Iranian doctor's knowledge about received dose by patients in diagnostic radiology

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the level of doctor's knowledge about radiation doses received by patients in radiological examinations. A questionnaire was compiled and the most commonly requested radiological investigations were listed. Participants were asked to identify the average dose of radiation received by patients when they underwent a posterior-anterior hand x-ray. Most of doctors could not correctly estimate the amount of radiation dose received by patients in a routine radiography of hand and was not aware of annually maximum permissible dose to general Pubic. Some of doctors did not know that sonography and MRI have no radiation dose. © 2009 Springer-Verlag.