The British Journal of Radiology, Vol 70, Issue 831 291-295, Copyright © 1997 by British Institute of Radiology

ARTICLES

In vivo measurement method of ovarian dose during barium enema examinations

C Lavoie and C Don
Medical X-ray Unit, Radiation Protection Bureau, Health Canada, Ottawa, Canada.

Barium enema is currently the most commonly performed fluoroscopic procedure. In general, it is not possible to measure directly gonadal dose in women during this procedure. A measurement method to allow an estimate of radiation dose to the ovaries is described. The method uses thermoluminescent dosimeters attached to the tip of the rectal tube to measure radiation dose during procedures. A series of measurements was made at a university hospital equipped with an image-intensified, camera-based X-ray system and at a private clinic with a mirror-optics X-ray system. Measurements were made on both single contrast and double contrast barium enema examinations. On the image-intensified, camera-based X-ray system, the average results of dose measurements for single and double contrast barium enema were 3.11 mGy and 6.50 mGy and the results for the mirror optics system were 1.57 mGy and 3.64 mGy, respectively.

This article has been cited by other articles:

				T Vehmas and E Kuosma Influence of radiologists' sex and training on fluoroscopy doses during barium enema Br. J. Radiol., March 1, 2001; 74(879): 255 - 258. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				B. Nikolic, J. B. Spies, M. J. Lundsten, and S. Abbara Patient Radiation Dose Associated with Uterine Artery Embolization1 Radiology, January 1, 2000; 214(1): 121 - 125. [Abstract] [Full Text]