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Individualized Radiation Dose Control

NCT02689908 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2016-02-24

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The adjustment of radiation dose in many CT protocol are based on body mass index(BMI) or weight of the patient.

In the literature, neck circumference (NC) has been reported as a new anthropometric parameter indicating the body mass for the upper body.

NC may be an important landmark in the determination of the low dose protocols for upper body CT examinations such as neck, chest and coronary CT.

Conditions

  • Radiation Exposure

Interventions

RADIATION

computed tomography

low dose protocol of thorax ct

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Van Military Hospital

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • serkan arıbal · Aksaz Military Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-05-31
Primary Completion
2016-02-29
Completion
2016-02-29

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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