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Table 4 Entrance surface dose (ESD) and other parameters for newborn between 15 and 21 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

1.13 ± 0.02

22.5 × 16

54

5

100

15

M

3.3

0.47

2

1.31 ± 0.11

25 × 25

58

6.3

104

15

M

4.0

0.48

3

1.79 ± 0.10

22 × 17

59

6.3

100

17

M

3.6

0.65

4

0.66 ± 0.23

18.7 × 18

52

5.0

100

20

F

2.9

0.47

5

1.04 ± 0.15

26 × 24

54

5.0

100

17

F

2.3

0.42

6

1.90 ± 0.31

30 × 28

58

6.3

102

18

F

2.7

0.50

7

0.72 ± 0.02

21.5 × 17

56

5.0

100

16

F

4.5

0.45

8

0.80 ± 0.04

20 × 18

57

5.0

104

15

F

2.7

0.42

9

1.61 ± 0.09

29 × 27

58

6.3

100

21

F

3.3

0.40

10

0.97 ± 0.20

20.5 × 17

54

5

104

17

F

2.1

0.38