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Correspondence to Author: Hassan Khajmi^1,2, Abdessamad Tounsi². LhouceineOufni³ 

Internal Medicine, New York City Health and Hospitals Queens Hospital Center, 82-68 164th St, Queens, NY

DOI: 10.52338/aor.2024.4245

Abstract:

In order to minimize patient entrance surface dose (ESD), this study aims to determine the diagnostic reference levels (DRLs) for routine radiography in Arrazi Hospital (ARH) at the Mohammed VI University Hospital Centre (Med VI UHC) in Marrakech, Morocco. A total of 1170 radiography examinations (RE) were included. They underwent 13 separate projections in the adult radiology department of the Marrakech-Safi region teaching hospital. The X-ray tube’s dose area product (DAP) was used to figure out the patient’s entrance skin dose (ESD) for the cervical spine anterior-posterior (AP), cervical spine lateral (LAT), lumbar spine AP, lumbar spine LAT, abdomen AP, pelvis AP, shoulder AP, knee AP, knee LAT, skull AP, skull LAT, and the chest AP. The 75th percentiles with respect to ESD for cervical spine AP, cervical spine LAT, lumbar spine AP, lumbar spine LAT, abdomen AP, pelvis AP, shoulder AP, knee AP, knee LAT, skull AP, skull LAT, and chest AP were 2.1 mGy, 1.8 mGy, 3.7 mGy, 5.9 mGy, 1.9 mGy, 2.35 mGy, 1.5 mGy, 0.7 mGy, 0.65 mGy, 2.9 mGy, 2.7 mGy, and 0.25 mGy, respectively. We compared our DRL results with those of other countries. Although the estimated DRLs are encouraging, significant efforts are needed to reduce them, particularly for shoulder, knee, and skull X-rays.

Citation:

hassan khajmi. Estimation of Entrance Surface Dose for Radiography Examinations in Arrazi Hospital from Mohammed VI University Hospital Center of Marrakech (Morocco).Annals of Radiology 2024.