Analysis of Kerma Area Product Measurements of Barium Enema Examinations

• Published in: Radiation Protection Dosimetry
• Main Authors: Walderhaug, T.P., Einarsson, G.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 1998
• Subjects: Article; Kap; Iceland
• Online Access: http://rpd.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/80/1-3/231; https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032513

In Iceland guidance levels for patient radiation doses are expressed in terms of kerma area product (KAP) for complete examinations. Radiological departments' compliance with these guidance levels is based on the average value from kerma area product measurements on a sample of patients. Along...