Keywords:
Paediatric, Genital / Reproductive system male, Digital radiography, Diagnostic procedure, Dosimetry, Experimental investigations, Quality assurance
Authors:
M. Jain1, A. CHOUGULE1, R. C. Sharma2, M. JOAN1, G. SINGH2, A. PRAJAPATI2; 1Jaipur, Rajasthan/IN, 2jaipur/IN
DOI:
10.26044/ecr2019/C-3060
Aims and objectives
Radiological imaging is an essential element of modern medicine,
which is used in diagnosis and treatment.
According to United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) 20081 report radiation doses from medical exposures accounts for 98% of the contribution from all artificial sources and is now the second largest contributor to the population radiation dose worldwide.
the advancement of X-ray technology and its expansion in developing countries is causing extremely rapid growth in the annual number of procedures performed.
this resulted in a marked increase in total annual collective doses from medical exposures.
For several countries,
this has resulted,
for the first time in history,
in a situation where the annual collective and per caput doses of ionizing radiation from diagnostic radiology procedures exceeded from the previously largest source (i.e natural background radiation).
Notwithstanding the tremendous benefit that these procedures provide to patients,
there is a well-known health risk associated with the use of ionizing radiation in medicine.
This is of particular importance in children2,
who are generally more sensitive to radiation exposure and more vulnerable to radiation-induced cancer than adults due to their increased mitotic activity and longer life expectancy as Medical exposure grows at a remarkable rate.
Routine radiological chest imaging is one of the most common and frequent procedures used for diagnosis and treatment of many pediatric patients hence it might account higher collective radiation dose to child population in spite of associated with lower entrance surface doses (ESD) compared to skull and abdomen radiographs.
as the children are the future parents and are more sensitive to radiation exposure,
are at risk for passing on radiation-induced genetic defects to the next generation.
Therefore in the present study pediatric gonadal dose in male children who underwent chest x-ray examination is measured and evaluated by using OSLD and compared with Monte Carlo methods.