RADIATION DOSAGE TO FEMALE GONADS DURING DIAGNOSTIC ROENTGENOGRAPHIC PROCEDURES

Journal Article · Sat Jun 13 04:00:00 EDT 1959 · Journal of the American Medical Association

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1959.03010070006002· OSTI ID:4253860

Cooper, George

The current state of knowledge about radiation hazards and ways to minimize dosage during medical diagnostic roentgenography makes it possible to focus our concern on those procedures which involve passing the x ray beam through or near the ovaries of women not past the child-bearing age. Statistics from the University of Virginia Hospital at Charlottesville showed the number of roentgenographic examinations done in 1957 which involved delivery of relatively large radiation dosage to the ovaries, the age distribution of the patients undergoing these procedures, and an estimate of the average radiation dosage, exclusive of fluoroscopy, delivered to the ovaries of adults by the techniques then in use. Assuming that only essential examinations will be performed during pregnancy, the greatest opportunity for ovarian dosage reduction in this particular institution lies in strict evaluation of the need for roentgenographic investigation of the gastrointestinal tracts gallbladder, and lumbar area of spine in young women and of repeated roentgenographic examinations in the handling of hip disease in young girls. (auth)

• Research Organization: Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• NSA Number: NSA-13-015010
• OSTI ID: 4253860
• Journal Information: Journal of the American Medical Association, Journal Name: Journal of the American Medical Association Journal Issue: 7 Vol. 170; ISSN 0002-9955
• Country of Publication: Country unknown/Code not available
• Language: English

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SPINE
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