Re: medical dosage

["Mike Bohan" <mike.bohan@yale.edu>]

        Reply to:   RE>medical dosage

Hi John,

The Effective dose for a typical abdominal CT as reported by Geleijns et al is
between 15 to 20 mSv (1.5 - 2.0 Rem).  (British Journal of Radiology
67:360-365).  

If your looking for a quick overview of "CT Dosimetry and Radiation Safety", I
would recommend the chapter by the same name authored by L. Rothenburg & K.
Pentlow in the 1995 AAPM Summer School Proceedings: "MEDICAL CT & ULTRASOUND:
Current Technology and Applications", pgs. 519 - 556, Advanced Medical
Publishing, Madison, Wisconsin, ISBN: 1-883526-03-5.

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Date: 01/07/96 12:29 AM
To: Mike Bohan
From: radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
I need a good medical type:

I have a friend that had a CT scan of the urinary tract and kidneys.
Fortunately, it all came out OK.  She asked me to try to determine what her
dose was.  Can anyone give me a range of values?  Apparently, they did a
fair number of slices?

Thanks in advance for your assistance.

John Lobdell
lobdell@HiWAAY.net