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Reduction of ocular lens dosage in dacrocystography
A Jackson1, M P Hardcastle, A Shaw
1Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Medical School, Manchester.
Clinical Radiology
|November 1, 1989
Abstract:
Irradiation of the lens of the eye in dacrocystography is largely avoidable. We have measured the lens dosage in bilateral dacrocystography in vivo and in a phantom. We describe simple protective measures which can reduce the lens dosage by over 95% to less than one mGy.