Efficacy of the Monte Carlo method and dose reduction strategies in paediatric panoramic radiography.

ABSTRACT: Monte Carlo (MC) simulation is a simpler radiation dose assessment method than the conventional method, thermoluminescent dosimetry (TLD). MC simulation and TLD were compared as tools to evaluate the effective dose from paediatric panoramic radiography. Various exposure conditions and machine geometries were simulated using the MC method to investigate factors resulting in effective dose reduction. The effective dose of paediatric panoramic radiography was obtained using an MC simulation and its reliability was verified by a comparison with the value obtained using TLD. Next, 7 factors determining the effective dose in the MC simulation were input with 6 equally-spaced values, and a total of 36 simulations were performed to obtain effective dose values. The correlations between each dose-d

SUBMITTER: Lee C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6609601 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature