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Radiation risk and cost-benefit analysis of a paediatric radiology procedure: results from a national study

¹ Department of Radiation Physics, IMV and ² Department of Paediatrics, IMK, Faculty of Health Science, University of Linköping, S-581 85 Linköping, Sweden, ³ Department of Medical Physics, Örebro University Hospital, S-701 85 Örebro, Sweden and ⁴ Department of Statistics, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QW, UK

View larger version (12K): [in a new window]   Figure 1. Frequency distribution of absorbed doses.

View larger version (25K): [in a new window]   Figure 2. Frequency distributions of absorbed doses with sedation technique as parameter.

View larger version (18K): [in a new window]   Figure 3. Frequency distribution of absorbed doses for X-ray equipment with and without image memory (only parenteral sedation cases shown).

View larger version (29K): [in a new window]   Figure 4. Frequency distribution of fluoroscopy times with biopsy device as parameter.

View larger version (18K): [in a new window]   Figure 5. The departmental mean fluoroscopy time (±1 standard deviation) as a function of the number of annually performed biopsies (only parenteral sedation cases shown).