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Effective Dose Equivalent



>Date:         Wed, 1 Jul 1998 10:09:37 -0600
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>From: "Joel E. Gray, Ph.D." <joelgray@M3.SPRYNET.COM>
>Subject:      Effective Dose Equivalent
>To: MEDPHYS@LISTS.WAYNE.EDU
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>Scott recently provided some values for effective dose.  The following are
>ones that I determined based on ICRP 26 weighting factors (ICRP 60
>weighting factors can give significantly different results).
>
>PA Chest.  For an entrance exposure of 15 mR, the EDE for both male and
>female is 4 mrad.
>
>Cardiac Cath.  Assumes 5 minutes of fluoro at 1.9 R/min, biplace LV cath
>(5,000 mR), and monoplane coronary angio (12,200 mR).  EDE is 687 mrad for
>males and 738 for females.
>
>CT of head including thyroid.  Assumes 12,000 mR exposure measured at
>center of roatation in air (this is needed since the Drexler tables are
>based on exposure at center of rotation).  EDE is 410 mrad for both males
>and females.
>
>Lung CT.  Assumes 15 slices, and an "entrance exposure" (measured in the
>FDA CT phantom) of 5,700 mR.  EDE for males is 546 mrad and 799 mrad for
>females.
>
>Liver CT.  Assumes 20 slices, 15,400  mR at center of rotation.  EDE for
>males is 2,427 mrad and for females is 2,642 mrad.
>
>AP and Lateral Lumbar Spine.  Assumes 215 mR entrance exposure for AP and
>390 mR for lateral.  EDE for males is 23 mrad, and 41 mrad for females.
>
>Hope you find this helpful!
>
>          Joel
>
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