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Assessment of Radiation Doses for Paediatric Head, Chest, and Abdominopelvic Computed Tomography Examinations in a Teaching Hospital in Ghana

Polish Journal of Medical Physics and Engineering
Volume 31 (2025): Issue 3 (September 2025)
By: Bernard Amedzoame,  Isaac Frimpong Brobbey,  Bismark Djan,  Isaac Kwesi Acquah and  Mercy Afadzi Tetteh  
Open Access
|Aug 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pjmpe-2025-0029 | Journal eISSN: 1898-0309 | Journal ISSN: 1425-4689
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Language: English
Page range: 256 - 262
Submitted on: Feb 18, 2025
Accepted on: Aug 5, 2025
Published on: Aug 28, 2025
Published by: Polish Society of Medical Physics
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
Diagnostic reference levels (DRLs),
Computed Tomography (CT),
Computed Tomography Dose Index (CTDIvol),
Dose Length Product (DLP),
Teaching Hospital
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Biomedical engineering,
Physics,
Technical and applied physics,
Medical physics

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