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Radiation Protection Dosimetry 2004 109(3):243-247; doi:10.1093/rpd/nch047
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Radiation Protection Dosimetry Vol. 109 No. 3 © Oxford University Press 2004; all rights reserved

Radiation doses to patients undergoing barium meal and barium enema examinations

M. G. Delichas1, K. Hatziioannou2,*, E. Papanastassiou1, P. Albanopoulou3, E. Chatzi4, A. Sioundas1 and K. Psarrakos1

1 Medical Physics Department, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54006 Thessaloniki, Greece
2 Medical Physics Department, Papageorgiou Hospital, N. Efkarpia, 56403 Thessaloniki, Greece
3 Department of Surgery, ‘G Gennimatas’ Hospital, Ethnikis Amynis 41, 54635 Thessaloniki, Greece
4 Department of Surgery, Regional Hospital of Larissa, Tsakalof 1, 41221 Larissa, Greece

* Corresponding author: hatzikim{at}hol.gr

The radiation doses received by patients during 41 barium meal (BM) and 42 barium enema (BE) examinations in two Greek hospitals are presented. Radiation dose was measured in terms of the dose area product (DAP). The effective dose and doses to certain organs were estimated using the ODS-60 software. Mean total DAP values were found to be 25 ± 11 Gy cm2 for BM and 60 ± 35 Gy cm2 for BE examinations, whereas the estimated mean values of effective dose were 8.6 ± 4.0 and 24 ± 16 mSv respectively. DAP to effective dose conversion coefficients were estimated to be 0.34 mSv per Gy cm2 for BM and 0.41 mSv per Gy cm2 for BE.


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