Estimated Effective Doses from Various Medical Imaging
Procedures
Reference
HPS
Radiology
Info
uthscsa
Effective Dose (mrem)
UTxSW
Single radiographs
Abdomen (AP)1
Abdomen6
Abdomen-KUB
Angiogram - Coronary
Angiography - Abdominal
Angiography - Cerebral
Angiography - digital carotid
Angiography - digital femoral
Angiography - digital hepatic
Angiography - digital renal
Barium enema (10 images, 137 sec
fluoroscopy)1
Barium follow-up (4 images, 78 sec
fluoroscopy)1
Barium meal (11 images, 121 sec
fluoroscopy)1
Barium swallow (24 images, 106 sec
fluoroscopy)1
Biliary
Bitewing dental film 6
Cervical spine series6
Chest (lateral)1
Chest (PA and lateral)5
Chest (PA)1
Cholecystography
Cine Fluoro (per minute)
CT (head or chest)5
CT abdomen1
CT abdomen
CT Body
CT Cardiac for Calcium Scoring
CT chest1
CT chest1
CT Coloography
CT head1
CT lumbar spine
CT pelvis1
CT pelvis1
CT Sinuses
CT Spine
Dental intra-oral
Dental Panoramic
DEXA- men
DEXA-Forearm
DEXA-Hip
DEXA-Lateral spine
DEXA-Lumbar spine
70
53
120
120
460 - 1,580
140
3000
1044
689
400
400
2200
1400
700
410
710
300
300
150
330
189
0.4
27
4
6
2
10
1,110
1,000
1,000
800
1,000
200
800
200
500
200
1,000
20
20
4
5
3
100
120/min
1147 m
1311 f
860
880 m
1059 f
740
200
200
730
987
1,479
60
1,000
1
0.4
1
6
10
10
35
10
Estimated Effective Doses from Various Medical Imaging
Procedures
Reference
Radiology
Info
uthscsa
Effective Dose (mrem)
HPS
DEXA-Whole Body
DEXA-women
Diagnostic Cardiac
Intravenous Pyelogram (kidneys, 6 films)1
Limbs and joints6
Lower GI
Lumbar L5-S1
Lumbar spine (AP)1
Lumbar spine (lateral)1
Lumbar spine series6
Mammogram6
Myelography
Pelvis (AP)1
Pelvis or hips6
PTCA (heart study)6
Skeletal Survey
Skull (lateral)1
Skull (PA or AP)1
Skull Series
Thoracic spine (AP)1
Thoracic spine (lateral)1
Thoracic spine series6
Upper GI
UTxSW
1.5
1
250
6
160
3000
250
1
1
400
70
30
180
13
200 per view
50
90
53
230
35
70
83
150
83
43
70
400
70
83
750 - 5,700
1
3
2
40
30
140
200
100
150
350
3
6
15
48
29
90
Effective, whole-body doses for routine nuclear medicine studies at KU Hospital
Nuclear Medical
Scan
Brain2
Brain4
Thyroid scan
Thyroid scan-cancer
Thyroid Hyperthyroidism
Hepatobiliary2
Bone2
Lung
Perfusion/Ventilation2
Kidney3
Tumor2
Heart3
Heart3 MUGA
Heart4
Heart4
Prostate Cancer
Gastric Emptying7
Various3
Activity
(mCi)
30
30
10
4
Radiopharmaceutical
99m+Tc
ECD
HMPAO
99mTc pertechnetate
131I NaI
99mTc
131I
0.015
5
20
5 & 10-30
20
3
30
30
2
30
5
1
15
99mTc
Mebrofenin
MDP
370
440
MAA & 133Xe
150-450
99mTc
MAG3
67Ga
99mTc
sestimibi
pertechnetate
201Tl chloride
99mTc tetrofosmin
111In Prostacint
99mTc Sulfur Colloid
18F FDG
99mTc
975
1035
NaI
99mTc
99mTc
Effective Dose
(mrem)
520
1,220
890
1,440
1,700
845
93
1050
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Health Risks from Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation: “Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation (BEIR)
VII, Phase 2. National Academy of Sciences, 2006.
Health Physics Society.
“Radiation Aspects Of Informed Consent Statements For Clinical Research Projects In Which Radiation Exposure Is
For Research Purpose And Not For The Medical Benefit Of The Subject (Patients And Normals)”, University of
Maryland, http://www.ehs.umaryland.edu/rad/pdf/Required%20Consent%20Form.pdf, Accessed 3/3/2008
Guidelines for Radiation Statements, Johns Hopkins Medicine,
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