NCICT Publications

Peer-reviewed NCICT and computed tomography publications indexed from PubMed and PubMed Central.

2026 publications

  1. AI-Driven Prediction of Chest CT Radiation Doses: Establishing BMI-Based Diagnostic Reference Levels and Patient-Factor Correlations for Machine-Learning Models

    Hamd ZY, Abuzaid M, Alharbi M, Tamam N, Alorainy AI, Alrujaee L. Tomography (Ann Arbor, Mich.). 2026 Apr 28.

  2. Contextual dimensions of pediatric tuberculosis imaging: radiation exposure, access, and system capacity in high- and low-resource settings

    Munyangaju I, Jahnen A, Esmail R, José B, Adrigwe J, Mutemba C. Pediatric radiology. 2026 Apr.

  3. Determinants and expected differences in the calculation of CT effective dose conversion factors for various phantom sizes and scan parameters

    Chu R, Mihailovic J, Lee C, Yu L, Zhang D, Yang K. Medical physics. 2026 Apr.

  4. Effective dose and risk assessment in 18F-FDG PET/CT examinations of lymphoma patients using updated dose coefficients

    Jafarian-Dehkordi F, Salimi Y, Jafari E, Assadi M, Hoeschen C. Physica medica : PM : an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology : official journal of the Italian Association of Biomedical Physics (AIFB). 2026 Feb.

  5. Feasibility of synthetic CT images for robotic pedicle screw planning and navigation

    Kashtiara A, Beldé S, Thijs D, De Bondt T, Van Goethem J, Van de Kelft E. European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society. 2026 Mar.

  6. Fetal organ dose calculator for maternal CT

    Morató S, Yeom YS, Folio LR, Paulbeck C, Lee C. Medical physics. 2026 Aug.

  7. Investigation of the effect of patient body mass index on radiation doses in computed tomography imaging

    Ünal H, Sarpün IH, Koca T, Yılmazer B. Radiation protection dosimetry. 2026 Jun 3.

  8. MIRD Pamphlet No. 34, Part 1: MIRDct-A Customizable Software Tool for CT Dosimetry

    Ocampo Ramos JC, Kofler C, Dawson R, Baggett J, Dinwiddie LE, Domal SJ. Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine. 2026 Apr 1.

  9. MIRD Pamphlet No. 34, Part 2: Benchmarking of MIRDct Software for CT Organ Dose Estimation

    Kayal G, Ocampo Ramos JC, Dinwiddie LE, Baggett JM, Dawson RJ, Marquis H. Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine. 2026 Jun 18.

  10. Optimising Patient Safety During the Use of Intraoperative Imaging for the Surgical Management of Facial Fractures: A Pilot Study

    Garcia N, Badawy M, DiPasquale J, Maciburko S, Seifman M. Craniomaxillofacial trauma & reconstruction. 2026 May 25.

  11. Optimizing lens and organ dose evaluation in head CT examinations using monte carlo simulation: influence of gantry tilt and scan range

    Katsunuma Y, Sato K, Hasegawa T, Koba Y. Radiological physics and technology. 2026 Mar.

  12. Quantifying Radiation Effects of Iodinated Contrast Media in Pediatric CT Using DNA Damage Biomarkers

    Nuta O, Kenessova A, Sarno A, Jumadilova D, Dautov T. International journal of molecular sciences. 2026 Jul 9.

  13. Sub-mSv CT for pediatric and young adult hip imaging: a low-radiation-dose alternative to pelvic radiography

    Sun P, Chu R, Tsai A, Lee C, Callahan MJ, Kim DS. Pediatric radiology. 2026 Feb.

  14. Survey of normalized CTDI(vol) values across four major computed tomography vendors for use in the MIRDct software

    Dinwiddie LE, Baggett JM, Kofler JM, Kofler CB, Long DJ, Dawson RJ. Journal of applied clinical medical physics. 2026 Feb.

2025 publications

  1. "Ultralow-dose" CT Without Sedation in Pediatric Patients With Neuromuscular Scoliosis

    Yee NJ, Iorio C, Shkumat N, Rocos B, Lebel D, Camp M. Journal of pediatric orthopedics. 2025 Jan 1.

