A review of factors affecting patient doses for barium enemas and meals

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 77, Issue 922, 2004, Pages 864-868

  Martin, C J ^a  

^a GARTNAVEL ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; BARIUM SULFATE; ENEMA;

BARIUM ENEMA; BARIUM MEAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; FILTRATION; FLUOROSCOPY; HEALTH SURVEY; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PERFORMANCE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EQUIPMENT; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; X RAY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; RADIOLOGY;

BARIUM SULFATE; ENEMA; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOLOGY;

EID: 7744232592     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/99143061     Document Type: Review

References (20)

1. United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation. Sources and effects of ionising radiation. Volume I Sources. United Nations: New York, 2000.
2. Hart D, Hillier MV, Wall BF, Shrimpton PC. Doses to patients from medical X-ray examinations in the UK: 1995 Review. NRPB - R289 National Radiological Protection Board. Chilton: NRPB, 1996.
3. Hart D, Hillier MV, Wall BF. Doses to patients from medical X-ray examinations in the UK: 2000 Review. NRPB - W14/National Radiological Protection Board. Chilton: NRPB, 2002.
4. Martin CJ, Hunter S. Reduction of patient doses from barium meal and barium enema examinations through changes in equipment factors. Br J Radiol 1994;67:1196-205.
5. Broadhead DA, Chapple C-L, Faulkner K. The impact of digital imaging on patient doses during barium studies. Br J Radiol 1995;68:992-6.
6. Warren-Forward HM, Haddaway MJ, Temperton DH, et al. Dose-area product readings for fluoroscopy and plain film examinations, including an analysis of the source of variation for barium enema examinations. Br J Radiol 1998;71:961-7.
7. Hetherington J, Chapple CL, Rawlings DJ. Radiation dose and diagnosticity of barium enema examinations by radiographers and radiologists: a comparative study. Br J Radiol 1998;71:1219-21.
8. Crawley MT, Boothe A. Reducing dose at barium enema: radiographers do it digitally. Br J Radiol 2002;75:652-6.
9. Carroll EM, Brennan PC. Radiation doses for barium enema and barium meal examinations in Ireland: potential diagnostic reference levels. Br J Radiol 2003;76:393-7.
10. Martin CJ, Sutton DG, Workman A, Shaw AJ, Temperton D. Protocol for measurement of patient entrance surface dose rates for fluoroscopic X-ray equipment. Br J Radiol 1998; 71:1283-7.
11. Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine. Catalogue of Diagnostic X-ray Spectra and other Data. IPEM Report No.78. IPEM:York, 1997.
12. Tapiovaara M, Lakkisto M, Servomaa A. PCXMC - A PC-based Monte Carlo program for calculating patient doses in medical examinations, Finnish Centre for Radiation Protection and nuclear Safety (STUK), Helsinki, 1997.
13. Hart D, Jones DG, Wall BF. Coefficients for estimating effective doses from paediatric examinations. NRPB - R279 National Radiological Protection Board. Chilton: NRPB, 1996.
14. Hart D, Wall BF. Estimation of effective dose from dose-area product measurements for barium meals and barium enemas. Br J Radiol 1994;67:485-9.
15. Ruiz-Cruces R, Ruiz F, Perez-Martinez M, et al. Patient dose from barium procedures. Br J Radiol 2000;73:742-51.
16. Geleijns J, Broerse JJ, Chandie-Shaw MP, et al. Patient dose due to colon examination: dose assessment and results from a survey in the Netherlands. Radiology 1996;204:553-9.
17. Kemerink GJ, Borstlap ACW, Frantzen MJ, Schultz FW, Zoetelief J, van Engelshoven JMA. Patient and occupational dosimetry in double contrast barium enema examinations. Br J Radiol 2001;74:420-8.
18. Lampinen JS, Rannikko S. Patient specific doses used to analyse the optimum dose delivery in barium enema examinations. Br J Radiol 1999;72:1185-95.
19. Hart D, Jones DG, Wall BF. Estimation of effective dose in diagnostic radiology from entrance surface dose and dose-area product measurements. NRPB - R262 National Radiological Protection Board. Chilton: NRPB, 1994.
20. Corbett RH. The influence of radiologist's technique on patient dose in barium studies. Proc 10th Int Cong IRPA, 2000.