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British Journal of Radiology (2003) 76, 812-817
© 2003 British Institute of Radiology
doi: 10.1259/bjr/31857098

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Radiation doses to paediatric patients up to 5 years of age undergoing micturating cystourethrography examinations and its dependence on patient age: a Monte Carlo study

M Fotakis, MSc, PhD 1 E Molyvda Athanasopoulou, MSc, PhD 1 K Psarrakos, MSc, PhD 1 and I Economou, MD, PhD 2

Department of 1 Medical Physics and 2 Radiology, Medical School, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 54124, Greece



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Figure 1. Equivalent energy Eph as a function of half value layer (HVL).

 


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Figure 2. Mean organ doses (mGy) for anteroposterior view.

 


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Figure 3. Mean organ doses (mGy) for right oblique view.

 


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Figure 4. Mean organ doses (mGy), left oblique view.

 


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Figure 5. Effective doses as a function of age for male patients. Also on the graph are shown the mean effective dose for the three groups of children newborn, 1 and 5 year old, with one standard deviation (SD).

 


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Figure 6. Effective doses as a function of age for female patients. Also on the graph are shown the mean effective dose for the three groups of children newborn, 1 and 5 year old, with one standard deviation (SD).

 





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