Establishment of Local Diagnostic Reference Levels for Adult CT Brain in Johannesburg, South Africa: A Retrospective Protocol Study.

Khahliso Genious Seekoei, Nape Matheko Phahlamohlaka, Jeanette Du Plessis, Setlhapelo Edward Mokhure

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Article in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Khahliso Genious SeekoeiDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Central University of Technology, Free State, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa.ORCID 0009-0004-5241-6144

Nape Matheko PhahlamohlakaDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Central University of Technology, Free State, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa.

Jeanette Du PlessisDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Central University of Technology, Free State, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa.

Setlhapelo Edward MokhureRadiation Oncology Department, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, Park Town, Johannesburg 2193, South Africa.

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Central University of technology 214008630

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computed tomographycontrast-enhanced braindiagnostic reference levelsdose–length producteffective dosenon-contrast-enhanced brainvolumetric CT dose index

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PMID42122106

DOI10.3390/diagnostics16091404

PMCPMC13163789

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