Prospective Study of Variation of Entrance Surface Dose in Conventional and Digital Radiography in Pediatric Age Group
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2019-07
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Addis Abeba University
Abstract
Background
Radiation exposure at the early stage of life usually results in a likelihood of two or three fold increase in
lifetime risk for certain detrimental effects compared with that of adult. Radiation protection in pediatric
radiology requires special attention because children are more sensitive to radiation and at higher risk
than adults. The objective of this study is to assess variation of ESD in conventional and digital
radiography in pediatrics age group of some hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Method
Prospective cross sectional study was conducted using convenience sampling; data were collected,
checked for clarity and completeness and entered into SPSS version 23 for analysis. The data were
analyzed
Result
statistically, and compared with the international reference
dose values.
Out of 620 study participants 309 (49.8%) were exposed to conventional radiograph while 311 (50.2)
were exposed to digital radiograph. Calculation of ESD shows that mean ESD of conventional radiograph
to be 1.13, while that of digital radiograph is 1.84. The third quartile of Conventional is 1.72 and that of
digital radiography is 0.92. In age group 5-15 digital radiography ESD’s are greater than conventional
ESD’s, while in those less than 5 years conventional radiography ESD’s are higher than that of digital
ESD’s. In abdomen, extremities, pelvis and spine digital radiograph ESD’s are higher than conventional
ones but in CXR and skull those of conventional ones are higher than digital radiograph ESDs.
Conclusion
According to this study, radiation dose (mean ESD) is relatively higher in conventional radiography in
chest x ray and skull when compared to Digital Radiography whereas in abdomen, extrimities, pelvis and
spine digital radiography mean ESDs are higher than conventional radiography mean ESDs
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Radiation, Pediatrics, Ethiopia