Research Article
Evaluation of Mean Glandular Dose during Diagnostic Mammography Examination for Detection of Breast Pathology, in Ethiopia
Seife Teferi Dellie1*, A. Durga Prasada Rao2, Daniel Admassie3 and Atnatiwos Zeleke Meshesha4 | |
1Department of Radiology, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia | |
2Department of Nuclear Physics, College of Science and Technology, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India | |
3Department of Radiology, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia | |
4Acting Director for Ethiopian Radiation Authority, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | |
Corresponding Author : | Seife Teferi Dellie Medical Physicists, Department of Radiology College of Health Sciences Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia E-mail: seifeteferi@yahoo.com |
Received July 18, 2012; Accepted August 27, 2012; Published August 30, 2012 | |
Citation: Dellie ST, Durga Prasada Rao A, Admassie D, Meshesha AZ (2012) Evaluation of Mean Glandular Dose during Diagnostic Mammography Examination for Detection of Breast Pathology, in Ethiopia. OMICS J Radiology. 1:109. doi: 10.4172/2167-7964.1000109 | |
Copyright: © 2012 Dellie ST. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
Abstract
Background: A mammography examination facilitates the early detection of breast cancer. However, the potential risk of radiation-induced carcinogenesis is also increased with such a procedure. Thus assessment of the breast dose is important.