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Radiation Protection Dosimetry 2004 111(3):289-295; doi:10.1093/rpd/nch343
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Radiation Protection Dosimetry Vol. 111, No. 3 © Oxford University Press 2004; all rights reserved

Adult reference levels in diagnostic and interventional radiology for temporary use in Switzerland

A. Aroua1,*, A. Besançon1, I. Buchillier-Decka1, P. Trueb2, J.-F. Valley1, F. R. Verdun1 and W. Zeller2

1 University Institute of Applied Radiation Physics, Grand-Pré 1, 1007 Lausanne, Switzerland
2 Swiss Federal Office of Public Health, 3003 Bern, Switzerland

* Corresponding author: abbas{at}aroua.com

This work aims at establishing a set of diagnostic reference levels (DRLs) for various types of examinations performed in diagnostic and interventional radiology. The average doses for 257 types of radiological examinations were established during the 1998 nationwide survey on the exposure of the Swiss population by radiodiagnostics. They were calculated using appropriate dosimetric models and average technical parameters. The DRLs were derived from the average doses using a multiplying factor of 1.5. The DRLs obtained were rounded and compared to the data reported in the literature. The results are in most cases comparable to the DRLs determined by the 3rd-quartile method. These discrepancies registered in some cases, particularly for complex examinations, can be explained by significant differences in the protocols and/or the technical parameters used. A set of DRLs is proposed for a large number of examinations to be used in Switzerland as temporary values until a national dosimetric database is set up.


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