvis scans were collected and evaluated for this study. It was established that the DRLs for CTDIvol for the head, thorax, and abdomen-pelvis were 48.2, 9.44, and 8.02, respectively with DLP DRLs in mGy.cm were 1044, 372, and 646. When comparing head CTs, our CTDIvol DRL is lower than many international standards, yet our DLP DRL is also below those of other nations. The chest CT DRL from Sokoto state is comparable to the DLP standards of more developed nations, although its CTDIvol is higher. The abdomen-pelvis CTDIvol DRLs are lower than those of the UK and US, thus necessitating the implementation of a controlled and optimized protocol in order to guarantee patient safety while maintaining image quality.","PeriodicalId":1,"journal":{"name":"Accounts of Chemical Research","volume":"21 S14","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":17.7000,"publicationDate":"2024-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Accounts of Chemical Research","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1051/radiopro/2024009","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

Abstract

Diagnostic Reference Levels (DRLs) are embedded into the optimization procedure to regulate CT dose and diagnostic quality. The purpose of this research was to establish the local DRLs and radiation dose exposure for CT scans at the Sokoto State Advanced Medical Diagnostic Center, Nigeria. 200 patients who had CT head, chest, and abdomen-pelvis scans were collected and evaluated for this study. It was established that the DRLs for CTDIvol for the head, thorax, and abdomen-pelvis were 48.2, 9.44, and 8.02, respectively with DLP DRLs in mGy.cm were 1044, 372, and 646. When comparing head CTs, our CTDIvol DRL is lower than many international standards, yet our DLP DRL is also below those of other nations. The chest CT DRL from Sokoto state is comparable to the DLP standards of more developed nations, although its CTDIvol is higher. The abdomen-pelvis CTDIvol DRLs are lower than those of the UK and US, thus necessitating the implementation of a controlled and optimized protocol in order to guarantee patient safety while maintaining image quality.

查看原文

微信好友朋友圈 QQ好友复制链接

本刊更多论文

尼日利亚索科托州常规 CT 扫描检查诊断参考水平的确定

诊断参考水平（DRLs）被纳入优化程序，以调节 CT 剂量和诊断质量。这项研究的目的是确定尼日利亚索科托州高级医疗诊断中心 CT 扫描的当地 DRL 和辐射剂量暴露。本研究收集并评估了 200 名接受头部、胸部和腹部骨盆 CT 扫描的患者。结果表明，头部、胸部和腹部盆腔 CTDIvol 的 DRL 分别为 48.2、9.44 和 8.02，以 mGy.cm 为单位的 DLP DRL 分别为 1044、372 和 646。比较头部 CT，我们的 CTDIvol DRL 低于许多国际标准，但我们的 DLP DRL 也低于其他国家。索科托州的胸部 CT DRL 与较发达国家的 DLP 标准相当，但 CTDIvol 较高。腹部和骨盆 CTDIvol DRL 低于英国和美国，因此有必要实施受控和优化的方案，以便在保证图像质量的同时确保患者安全。

本文章由计算机程序翻译，如有差异，请以英文原文为准。

求助全文

约1分钟内获得全文去求助

来源期刊

Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

期刊介绍： Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance. Accounts of Chemical Research replaces the traditional article abstract with an article "Conspectus." These entries synopsize the research affording the reader a closer look at the content and significance of an article. Through this provision of a more detailed description of the article contents, the Conspectus enhances the article's discoverability by search engines and the exposure for the research.