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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

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

View larger version (9K): [in a new window]   Figure 1. Equivalent energy Eph as a function of half value layer (HVL).

View larger version (41K): [in a new window]   Figure 2. Mean organ doses (mGy) for anteroposterior view.

View larger version (35K): [in a new window]   Figure 3. Mean organ doses (mGy) for right oblique view.

View larger version (33K): [in a new window]   Figure 4. Mean organ doses (mGy), left oblique view.

View larger version (13K): [in a new window]   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).

View larger version (12K): [in a new window]   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).