Keywords:
Radiographers, Conventional radiography, Dosimetry, Dosimetric comparison
Authors:
�. Trožić, A. England, N. Mekis
DOI:
10.26044/ecr2022/C-15516
Purpose
Radiographs of the pelvis and hips are usually obtained in the anterioposterior (AP) supine position. However, some previous studies advocate obtaining pelvis radiographs in non-traumatic patients in the erect position, as it provides more diagnostically useful information [1-4]. However, in larger patients, the authors reported decreased image quality and increased radiation dose in erect pelvic radiography due to the greater thickness in the pelvic region as the soft tissue sink inferiorly due to gravity [5,6]. Based on the above, we wanted to investigate whether the radiation dose and image quality differ between erect pelvic radiographs with and without fat tissue displacement. We compared the acquired images and the obtained radiation doses between patients who manually displaced the adipose tissue with a radiotransparent band from the region of interest (pelvis) and those who did not.