The study and estimation of absorbed and effective dose of corona patients under CT scan in Isfahan based ID Program

Since the emergence of the coronavirus and the international community's attention to this virus, researchers and medical staff in hospitals have put approaches and methods for dealing with it and early diagnosis on their agenda. In this study, one of the method that called the Impact Dose program has been presented to calculate the absorbed and effective dose of people infected with the Covid-۱۹ virus using CT scans of the respiratory tract. This is an analytical cross-sectional study that was conducted at Isfahan Shariati Hospital. The study is included of the ۴۲ patients with Covid-۱۹, who were selected based on doctor's opinion. The effective and absorbed dose were estimated by using the Impact Dose program, which is based on Monte Carlo. The data were analyzed using SPSS-۲۴ software. The effective dose and DLP were reported as ۱.۶۷ mSv and ۸۰.۰۸ mGy.cm, respectively. The absorbed dose and effective dose were found to be higher in women than in men. The multiple CT scans of patients for the diagnosis of Covid-۱۹ resulted in a very high absorbed dose, and lung sonography was recommended as an alternative method due to its high accuracy, similar to CT scans, in diagnosing pneumonia.