Dosimetry of digital panoramic imaging. Part II: Occupational exposure
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Dosimetry of digital panoramic imaging. Part II: Occupational exposure
Abstract
Objectives: To measure occupational radiation dose during panoramic exposure from five digital panoramic X-ray units.
Methods: Exposures were made with five different digital panoramic units, of which four were equipped with a direct digital CCD (charge coupled device, "direct digital" technique), and one used storage phosphor plates ("indirect digital" technique). An anthropomorphic phantom served as the patient. An ionization chamber recorded the scattered radiation at 1 m from the phantom at five different locations around the panoramic units, both at the level of the thyroid gland and the level of the gonads, and effective organ doses were calculated. Exposure parameters were set as recommended by the manufacturers for the particular image and patient size: tube potential settings ranged between 64 kV and 74 kV, exposure times between 8.2 s and 19.0 s, tube current values between 4 mA and 7 mA.
Results: The maximum organ equivalent dose at 1 m from the panoramic unit was 0.60 microGy, the maximum organ effective dose was 0.10 microSv. Organ equivalent doses varied between 0.18 microGy and 0.30 microGy and organ effective doses between 0.01 microSv and 0.05 microSv for the different positions around the units (average for the different panoramic units). The variations in organ doses for the various machines were 0.04-0.53 microGy organ equivalent dose and 0.01-0.08 microSv organ effective dose.
Conclusions: Assuming that 500 panoramic radiographs per year are taken by a dental practitioner at 1 m distance from the panoramic unit, he or she will receive an annual additional organ effective dose between 5 microSv and 15 microSv for the thyroid gland and between 5 microSv and 40 microSv for the gonads, depending on the type of digital panoramic unit.
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