Keywords:
Radiographers, Digital radiography, Radiation safety
Authors:
N. Mekis; Ljubljana/SI
DOI:
10.1594/ecr2018/C-1840
Aims and objectives
According to the World Health Organization (WHO) evidence,
obesity worldwide has more than doubled in the last thirty years [1].
In Slovenia,
for example,
more than 55 % of the population aged 15 and over was overweight in the year 2007 [2].
It has been established that patients with higher body weight need higher exposure parameters and are therefore significantly more exposed to higher doses of ionizing radiation [3-11].
The aim of the research was to determine the effect of higher body mass index (BMI) on dose area product (DAP),
effective dose (E) and dose to selected internal organs (colon,
small intestine,
ovaries,
uterus,
urinary bladder,
testicles and prostate) in pelvic radiography.