Summary: | This study aimed comparing the radiation doses received of the thyroid on
cerebral MSCT and cerebral SSCT examination. Material and method: The
research method used is non-experimental observational, in this study were
measured only in subjects without any manipulation. The instrument used are
Briliance MSCT 64 slice Philips and SSCT Flex Scan T 566 and pocket dosimeter
mini digital systems Personal Alarm Dosimeter RIKEN Keiki, SV-7 made in
Japan. The subjects were patients referred to Radiology Department of DR.
Sardjito General Hospital Yogyakarta for head CT scan between October to
November 2010. The patients age ranged from 18 to 80 year-old. A total 98
patients were divided into two groups: cerebral MSCT (n = 49) and cerebral
SSCT (n = 49).
Result: The mean of the subjects age in MSCT and SSCT were 48,90 year
and 50,35 year, consecutively (range
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