Investigation of the Effects of Diagnostic Radiology Using Patients’ Doses in Argungu General Hospital, Kebbi State, Nigeria

Citation: A. N Sabiyel, Y. Zayyanu, A. A Yahaya, M Na-Allah, "Investigation of the Effects of Diagnostic Radiology Using Patients’ Doses in Argungu General Hospital, Kebbi State, Nigeria", Universal Library of Physics, Volume 01, Issue 01.

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Abstract

Thermoluminescent dosemeters (TLDs) have been used to measure the entrance surface doses(ESDs) of patients undergoing pelvis, abdomen and lumbar spine diagnostic X-ray examinations. Entrance surface dosefrom the investigationthe effect of diagnostic radiology by using patient doses undergoing in Argungu General Hospital. The air kerma for each patient was measured using thermoluminescent dosimeter chips (TLD). The air kerma for each patient was then multiplied by a back scatter factor to obtain the Entrance surface dose. Generally doses obtained in this study were found to be higher than those in published works and International Atomic Energy Agency recommended limits for chest examination. The doses obtained for skull PA/AP, skull lateral, lumber spine lateral, lumber spine AP, hip AP, chest PA, chest lateral and abdomen AP examination were found to be within acceptable International Atomic Energy Agency recommended limit.All the results were discussed using patients’ data, machine-specific data and the technical parameters used for the examinations. Comparison with published values showed that the doses reported in this work were generally lower than the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) dose reference levels due to the regulatory activities in these centres, thereby making their examination better optimized.

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https://doi.org/10.70315/uloap.ulphy.2026.0101007