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Table 6
Dosimetric indicators found for the four types of examination.
| CT protocols | Dosimetric indicators | 75th percentile this study |
75th percentile (Benamar et al., 2023) |
75th percentile (El Mansouri et al., 2022) |
75th percentile France (2019–2021) (IRSN 2023) |
DRL Australia (Lee et al., 2020) |
DRL Allemagne (Schegerer et al., 2019) |
DRL Japan (Abe et al., 2020) |
DRL Nigeria (Ekpo et al., 2018) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Head | CTDIvol (mGy) | 56.7 | 57,7 | 57.4 | 39.6 | 52 | 60 | 77 | 61 |
| DLP (mGy.cm) | 1166.76 | 1250,4 | 1020 | 734 | 880 | 850 | 1350 | 1310 | |
| Chest | CTDIvol(mGy) | 11.82 | 11,1 | 12.3 | 6.6 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 17 |
| DLP (mGy.cm) | 450 | 392,2 | 632 | 248 | 390 | 350 | 510 | 735 | |
| Abdomen | CTDIvol (mGy) | 16.1 | 11,3 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 20 |
| DLP (mGy.cm) | 866.69 | 517,1 | 714 | 475 | 600 | 700 | 880 | 1486 | |
| CAP | CTDIvol (mGy) | 12.32 | 11,6 | 9.1 | 11 | 13 | 16 | ||
| DLP (mGy.cm) | 919.8 | 833,27 | 620 | 940 | 1000 | 1200 |
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