Quantifying entrance skin dose for early diagnose of lung cancer

Content Provider	Scilit
Author	Latif, A. Suryani, S. Abdullah, B.
Copyright Year	2019
Description	Journal: Journal of Physics: Conference Series Lung cancer is disease that can cause death in a short time, but it is almost never detected at an early stage, because its symptons are not specific, such as coughing and lack of appetite. In some patients who have a smoking habit, it is easier to be suspected of having a tumor or lung cancer. In order to detect a tumor or lung cancer, a chest X-ray examination is generally done as an early diagnosis. As we have already known, exposure of X-ray radiation to the body can have a negative impact, therefore the dose of X-ray radiation exposure must be minimized. In this study a measurement of entrance skin dose (ESD) was performed on chest X-ray examination in patients suspected of having a tumor or lung cancer. The results showed that patients who had symptoms similar to those of tumor or lung cancer had higher ESD than those who did not. Although the radiation dose is higher than dose on routine chest X-ray examination, it only shows abnormality of radiological photogaraph but do not accurately indicate the presence of tumor or cancer.
Related Links	https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/1341/8/082024/pdf
ISSN	17426588
e-ISSN	17426596
DOI	10.1088/1742-6596/1341/8/082024
Journal	Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Issue Number	8
Volume Number	1341
Language	English
Publisher	IOP Publishing
Publisher Date	2019-10-01
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Journal: Journal of Physics: Conference Series Medical Laboratory Technology Lung Cancer Ray Examination Chest X Tumor Or Lung
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Physics and Astronomy