Exposure dose reduction during lateral spine test with water filter

Issue title: Selected papers from the ICCT Conference, Hokkaido, Japan, June 29-July 2, 2015

Guest editors: S.Y. Oh, K. Chung and J.-S. Han

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Kim, Chang-Gyu

Affiliations: Department of Radiological Science, Gimcheon University, Gimcheon City, Gyung-buk 740-704, Korea E-mail: radkcg@hanmail.net

Abstract: To minimize exposure dose during lateral spine X-Ray testing and obtain optimal image for diagnosis a water filter was made to measure and evaluate dose distribution. When applying the water filter, as thickness increased exposure dose decreased. When applying 2 cm of water filter, clarity of contrast and boundary was found to be 4.5 ± 0.5 and resolution was found to be 2.00 ± 0.5 Lp/mm which was almost identical image quality compared to not applying water filter which showed clarity of contrast and boundary of 5.0 ± 0.0, and resolution of 2.50 ± 0.0 Lp/mm, while reducing exposure dose by 55%. This result is expected to have many uses as important basic data to predict exposure dose of patients and to minimize medical exposure dose through applying water filters during lateral spine X-Ray testing.

Keywords: Water filter, exposure dose, image quality, dose reduce

DOI: 10.3233/THC-151120

Journal: Technology and Health Care, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 429-438, 2016