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Table 3 Radiation dosage from 30 seconds of OSMIA lumbar spine screening compared with plain X-rays*

From: An objective spinal motion imaging assessment (OSMIA): reliability, accuracy and exposure data

Projection

Effective dose (mSv) (Phantom study)

Mean Absorbed dose (Gycm2) Volunteer subjects (SD)

 

Males

Females

OSMIA

Plain film

Anterior-posterior

0.4

0.7

0.9 (0.45)

1.6

Lateral

0.5

0.6

1.7 (0.73)

3.0

  1. * As recommended by the International Commission on Radiation Protection (ICRP).