The European Council Directive 2013/59/EURATOM [2] requires users to provide patients with “adequate information relating to the benefits and risks associated with the radiation dose from the medical exposure”. However, recent values of effective dose for the most common studies (that recent surveys calculate that account for ~50% of the total frequency and ~80% of the total collective effective dose [3]) are outdated. Therefore, we aim to update the review of the effective doses associated with the top 20 imaging tests for both adults and...

We performed systematic search on radiation dosimetry in radiology published from 2007 onwards through the Medline, Embase and Cochrane Library Plus databases. We also included studies backed by governments and/or scientific societies published or updated since 2007. Only those studies that calculated the effective dose were included. Starting from 900+ studies, 72 were retrieved for full review and, finally, 27 articles and 5 websites were included [1]. Reported values and ranges of effective dose were gathered for the top 20 procedures as defined by the...

We found that effective doses reported using ICRP103 weights were systematically smaller than those using ICRP60 weights, a difference that cannot be attributed solely to the difference in the weights itself. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time any attempt has been made to create a complete list of effective doses using ICRP103 weights for the most common procedures. Even though effective doses per examination are lower now than they were some years ago, population doses have increased steadily, because the...

Financial disclosures: This study was supported by the Fondo de Investigaciones Sanitarias, Instituto de Salud Carlos III (Plan Nacional de I+D+I) PI13/01576 and co-funded by the Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER) Role of the sponsors: These funding organizations have not participated in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; and preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript; and decision to submit the manuscript for publication.

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