Andreas Stratis1,2, Guozhi Zhang3, Reinhilde Jacobs4, Ria Bogaerts3, Hilde Bosmans3. 1. Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Department of Imaging and Pathology, OMFS-IMPATH Research Group, Campus St. Rafael, Kapucijnenvoer 33, Leuven, 3000, Belgium. andreas.stratis@uzleuven.be. 2. University Hospitals of Leuven, Department of Radiology, Herestraat 49, Leuven, 3000, Belgium. andreas.stratis@uzleuven.be. 3. University Hospitals of Leuven, Department of Radiology, Herestraat 49, Leuven, 3000, Belgium. 4. Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Department of Imaging and Pathology, OMFS-IMPATH Research Group, Campus St. Rafael, Kapucijnenvoer 33, Leuven, 3000, Belgium.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To provide an indication-based and scanner-specific radiation dose and risk guide for paediatric patients undergoing dental and maxillofacial cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) examinations. METHODS: Five commercially available scanners were simulated in EGSnrc Monte Carlo (MC) code. Dedicated, in-house built, head and neck voxel models, each consisting of 22 segmented organs, were used in the study. Organ doses and life attributable risk (LAR) for cancer incidence were assessed for males and females, aged 5 to 14 years old, for every clinically available protocol: central upper and lower incisors, upper and lower premolars, upper and lower jaws, cleft palate, temporal bone, sinus, dentomaxillofacial complex, and face and skull imaging. Dose results were normalised to the x-ray tube load (mAs) and logarithmic curves were fit to organ dose and risk versus age data. RESULTS: Females demonstrated higher LAR values in all cases. A well-established dose decreasing pattern with increasing age-at-exposure was observed. Central upper incisor protocols were those with the lowest risk, contrary to skull protocols which provided the highest LAR values. Salivary glands and oral mucosa were the highest irradiated organs in all cases, followed by extrathoracic tissue (ET) in protocols where the entire nasal cavity was inside the primary field. The dose to thyroid was considerably high for younger patients. CONCLUSIONS: This work provides an extensive dose assessment guide for 5 dental CBCTs, enabling detailed dose assessment for every paediatric patient. KEY POINTS: • Radiation dose concerns due to the growing use of paediatric dental and maxillofacial CBCT underline the need for justification that should in part be based on radiation exposure in radiology. • Patient-specific dose calculations based on Monte Carlo simulations and head-neck paediatric voxel models overcome the limitations of conventional thermoluminescent dosimeter (TLD) dosimetry and provide proper guidance for justification of CBCT exposures. • Monte Carlo simulations with head-neck models reveal an organ dose and radiation risk decreasing pattern with increasing age at exposure, and with decreasing size of the scanning volume of interest (field of view).
OBJECTIVES: To provide an indication-based and scanner-specific radiation dose and risk guide for paediatric patients undergoing dental and maxillofacial cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) examinations. METHODS: Five commercially available scanners were simulated in EGSnrc Monte Carlo (MC) code. Dedicated, in-house built, head and neck voxel models, each consisting of 22 segmented organs, were used in the study. Organ doses and life attributable risk (LAR) for cancer incidence were assessed for males and females, aged 5 to 14 years old, for every clinically available protocol: central upper and lower incisors, upper and lower premolars, upper and lower jaws, cleft palate, temporal bone, sinus, dentomaxillofacial complex, and face and skull imaging. Dose results were normalised to the x-ray tube load (mAs) and logarithmic curves were fit to organ dose and risk versus age data. RESULTS: Females demonstrated higher LAR values in all cases. A well-established dose decreasing pattern with increasing age-at-exposure was observed. Central upper incisor protocols were those with the lowest risk, contrary to skull protocols which provided the highest LAR values. Salivary glands and oral mucosa were the highest irradiated organs in all cases, followed by extrathoracic tissue (ET) in protocols where the entire nasal cavity was inside the primary field. The dose to thyroid was considerably high for younger patients. CONCLUSIONS: This work provides an extensive dose assessment guide for 5 dental CBCTs, enabling detailed dose assessment for every paediatric patient. KEY POINTS: • Radiation dose concerns due to the growing use of paediatric dental and maxillofacial CBCT underline the need for justification that should in part be based on radiation exposure in radiology. • Patient-specific dose calculations based on Monte Carlo simulations and head-neck paediatric voxel models overcome the limitations of conventional thermoluminescent dosimeter (TLD) dosimetry and provide proper guidance for justification of CBCT exposures. • Monte Carlo simulations with head-neck models reveal an organ dose and radiation risk decreasing pattern with increasing age at exposure, and with decreasing size of the scanning volume of interest (field of view).
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