Ядерна фізика та енергетика Nuclear Physics and Atomic Energy   ISSN: 1818-331X (Print), 2074-0565 (Online)   Publisher: Institute for Nuclear Research of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine   Languages: Ukrainian, English   Periodicity: 4 times per year   Open access peer reviewed journal

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L. I. Aslamova¹, N. V. Melenevska¹, I. V. Kulich¹, N. S. Miroshnichenko^1,2, S. I. Miroshnichenko<sup>2

1</sup>Taras Shevchenko National University, Educational and Scientific Center for Radiation Safety, Kyiv, Ukraine
²Production-Research Association "Teleoptic", Kyiv, Ukraine

Abstract: The aim of the research was to find the approach to optimize the exposure dose delivered to the patient during the annual fluorography chest organs examination, considering the needs to perform a large amount of procedures for population. The comparative analysis of gadolinium, improved gadolinium and cesium iodide was performed. The improved gadolinium screens combined with the next software X-ray test-object image processing are proposed for such X-ray diagnostic procedures.

Keywords: fluorography, x-ray detector, exposure dose.

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