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IBRAHIM, IZZELDIN ABDALRAHMAN MOHAMMED |
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Supervisor-MAHMOUD MOHAMMED HAMAD |
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2013-12-03T09:21:58Z |
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2013-12-03T09:21:58Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2010-03-01 |
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IBRAHIM,ZELDIN ABDALRAHMAN MOHAMMED . Evaluation of Pediatric Chest Image Quality in Omdurman Pediatric Emergency Hospital in X-ray department/ZELDIN ABDALRAHMAN MOHAMMED IBRAHIM;MAHMOUD MOHAMMED HAMAD.- Khartoum :sudan university of science and technology,Medical Radiologic Science,2010.- 61p. : ill ;28cm .- M.Sc. |
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http://repository.sustech.edu/handle/123456789/2584 |
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Thesis |
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The study is conducted at Omdurman Pediatrics Emergency Hospital, in the period from September 2009 to March 2010, for a number of 380 patients –chest x-ray was done to them in the x-ray department.
Patients' ages were ranged between 1 day to 16 years, 55% of them were between 6 months to 5 years and 45% were less than 6 months and above 5 years up to 16 years.
Exposure factors (Kvp, mAs) were constant for every certain age group without consideration of weight. 98.5% of the images were good in position where 1.5% was bad. Images processing was good for 97.7% of the images and bad for 2.6% of them. From the processed images: 80.77% of them over expose and/ or over developer and the remains 19.23% were under expose and/ or under developer.
The averages of the questionnaires results: 84% of the images were good and 16% of them were bad. The bad images were 68% were dark, 63% were blurring, 16% were technical faults, 5% were soft and 5% were artifact. 87% of the images were diagnosable and 13% not acceptable. Additional views were needed for 63.5% of the patients and not needed for 36.5%. 84% of the questionnaires members said that radiologist was necessary and 16% agree that radiologist was not important.
Good technique as well as trained radiologist was necessary in Omdurman Pediatrics X-ray department to obtain diagnosable chest x-ray |
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sudan university of science and technology |
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sudan university of science and technology |
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dc.subject |
Evaluation |
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dc.subject |
X-ray |
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dc.title |
Evaluation of Pediatric Chest Image Quality in Omdurman Pediatric Emergency Hospital in X-ray department |
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Thesis |
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