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Radiation Protection Dosimetry Advance Access originally published online on September 14, 2006
Radiation Protection Dosimetry 2007 123(2):209-214; doi:10.1093/rpd/ncl137
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Entrance surface doses to patients undergoing selected diagnostic X-ray examinations in Sudan

I. I. Suliman1,*, N. Abbas1 and F. I. Habbani2

1 Radiation Safety Institute, Sudan Atomic Energy Commission, P.O. Box 3001, Khartoum, Sudan
2 Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Khartoum, P.O. Box 321, Khartoum, Sudan

* Corresponding author: i.i.suliman{at}gmail.com; i.suliman{at}saec-sd.org

Received January 23, 2006, amended July 11, 2006, accepted August 18, 2006


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The aim of the study was to evaluate the entrance surface doses (ESDs) to patients undergoing selected diagnostic X-ray examinations in major Sudanese hospitals. ESD per examination was estimated from X-ray tube output parameters in four hospitals comprising eight X-ray units and a sample of 346 radiographs. Hospital mean ESDs estimated range from 0.17 to 0.27 mGy for chest AP, 1.04–2.26 mGy for Skull AP/PA, 0.83–1.32 mGy for Skull LAT, 1.31–1.89 mGy for Pelvis AP, 1.46–3.33 mGy for Lumbar Spine AP and 2.9–9.9 mGy for Lumbar Spine LAT. With exception of chest PA examination at two hospitals, mean ESDs were found to be within the established international reference doses. The results are useful to national and professional organisations and can be used as a baseline upon which future dose measurements may be compared.


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