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

Insights into Imaging

Table 5 DRL_ci for abdominal CT

Abdomen
Reference	Liver metastases		Abscess		Kidney stones/colic		Kidney tumour/colic		Acute abdomen		Pancreas adeno Ca
	CTDI_vol (mGy)	DLP (mGy.cm)	CTDI_vol (mGy)	DLP (mGy.cm)	CTDI_vol (mGy)	DLP (mGy.cm)	CTDI_vol (mGy)	DLP (mGy.cm)	CTDI_vol (mGy)	DLP (mGy.cm)	CTDI_vol (mGy)	DLP (mGy.cm)
Danish Health Authority (DK) 2015 [10]	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	17	700	–	–
Public Health England (UK) 2016 [11]	14	910	15	745	10	460	13	1150	–	–	–	–
Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (FI) 2013 [30]	–	–	–	–	7	330	–	–	–	–	–	–
Salama et al. (EG) 2017 [31]	31	1423	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Treier et al. (CH) 2010 [21]	15	400	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	––	–	–
Van der Molen et al. (NL) 2013 [13]	–	–	–	–	–	329	–	1371	–	–	–	1000
Wachabauer et al. (AT) 2017 [14]	–	400	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ireland (IE) MERU 2017 [16]	9 (a)	554 (a)	–	–	6 (a)	254 (a)	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ireland (IE) MERU 2017 [16]	10 (b)	515 (b)	–	–	8 (b)	291 (b)	–	–	–	–	–	–
Norway (NO) 2018 [17]	–	–	–	–	5	250	13	1300	–	–	–	–
Sweden (SE) 2019 [18]	11	550	–	–	5	200	12	1000	–	–	–	–
Netherlands (NL) 2012 [32]	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	15	700	–	–