Table 5.
DRLci for abdominal CT
| Abdomen | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reference | Liver metastases | Abscess | Kidney stones/colic | Kidney tumour/colic | Acute abdomen | Pancreas adeno Ca | ||||||
| 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) | |
| 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) | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 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 | – | – |
aFor female patients
bFor male patients