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Re: Mammography Doses

To: radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
Subject: Re: Mammography Doses
From: Rich Oesterling <ogr@twinpeak.inel.gov>
Date: Mon, 7 Nov 1994 09:15:00 -0600 (MDT)
In-Reply-To: <9411071519.AA24350@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>

Comments on Sue Dupre's question:

It's not a female/male thing.  In my 30+ years in RP, I have yet to meet 
an x-ray technologist who can estimate the entrance, shallow, or deep 
dose to the volume being irradiated during diagnostic procedures.  Since 
I've never been involved in therapy, I don't have a reference point for 
those procedures.

It's been a while since I looked at the parameters for a mammogram, so my 
estimates probably don't reflect current practice.  However, about 100 
microSv was the usual estimate.

Rich Oesterling
ogr@inel.gov
208-526-3757

References:
- Mammography Doses
  - From: "Sue M. Dupre" <DUPRE%PUCC.bitnet@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu>

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