title: [Radiation exposure in diagnostic radiation: a quantification model for analytic epidemiological studies].
abstract: The present paper introduces a model for retrospective assessment of radiation exposure to patients undergoing conventional diagnostic radiography. The model allows for the quantification of relevant organ doses as well as the effective dose from exposures in the time period between 1946 and 1995. The assessment procedure consists of three consecutive steps. The first step uses a set of ideal doses that were measured under optimum conditions. In the second step, we account for the state of radiological technology available at the time of a given exposure. The third step, finally, considers the prevailing standard of radiological practice. Model parameters are derived from a compilation of data from the contemporary radiologic literature as well as from a multitude of historic sources. The three-dimensional matrix of ideal doses and respective correction factors presented here can be readily implemented in the context of analytic epidemiological studies.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Radiologie, Zentralkrankenhaus Links der Weser, Bremen.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: von Boetticher
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hoffmann
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011859:Radiography / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D012189:Retrospective Studies