Establishment of local diagnostic reference levels for trunk computed tomography examinations at governmental hospitals in the Gaza Strip: a cross-sectional study.

Amjad Ayyad, Yasser Alajerami, Ahmed Najim, Husam H Mansour, Muhammad Khalis Abdul Karim, Fahad Alghamdi, Kinan Mokbel

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Amjad AyyadDepartment of Medical Imaging, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Al- Azhar University, Gaza Strip, Palestine.

Yasser AlajeramiDepartment of Medical Imaging, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Al- Azhar University, Gaza Strip, Palestine.

Ahmed NajimDepartment of Nursing, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Al-Azhar University, Gaza Strip, Palestine.

Husam H MansourDepartment of Medical Imaging, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Al- Azhar University, Gaza Strip, Palestine.

Muhammad Khalis Abdul KarimDepartment of Physics, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.

Fahad AlghamdiDepartment of Radiologic Technology, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Qassim University, Buraydah, Saudi Arabia.

Kinan MokbelDepartment of Health and Care Professions, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK. K.A.Mokbel@exeter.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3896-2542

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To establish the local diagnostic reference levels (LDRLs) for trunk multi-slice CT (MSCT) examinations in the Gaza Strip, Palestine. This cross-sectional study included adult oncology patients undergoing trunk MSCT at two governmental hospitals in Gaza Strip; Al Shifa Medical Complex (SMC) and Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital (AMH), using an adapted dose survey booklet. Data collected from July 2019 to March 2020 included patient characteristics, volumetric CT dose index (CTDI

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Hospitals, PublicTomography, X-Ray ComputedAdultAgedCross-Sectional StudiesDiagnostic Reference LevelsFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMiddle EastRadiation DosageComputed tomographyCTDIvol Dose-length productDiagnostic reference levelsDLPGaza StripLocal diagnostic reference levelRadiation dose optimisationTrunk CTVolumetric CT dose index

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PMID42060246

DOI10.1007/s12194-026-01053-x

PMCPMC13253881

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