TY - JOUR
T1 - Patient exposure during plain radiography and mammography in Japan in 1974-2014
AU - Matsunaga, Yuta
AU - Kawaguchi, Ai
AU - Kobayashi, Kenichi
AU - Kobayashi, Masanao
AU - Asada, Yasuki
AU - Minami, Kazuyuki
AU - Suzuki, Shoichi
AU - Chida, Koichi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2017/11/1
Y1 - 2017/11/1
N2 - We investigated changes in the entrance skin dose (ESD) and the mean glandular dose (MGD) during plain radiography or mammography in Japan from 1974 to 2014. Surveys regarding the conditions used for plain radiography and mammography were performed throughout Japan in 1974, 1979, 1989, 1993, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2011 and 2014. The anatomical regions considered were categorised as follows: skull anteroposterior (AP), lumbar AP, lumbar lateral (LAT), pelvis (AP), ankle, chest posteroanterior (PA), Guthmann (lateral pelviography for pregnant women), infant hip joint and mammography. The doses for all anatomical regions decreased from 1974 to 1993. The MGD for mammography remained low from 1993 to 2014, and the ESDs for chest (PA) radiography trended upward. After the 2000s, the use of digital imaging increased in Japan. This is the first long-term study to examine changes in ESDs and MGDs in Japan.
AB - We investigated changes in the entrance skin dose (ESD) and the mean glandular dose (MGD) during plain radiography or mammography in Japan from 1974 to 2014. Surveys regarding the conditions used for plain radiography and mammography were performed throughout Japan in 1974, 1979, 1989, 1993, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2011 and 2014. The anatomical regions considered were categorised as follows: skull anteroposterior (AP), lumbar AP, lumbar lateral (LAT), pelvis (AP), ankle, chest posteroanterior (PA), Guthmann (lateral pelviography for pregnant women), infant hip joint and mammography. The doses for all anatomical regions decreased from 1974 to 1993. The MGD for mammography remained low from 1993 to 2014, and the ESDs for chest (PA) radiography trended upward. After the 2000s, the use of digital imaging increased in Japan. This is the first long-term study to examine changes in ESDs and MGDs in Japan.
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U2 - 10.1093/rpd/ncx017
DO - 10.1093/rpd/ncx017
M3 - Article
C2 - 28338846
AN - SCOPUS:85042560152
SN - 0144-8420
VL - 176
SP - 347
EP - 353
JO - Radiation protection dosimetry
JF - Radiation protection dosimetry
IS - 4
ER -