  2. A systematic review of radiation dose to the eye lens from pediatric brain computed tomography scans

    Perdomo AA, Forster JC, Badawy MK. Pediatric radiology. 2025 Nov.

  3. Advances in radiation protection related to pediatric chest computed tomography examinations

    Sun QT, Fan YH, Liang BH. World journal of radiology. 2025 Jul 28.

  4. Assessment of organ dose for adult undergoing CT examinations: Comparison of three software applications using Monte Carlo simulation

    Hakme M, Francis Z, Rizk C, Fares G. Applied radiation and isotopes : including data, instrumentation and methods for use in agriculture, industry and medicine. 2025 Jun.

  5. Demonstrating the use of population level data to investigate trends in the rate, radiation dose and cost of Computed Tomography across clinical groups: Are there any areas of concern?

    Kamarova S, Youens D, Ha NT, Bulsara M, Doust J, Fox R. Journal of medical radiation sciences. 2025 Sep.

  6. Determination of Effective Dose and Fetus Dose Conversion Factors for CT Scans in Pregnant Patients: A Simulation Study Using the NCICT Program

    Sookpeng S. Health physics. 2025 Nov 1.

  7. Determination of redundant scan coverages along the Z-axis and dose implications for common paediatric computed tomography imaging examinations in a limited resource setting

    Ampofo RY, Kyei KA, Daniels J, Nyantakyi AY. BMC medical imaging. 2025 Aug 5.

  8. Diagnostic CT organ dose estimation in whole-body PET/CT examinations-comparison of a patient-specific monte carlo approach and a computational phantom-based CT dosimetry tool

    Verfaillie G, D'Asseler Y, Bacher K. EJNMMI physics. 2025 Nov 26.

  9. Digital phantom versus individualised radiation dosimetry in CT examination protocols for children and adults

    Papadakis AE, Karantanas A, Damilakis J. Journal of radiological protection : official journal of the Society for Radiological Protection. 2025 Sep 11.

  10. Evaluation of cumulative radiation burden and associated risk in smouldering multiple myeloma patients monitored using recurrent whole-body low-dose CT imaging

    Abissi PW, Lymperopoulou G, Agrokostas VP, Koutoulidis V, Grigoropoulos P, Terpos E. Physica medica : PM : an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology : official journal of the Italian Association of Biomedical Physics (AIFB). 2025 Oct.

  11. Improved organ absorbed dose estimation in abdominal CT using DICOM header-based tube current modulation profiles: Validation with measurements and Monte Carlo simulations

    Nuntue C, Matsubara K, Watanabe S, Fukushima K, Tantiwetchayanon K. Journal of applied clinical medical physics. 2025 Nov.

  12. Organ doses, effective dose, and cancer risk estimation from whole-body CT scans in PET-CT imaging

    Sheikhzadeh P, Asami M, Mofrad MS, Abdolmaleki M, Mohammadi T, Kasraie N. Applied radiation and isotopes : including data, instrumentation and methods for use in agriculture, industry and medicine. 2025 Oct.

  13. Patient-specific organ dose calculation using automatic segmentation and extension of CT scans

    Morató S, Juste B, Miró R, Santos A, Badal A, Lee C. Radiation physics and chemistry (Oxford, England : 1993). 2025 Dec.

  14. Pediatric computed tomography scan and subsequent risk of malignancy: a nationwide population-based cohort study in Korea using National Cancer Institute dosimetry system for computed tomography (NCICT)

    Han S, Soh J, Nah S, Han K, Jung JH, Park J. BMC medicine. 2025 Jul 1.

  15. Predictive factors of oral mucositis in patients with locally recurrent inoperable head and neck cancer treated with boron neutron capture therapy

    Mälkiä T, Koivunoro H, Seppälä T, Kankaanranta L, Porra L, Anttonen A. Acta oncologica (Stockholm, Sweden). 2025 Sep 23.

  16. Risk of childhood brain tumors after exposure to CT radiation: A nationwide population-based case-control study in Finland

    Abuhamed J, Nikkilä A, Raitanen J, Lohi O, Auvinen A. International journal of cancer. 2025 Jun 1.

