Patient Risk from Rotational Panoramic Radiography

Abstract

Age- and sex-specific risks for adult female patients from rotational panoramic radiography have been estimated by means of a modification of the ICRP effective dose equivalent and computer simulation of radiation transport in human anatomy using Monte Carlo techniques. Risks are expressed as the equivalent whole-body radiation doses of 6.6 to 28 μSv, and the probability of stochastic effect (fatal cancer or mutation expressed in the first two postirradiation generations) of 0.07 to 0.4 per million examinations.