Re: Low-Dose CT Scans

["Ed Bradley" <edward.w.bradley@prodigy.net>]

This type of information is available in the annual physics testing report
that is required for all x-ray tubes annually.  Check with your hospital
physicist or hospital radiological physicist for copies of the report for
the particular CT unit in question.

Ed Bradley, CHP

----- Original Message -----
From: carol marcus <csmarcus@ucla.edu>
To: Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2000 10:45 AM
Subject: Low-Dose CT Scans


> Dear Radsafers:
>
> Does anyone know the approximate radiation absorbed dose from low-dose CT
> scans of the chest used for lung cancer screening?  I am interested in the
> approximate dose to the lungs, female breast, thoracic spine marrow, and
the
> effective dose equivalent (ede).  Thanks in advance for any help you can
> give me.
>
> Ciao, Carol
>
> Carol S. Marcus, Ph.D., M.D.
> <csmarcus@ucla.edu>
>
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