  17. Usefulness of a New Effective Dose Conversion Factor Using Size-Specific Dose Estimate (SSDE) in Abdominopelvic Region

    Takanashi M, Katada Y, Kuroda I, Hoshina M, Matsushita M, Masuda K. Cureus. 2025 Jul.

2024 publications

  1. Accuracy of patient-specific CT organ doses from Monte Carlo simulations: influence of CT-based voxel models

    Verfaillie G, Rutten J, D'Asseler Y, Bacher K. Physical and engineering sciences in medicine. 2024 Sep.

  2. Assessment of Cataract Risk after Diagnostic Head CT Scan Radiation Exposure in Ontario, Canada

    Emami P, Gaudreau K, Little MP, Lee C, Moroz B, Boreham DR. Radiation research. 2024 Jan 1.

  3. Automated Measurement of Effective Radiation Dose by (18)F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography

    Eom Y, Park YJ, Lee S, Lee SJ, An YS, Park BN. Tomography (Ann Arbor, Mich.). 2024 Dec 23.

  4. Comparing fetal phantoms with surrogate organs in female phantoms during CT exposure of pregnant patients

    Badawy MK, Kashish K, Payne S, Masterson M. Physical and engineering sciences in medicine. 2024 Jun.

  5. Cumulative radiation dose from medical imaging in paediatric congenital heart disease patients with epicardial cardiac implantable electronic devices

    Aboyewa OB, Laternser C, Popescu A, Murphy N, Shah D, Monge MC. European heart journal. Imaging methods and practice. 2024 Jan.

  6. Digital phantom versus patient-specific radiation dosimetry in adult routine thorax CT examinations

    Papadakis AE, Giannakaki V, Stratakis J, Myronakis M, Zaidi H, Damilakis J. Journal of applied clinical medical physics. 2024 Jul.

  7. Evaluating the Utilization of the National Cancer Institute Computed Tomography Program for Calculating Size-specific Dose Estimate and Effective Dose in Computed Tomography in Thai Pediatric Patients

    Sookpeng S, Martin CJ, Rattanarungruangchai N, López-Gonzalez MR. Journal of medical physics. 2024 Oct-Dec.

  8. Evaluation of radiological capacity and usage in paediatric TB diagnosis: A mixed-method protocol of a comparative study in Mozambique, South Africa and Spain

    Munyangaju I, José B, Esmail R, Palmer M, Santiago B, Hernanz-Lobo A. PloS one. 2024.

  9. Radiation-Related Thyroid Cancer

    Saenko V, Mitsutake N. Endocrine reviews. 2024 Jan 4.

  10. Reconstruction of organ doses for patients undergoing computed tomography examinations in Canada 1992-2019

    Lee C, Moroz B, Thome C, Gaudreau K, Emami P, Little MP. Radiation protection dosimetry. 2024 Mar 20.

  11. The determination of coefficients for size specific effective dose for adult and pediatric patients undergoing routine computed tomography examinations

    Sookpeng S, Martin CJ. Journal of radiological protection : official journal of the Society for Radiological Protection. 2024 Aug 28.

2023 publications

  1. Computed tomography scan radiation and brain cancer incidence

    Smoll NR, Brady Z, Scurrah KJ, Lee C, Berrington de González A, Mathews JD. Neuro-oncology. 2023 Jul 6.

  2. Diagnostic reference level quantities for adult chest and abdomen-pelvis CT examinations: correlation with organ doses

    Costa PR, Tomal A, de Oliveira Castro JC, Nunes IPF, Nersissian DY, Sawamura MVY. Insights into imaging. 2023 Apr 7.

  3. Estimating size specific dose estimate from computed tomography radiograph localizer with radiation risk assessment

    Burton CS, Al-Ward S. Journal of applied clinical medical physics. 2023 Jun.

  4. Lympho-hematopoietic malignancies risk after exposure to low dose ionizing radiation during cardiac catheterization in childhood

    Abalo KD, Malekzadeh-Milani S, Hascoët S, Dreuil S, Feuillet T, Damon C. European journal of epidemiology. 2023 Jul.

