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Table 3 Entrance surface dose (ESD) and other parameters for newborn between 8 and 14 days

From: Estimation of dose and cancer risk to newborn from chest X-ray in South-South Nigeria: a call for protocol optimization

Patient

Mean ESD (mGy)

Field size (cm2)

kVp

mAs

FFD

Age (days)

Sex

Weight (Kg)

Height (m)

1

1.18 ± 0.15

25 × 23

58

5

102

13

M

3.5

0.55

2

1.73 ± 0.23

30 × 23

57

6.3

100

10

M

3.5

0.57

3

1.05 ± 0.02

16 × 12

58

5

100

9

M

3.2

0.53

4

0.36 ± 0.05

26 × 18

55

5

98

10

M

1.8

0.56

5

0.60 ± 0.16

27 × 20

54

5

100

11

M

2.5

0.47

6

1.39 ± 0.07

21 × 16

54

6.3

108

14

F

4

0.40

7

1.58 ± 0.12

19 × 19

59

6.3

100

8

F

4.5

0.44

8

1.33 ± 0.33

22 × 20

58

6.3

100

14

F

3

0.41

9

0.52 ± 0.03

24 × 22

57

5

100

12

F

2.7

0.52

10

1.74 ± 0.01

25 × 21

60

6.3

104

13

F

3.3

0.58