Dose estimation of X-ray radiography based on Chinese pediatric reference phantoms / 中华放射医学与防护杂志

Objective:The Chinese pediatric mesh-type reference phantoms were developed and applied in the dose assessment of X-ray radiography.Methods:The 5- and 10-year-old Chinese pediatric mesh-type reference phantoms were developed based on the CT data. Based on the phantoms, the Monte Carlo method was applied to simulate the X-ray radiography to calculate the organ dose conversion coefficient and the effective dose conversion coefficient in different radiography conditions.Results:The 5- and 10-year-old Chinese pediatric mesh-type reference phantoms were developed, and the physical parameters were consistent with the national standard. The differences of the organ mass between the established phantoms and reference data were within 2%. The database of the pediatric chest posteroanterior projection and abdominal anteroposterior projection, tube voltage 60-90 kVp, total filtration 2.5~4 mmAl were simulated, and the difference between the effective dose conversion factor and the literature result was within 3%.Conclusions:The established Chinese pediatric mesh-type reference phantoms can be applied in the studies of radiation protection and clinical medicine and their result can provide an important reference for the dose assessment of the pediatric X-ray radiography.

Simulation and analysis of CT examination doses to typical patients based on Chinese reference human phantoms / 中华放射医学与防护杂志

Objective To simulate and analyze the CT examination doses to typical patients based on Chinese reference human phantom, and to develop an online software for assessing the organ absorbed dose and effective dose to the examinees undergoing CT examination in order to provide a tool for rapid assessment of radiation dose from CT examination. Methods Based on the Monte Carlo simulation, a GE LightSpeed 16 CT scanner was modeled. The organ doses to Chinese adult male, female and 1 year-old child male from single axial scan were calculated based on the Chinese reference phantoms and an organ dose database was established. A web-based CT dose assessment software was developed to read the data from the organ dose database according to the CT scanning parameters entered by the user and to calculate the organ absorbed dose and effective dose rapidly. Results A new CT dose assessment software was developed, which can be used to assess organ doses to Chinese adult male, female and 1-year-old male for different CT scanner, voltage, current, collimator width and other CT parameters. The organ doses calculated in this work were compared with simulation data in two relevant studies. Dose differences for the organs completely included in the scan range were small, with relative differences less than 15％ and 25％, respectively. Conclusions The CT dose assessment software provides a powerful tool for the simple and rapid assessment of radiation dose to the examinees undergoing CT examinations.