TY - JOUR
T1 - The establishment of national diagnostic reference levels for adult SPECT-CT in Saudi Arabia
AU - Al-Qahtani, Saeed Mueed
AU - Alidasroos, Moaaz Aqeel
AU - Alkhybari, Essam M.
AU - Althomali, Marwan Ahmed
AU - Alomari, Ali Hamed
AU - Bawazeer, Omemh Abdullah
AU - Hawsawi, Hassan B.
AU - Aamry, Ali Ibrahim
AU - Asiri, Jaber Abdulwahab
AU - Aloufi, Azzam Abdulaziz
AU - Aljehani, Amr Dakhilallah
AU - Al-Osaimi, Maram Bandar
AU - Alosaimi, Areej Khalid
AU - Alsulami, Anwar Khalaf
AU - Sabi, Ahmed Yahya
AU - Kamli, Talal Mosa
AU - Adam Sulieman, Abdelmoneim
AU - Ajlouni, Abdul Wali
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 Society for Radiological Protection. Published on behalf of SRP by IOP Publishing Limited. All rights reserved.
PY - 2023/9
Y1 - 2023/9
N2 - This study aims to introduce national diagnostic reference levels (NDRLs) for adult hybrid single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT-CT) in nuclear medicine (NM) departments in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The administered activity (AA) of radiopharmaceuticals, volume-weighted computed tomography dose index (CTDIvol) and dose length product (DLP) for ten hybrid SPECT/CT examinations were collected and analysed for one year. The median of AA, CTDIvol and DLP for each dose quantity was derived and the suggested national DRLs were determined based on the 75th percentile for all identified SPECT-CT examinations. A comparison of the defined adult NDRLs in Saudi Arabia with the published data of other countries was performed. Although there are no significant variations of the proposed NDRL of AA between countries, the proposed NDRLs of the integrated CT metrics exceed the published data in most procedures. NM departments are urged to consider optimisation for both image quality and radiation protection.
AB - This study aims to introduce national diagnostic reference levels (NDRLs) for adult hybrid single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT-CT) in nuclear medicine (NM) departments in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The administered activity (AA) of radiopharmaceuticals, volume-weighted computed tomography dose index (CTDIvol) and dose length product (DLP) for ten hybrid SPECT/CT examinations were collected and analysed for one year. The median of AA, CTDIvol and DLP for each dose quantity was derived and the suggested national DRLs were determined based on the 75th percentile for all identified SPECT-CT examinations. A comparison of the defined adult NDRLs in Saudi Arabia with the published data of other countries was performed. Although there are no significant variations of the proposed NDRL of AA between countries, the proposed NDRLs of the integrated CT metrics exceed the published data in most procedures. NM departments are urged to consider optimisation for both image quality and radiation protection.
KW - national diagnostic reference level
KW - NDRL
KW - nuclear medicine
KW - radiation exposure
KW - SPECT-CT
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U2 - 10.1088/1361-6498/ace452
DO - 10.1088/1361-6498/ace452
M3 - Article
C2 - 37406624
AN - SCOPUS:85164845659
SN - 0952-4746
VL - 43
JO - Journal of Radiological Protection
JF - Journal of Radiological Protection
IS - 3
M1 - 031505
ER -