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Assessment of Level of Collimation for Pediatric Plain Chest Radiographs in a Teaching Hospital in Kano, Northwestern Nigeria

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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Abstract

 Collimation of x-ray beam is an important factor in optimization; good collimation will both minimize the radiation dose to the patient and improve image quality because the amount of scattered radiation will increase as if a large volume of tissue is irradiated. This study aimed to assess the level of collimation for pediatric plain chest radiographs in Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital as an optimization tool.  A retrospective audit was conducted on pediatric plain chest radiographs from May 2016 to May 2019 in Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (Kano, Nigeria) using a simple random sampling technique. Data were collected and recorded using self-developed data capture sheet based on the European Guidelines on quality criteria for diagnostic radiographic images in pediatrics which captures the gender, age, projection, collimation (4 ways, 3 ways, 2 ways, 1 way, no and under collimation). The results showed that the most predominant age group exposed in the study was within 0 to 1 year representing 31.7% (n=76). Also gender distribution showed that more male were exposed than female, representing 55% (n=132). Out of 240 plain chest radiographs, about 77.0% (n=175), showed inadequate collimation. In conclusion,the study revealed poor collimation practice in pediatric plain chest radiographs.

DOI

10.21608/jntas.2020.23934.1017

Keywords

Pediatrics, Optimization, Collimation, Radiation protection, Image Quality

Authors

First Name

Joseph

Last Name

Zira

MiddleName

Dlama

Affiliation

Bayero University Kano Nigeria

Email

josephdlama@gmail.com

City

Kano

Orcid

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First Name

Amina

Last Name

M

MiddleName

A

Affiliation

Bayero University Kano

Email

aminaam34@gmail.com

City

Kano

Orcid

-

First Name

Mohammed

Last Name

Umar

MiddleName

Sani

Affiliation

Bayero University Kano

Email

umar.sani888@gmail.com

City

Kano

Orcid

0000-0002-0213-0920

First Name

Mohammed

Last Name

Sidi

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Bayero University Kano

Email

muhammadsidi32@gmail.com

City

kano

Orcid

-

First Name

Shem

Last Name

Bature

MiddleName

Silas

Affiliation

Bayero University Kano

Email

shembature2702@gmail.com

City

kano

Orcid

-

First Name

Flavious

Last Name

Nkubli

MiddleName

Boboin

Affiliation

Department of Medical Radiography, University of Maiduguri

Email

activeflavour@yahoo.com

City

Borno

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Volume

8

Article Issue

1

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11080

Issue Date

2020-01-01

Receive Date

2020-02-13

Publish Date

2020-01-01

Page Start

145

Page End

152

Print ISSN

2314-8209

Online ISSN

2314-8217

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JNTAS_Volume 8_Issue 1_Pages 145-152.pdf

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Journal of Nuclear Technology in Applied Science

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Assessment of Level of Collimation for Pediatric Plain Chest Radiographs in a Teaching Hospital in Kano, Northwestern Nigeria

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22 Jan 2023