title: Radiation dose to the eyes of patients during petrous bone tomography--a comparative survey.
abstract: Some investigation has been made in recent years of radiation dose to the eye during radiological procedures. A comparative survey has been made of eye dose during petrous bone tomography in different departments on different tomographic units and during different types of examination. Doses of up to 4 rad per exposure have been recorded and various methods of reducing the dose have been investigated, the most successful being the use of 1 mm lead eyeshields or examining the patient in the posteroanterior position.
mesh_terms: D005123:Eye / Q000528:radiation effects*; D006801:Humans; D010579:Petrous Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000295:instrumentation; D014056:Tomography, X-Ray / Q000009:adverse effects*