  5. Patient-specific Monte Carlo-based organ dose estimates in spiral CT via optical 3D body scanning and adaptation of a voxelized phantom dataset: proof-of-principle

    Maddaloni FS, Sarno A, Mettivier G, Clemente S, Oliviero C, Ricciardi R. Physics in medicine and biology. 2023 Apr 4.

  6. Risk of hematological malignancies from CT radiation exposure in children, adolescents and young adults

    Bosch de Basea M, Thierry-Chef I, Harbron R, Hauptmann M, Byrnes G, Bernier MO. Nature medicine. 2023 Dec.

2022 publications

  1. Cancer Effects of Low to Moderate Doses of Ionizing Radiation in Young People with Cancer-Predisposing Conditions: A Systematic Review

    Canet M, Harbron R, Thierry-Chef I, Cardis E. Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology. 2022 Oct 4.

  2. Cohort profile: The Australian Paediatric Exposure to Radiation Cohort (Aust-PERC)

    McBain-Miller J, Scurrah KJ, Brady Z, Mathews JD. PloS one. 2022.

  3. Comparison of organ and effective dose estimations from different Monte Carlo simulation-based software methods in infant CT and comparison with direct phantom measurements

    Lawson M, Berk K, Badawy M, Qi Y, Kuganesan A, Metcalfe P. Journal of applied clinical medical physics. 2022 Jun.

  4. CT organ dose calculator size adaptive for pediatric and adult patients

    Lee C, Yeom YS, Folio L. Biomedical physics & engineering express. 2022 Oct 19.

  5. Estimation of radiation doses and lifetime attributable risk of radiation-induced cancer in the uterus and prostate from abdomen pelvis CT examinations

    Shubayr N, Alashban Y. Frontiers in public health. 2022.

  6. Fetal dose from proton pencil beam scanning craniospinal irradiation during pregnancy: a Monte Carlo study

    Yeom YS, Griffin KT, Mille MM, Lee C, O'Reilly S, Dong L. Physics in medicine and biology. 2022 Jan 28.

  7. Organ dose conversion coefficients in CT scans for Korean adult males and females

    Lee C, Won T, Yeom YS, Griffin K, Lee C, Kim KP. Nuclear engineering and technology. 2022 Feb.

  8. Pediatric effective dose assessment for routine computed tomography examinations in Tehran, Iran

    Tahmasebzadeh A, Maziyar A, Reiazi R, Kermanshahi MS, Anijdan SHM, Paydar R. Journal of medical signals and sensors. 2022 Jul-Sep.

  9. Review of the risk of cancer following low and moderate doses of sparsely ionising radiation received in early life in groups with individually estimated doses

    Little MP, Wakeford R, Bouffler SD, Abalo K, Hauptmann M, Hamada N. Environment international. 2022 Jan 15.

  10. The Evidence for Excess Risk of Cancer and Non-Cancer Disease at Low Doses and Dose Rates

    Simon SL, Kendall GM, Bouffler SD, Little MP. Radiation research. 2022 Dec 1.

  11. Variability of redundant scan coverages along the Z-axis and dose implications for common computed tomography examinations

    Botwe BO, Schandorf C, Inkoom S, Faanu A. Journal of medical imaging and radiation sciences. 2022 Mar.

2021 publications

  1. COMPARISON OF ORGAN ABSORBED DOSES IN WHOLE-BODY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANS OF PAEDIATRIC AND ADULT PATIENT MODELS ESTIMATED BY DIFFERENT METHODS

    Chipiga L, Golikov V, Vodovatov A, Bernhardsson C. Radiation protection dosimetry. 2021 Oct 12.

  2. Contribution of Imaging to Organs at Risk Dose during Lung Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy

    Savanović M, Gardavaud F, Jaroš D, Lonkuta B, Barral M, Henri Cornelis F. Journal of biomedical physics & engineering. 2021 Apr.

  3. Conversion factors to derive organ doses for canine subjects undergoing CT examinations

    Yoon J, Lee C. Veterinary radiology & ultrasound : the official journal of the American College of Veterinary Radiology and the International Veterinary Radiology Association. 2021 Jul.

  4. Dose Estimation for the European Epidemiological Study on Pediatric Computed Tomography (EPI-CT)

    Thierry-Chef I, Ferro G, Le Cornet L, Dabin J, Istad TS, Jahnen A. Radiation research. 2021 Jul 1.

