Medicina Fluminensis, Vol. 61 No. 2, 2025.
Stručni rad
https://doi.org/10.21860/medflum2025_330053
Dose Indicators for Full-Field Mammography and Digital Breast Tomosynthesis at CHC Rijeka
Doris Šegota Ritoša
orcid.org/0000-0002-2746-9584
; Clinical Hospital Center Rijeka, Department of Medical Physics and Radiation Protection, Rijeka, Croatia
*
Magdalena Zahtila
; Faculty of Health Studies, Rijeka, Croatia
Petra Valković Zujić
; Clinical Hospital Center Rijeka, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Rijeka, Croatia
Maja Karić
; Faculty of Health Studies, Rijeka, Croatia
Nina Bartolović
; Clinical Hospital Center Rijeka, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Rijeka, Croatia
Ana Božanić
; Clinical Hospital Center Rijeka, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Rijeka, Croatia
Slaven Jurković
; Clinical Hospital Center Rijeka, Department of Medical Physics and Radiation Protection, Rijeka, Croatia
* Dopisni autor.
Sažetak
Aim: The aim of the study is to determine typical values of dose indicators for standard mammography and digital breast tomosynthesis at the Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology at the Clinical Hospital Center Rijeka, to assess whether the determined typical values of the dose indicators for standard mammography procedures are in accordance with the national diagnostic reference values and whether the determined typical values of the dose indicators for digital breast tomosynthesis are in accordance with the data published in current international publications. This is one of the first studies in the Republic of Croatia with the aim of determining typical values of dose indicators for digital breast tomosynthesis procedures. Participants and methods: Data from a total of 135 women who had undergone planar mammography and 285 women who had undergone digital breast tomosynthesis were analyzed. Median values of average glandular dose for standard mammography and tomosynthesis were calculated for a compressed breast thickness of 5-6 cm. Results: The median values of the average glandular dose for standard mammography at a compressed breast thickness of 5-6 cm at Clinical Hospital Center Rijeka are 1.51 mGy per projection, while for digital breast tomosynthesis, they are 1.99 mGy per projection. It was found that the values of the typical dose indicator for standard mammography procedures determined at the Clinical Hospital Center Rijeka are lower than the national diagnostic reference values. The determined values of the typical dose indicator for digital breast tomosynthesis are consistent with the values published in recent international publications. Conclusions: The results of this study have shown that the values of the average glandular dose for planar mammography and digital breast tomosynthesis at the Clinical Hospital Center Rijeka are in accordance with national and international recommendations.
Ključne riječi
diagnostic reference levels; health care; mammography; quality assurance
Hrčak ID:
330053
URI
Datum izdavanja:
1.6.2025.
Posjeta: 806 *