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Table 4 DRLci for chest CT

From: Diagnostic Reference Levels based on clinical indications in computed tomography: a literature review

Chest CT

References

Lung cancer

Interstitial lung disease (axial)

Interstitial lung disease (helical)

Pulmonary embolism

CCTA

Calcium scoring

 

ctdivol (mgy)

dlp (mgy.cm)

ctdivol (mgy)

dlp (mgy.cm)

ctdivol (mgy)

dlp (mgy.cm)

ctdivol (mgy)

dlp (mgy.cm)

ctdivol (mgy)

dlp (mgy.cm)

ctdivol (mgy)

dlp (mgy.cm)

Castellano et al. (UK) 2017 [22]

173

Danish Health Authority (DK) 2015 [10]

16

620

13

500

29

230

Foley et al. (IE) 2012 [23]

7

276

13

432

Fukushima et al. (JP) 2012 [24]

1510

 

Schegerer et al. (DE) 2019 [20]

20

330 (d)

 

Hausleiter et al. 2009 [25]

69,6

1152

 

Japan Network for Research on Medical Exposures (JP) 2015 [26]

90

1400

Kanal et al. (USA) 2017 [27]

19

557

Mafalanka et al. (FR) 2015 [28]

870

Palorini et al. (IT) 2014 [29]

1208

131

Public Health England (UK) 2016 [11]

12

610

4

140

12

350

13

440

Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (FI) 2013 [30]

11

430

Salama et al. (EG) 2017 [31]

22

421

Schegerer et al. (DE) 2017 [12]

15

300

36 (e)

19 (d)

551 (e)

270 (d)

8

119

Treier et al. (CH) 2010 [21]

1000

150

Van der Molen et al. (NL) 2013 [13]

276

371

671

51

Wachabauer et al. (AT) 2017 [14]

400

Geryes et al. (FR) 2019 [15]

8

310

Ireland (IE) MERU 2017 [16]

7 (a)

241 (a)

7 (a)

210 (a)

9 (a)

234 (a)

7 (b)

272 (b)

7 (b)

249 (b)

12 (b)

278 (b)

Norway (NO) 2018 [17]

9

350

9

300

Sweden (SE) 2019 [18]

9

350

 

Public Health England (UK) 2018 [19]

170 (c)

280 (d)

380 (e)

Netherlands (NL) 2012 [32]

10

350

  1. aFor female patients
  2. bFor male patients
  3. cProspective, no padding
  4. dProspective, with padding
  5. eRetrospective, with gating