Trend and risk of diagnostic medical exposure to Taiwan population

T. R. Chen, C. J. Tung*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Due to the rapid growth of diagnostic medical examination frequencies in recent years for imaging modalities such as the computed tomography and the interventional fluoroscopy, the population dose and the health risk from medical exposure are of increasing interest. The temporal trends over time for the population dose from diagnostic examinations provide data on the promotion of high standard quality assurance programs. In the present work, studies have been performed to illustrate the trends from 1997 to 2008 for the examination frequencies and effective doses of diagnostic examinations in Taiwan. The frequency data were extracted from the Taiwan Health Insurance Research Database. The average effective dose per examination was derived from hospital surveys, measured data, and published results. Estimates of the collective and per caput effective doses were made for radiography, fluoroscopy, mammography, computed tomography, interventional fluoroscopy, and nuclear medicine. Risks of cancer induction from medical exposure were also estimated.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings 2011 International Conference on Human Health and Biomedical Engineering, HHBE 2011
Pages1096-1099
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011
Event2011 International Conference on Human Health and Biomedical Engineering, HHBE 2011 - Jilin, China
Duration: 19 08 201122 08 2011

Publication series

NameProceedings 2011 International Conference on Human Health and Biomedical Engineering, HHBE 2011

Conference

Conference2011 International Conference on Human Health and Biomedical Engineering, HHBE 2011
Country/TerritoryChina
CityJilin
Period19/08/1122/08/11

Keywords

  • Taiwan
  • cancer risk
  • medical exposure
  • population dose

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