Estimating local diagnostic reference levels for mammography in Dubai
As the total volume of mammograms in Dubai is increasing consistently, it is crucial to focus on the process of dose optimization by determining dose reference levels for such sensitive radiographic examinations as mammography. This work aimed to determine local diagnostic reference levels (DRLs) fo...
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| author | Abdulwahid Noor, Kaltham Mohd Norsuddin, Norhashimah Abdul Karim, Muhammad Khalis Che Isa, Iza Nurzawani Alshamsi, Wadha |
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| description | As the total volume of mammograms in Dubai is increasing consistently, it is crucial to focus on the process of dose optimization by determining dose reference levels for such sensitive radiographic examinations as mammography. This work aimed to determine local diagnostic reference levels (DRLs) for mammography procedures in Dubai at different ranges of breast thickness. A total of 2599 anonymized mammograms were randomly retrieved from a central dose survey database. Mammographic cases for screening women aged from 40 to 69 years were included, while cases of breast implants and breast thickness outside the range of 20–100 mm were excluded. Mean, median, and 75 percentiles were obtained for the mean glandular dose (MGD) distribution of each mammography projection for all compressed breast thickness (CBT) ranges. The local DRLs for mammography in Dubai were found to be between 0.80 mGy and 0.82 mGy for the craniocaudal (CC) projection and between 0.89 mGy and 0.971.8 mGy for the mediolateral oblique (MLO) projection. Local DRLs were proposed according to different breast thicknesses, starting from 20 to 100 mm. All groups of CBT showed a slight difference in MGD values, with higher values in MLO views rather than CC views. The local DRLs in this study were lower than some other Middle Eastern countries and lower than the standard reference levels reported by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) at 3 mGy/view. |
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| spelling | upm-1058642024-03-22T01:35:47Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/105864/ Estimating local diagnostic reference levels for mammography in Dubai Abdulwahid Noor, Kaltham Mohd Norsuddin, Norhashimah Abdul Karim, Muhammad Khalis Che Isa, Iza Nurzawani Alshamsi, Wadha As the total volume of mammograms in Dubai is increasing consistently, it is crucial to focus on the process of dose optimization by determining dose reference levels for such sensitive radiographic examinations as mammography. This work aimed to determine local diagnostic reference levels (DRLs) for mammography procedures in Dubai at different ranges of breast thickness. A total of 2599 anonymized mammograms were randomly retrieved from a central dose survey database. Mammographic cases for screening women aged from 40 to 69 years were included, while cases of breast implants and breast thickness outside the range of 20–100 mm were excluded. Mean, median, and 75 percentiles were obtained for the mean glandular dose (MGD) distribution of each mammography projection for all compressed breast thickness (CBT) ranges. The local DRLs for mammography in Dubai were found to be between 0.80 mGy and 0.82 mGy for the craniocaudal (CC) projection and between 0.89 mGy and 0.971.8 mGy for the mediolateral oblique (MLO) projection. Local DRLs were proposed according to different breast thicknesses, starting from 20 to 100 mm. All groups of CBT showed a slight difference in MGD values, with higher values in MLO views rather than CC views. The local DRLs in this study were lower than some other Middle Eastern countries and lower than the standard reference levels reported by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) at 3 mGy/view. MDPI AG 2024 Article PeerReviewed Abdulwahid Noor, Kaltham and Mohd Norsuddin, Norhashimah and Abdul Karim, Muhammad Khalis and Che Isa, Iza Nurzawani and Alshamsi, Wadha (2024) Estimating local diagnostic reference levels for mammography in Dubai. Diagnostics, 14 (1). art. no. 8. pp. 1-13. ISSN 2075-4418 https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/14/1/8 10.3390/diagnostics14010008 |
| spellingShingle | Abdulwahid Noor, Kaltham Mohd Norsuddin, Norhashimah Abdul Karim, Muhammad Khalis Che Isa, Iza Nurzawani Alshamsi, Wadha Estimating local diagnostic reference levels for mammography in Dubai |
| title | Estimating local diagnostic reference levels for mammography in Dubai |
| title_full | Estimating local diagnostic reference levels for mammography in Dubai |
| title_fullStr | Estimating local diagnostic reference levels for mammography in Dubai |
| title_full_unstemmed | Estimating local diagnostic reference levels for mammography in Dubai |
| title_short | Estimating local diagnostic reference levels for mammography in Dubai |
| title_sort | estimating local diagnostic reference levels for mammography in dubai |
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