  5. Dose quantities for measurement and comparison of doses to individual patients in computed tomography (CT)

    Martin CJ, Abuhaimed A, Lee C. Journal of radiological protection : official journal of the Society for Radiological Protection. 2021 Nov 3.

  6. Lifetime attributable cancer risk related to prevalent CT scan procedures in pediatric medical imaging centers

    Tahmasebzadeh A, Paydar R, Soltani-Kermanshahi M, Maziar A, Reiazi R. International journal of radiation biology. 2021.

  7. OPTIMIZATION OF LUNG CT PROTOCOL FOR THE DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION OF COVID-19 LUNG DISEASE

    Hosseini Nasab SMB, Deevband MR, Rahimi R, Nasiri S, Ahangaran MR, Morshedi M. Radiation protection dosimetry. 2021 Nov 3.

  8. Radiation dose from computed tomography scans for Korean pediatric and adult patients

    Won T, Lee AK, Choi HD, Lee C. Journal of radiation protection and research. 2021 Sep.

  9. The presence of contrast agent increases organ radiation dose in contrast-enhanced CT

    Mazloumi M, Van Gompel G, Kersemans V, de Mey J, Buls N. European radiology. 2021 Oct.

2020 publications

  1. Development of CT Effective Dose Conversion Factors from Clinical CT Examinations in the Republic of Korea

    Lee SK, Kim JS, Yoon SW, Kim JM. Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland). 2020 Sep 21.

  2. Individual Calculation of Effective Dose and Risk of Malignancy Based on Monte Carlo Simulations after Whole Body Computed Tomography

    Kopp M, Loewe T, Wuest W, Brand M, Wetzl M, Nitsch W. Scientific reports. 2020 Jun 11.

  3. Patient organ and effective dose estimation in CT: comparison of four software applications

    De Mattia C, Campanaro F, Rottoli F, Colombo PE, Pola A, Vanzulli A. European radiology experimental. 2020 Feb 14.

  4. Trends of computed tomography use among children in Finland

    Abuhamed J, Nikkilä A, Lohi O, Auvinen A. European journal of radiology open. 2020.

2019 publications

  1. An Australian local diagnostic reference level for paediatric whole-body (18)F-FDG PET/CT

    Alkhybari EM, McEntee MF, Willowson KP, Brennan PC, Kitsos T, Kench PL. The British journal of radiology. 2019 Apr.

  2. Automatic Mapping of CT Scan Locations on Computational Human Phantoms for Organ Dose Estimation

    Lee C, Kuzmin GA, Bae J, Yao J, Mosher E, Folio LR. Journal of digital imaging. 2019 Feb.

  3. Cohort Profile: the EPI-CT study: a European pooled epidemiological study to quantify the risk of radiation-induced cancer from paediatric CT

    Bernier MO, Baysson H, Pearce MS, Moissonnier M, Cardis E, Hauptmann M. International journal of epidemiology. 2019 Apr 1.

  4. Cumulative Radiation Exposures from CT Screening and Surveillance Strategies for von Hippel-Lindau-associated Solid Pancreatic Tumors

    Tirosh A, Journy N, Folio LR, Lee C, Leite C, Yao J. Radiology. 2019 Jan.

  5. How have advances in CT dosimetry software impacted estimates of CT radiation dose and cancer incidence? A comparison of CT dosimetry software: Implications for past and future research

    Maxwell S, Fox R, McRobbie D, Bulsara M, Doust J, O'Leary P. PloS one. 2019.

  6. ORGAN DOSE ESTIMATION ACCOUNTING FOR UNCERTAINTY FOR PEDIATRIC AND YOUNG ADULT CT SCANS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

    Lee C, Journy N, Moroz BE, Little M, Harbron R, McHugh K. Radiation protection dosimetry. 2019 Jul 1.

  7. Organ doses evaluation for chest computed tomography procedures with TL dosimeters: Comparison with Monte Carlo simulations

    Giansante L, Martins JC, Nersissian DY, Kiers KC, Kay FU, Sawamura MVY. Journal of applied clinical medical physics. 2019 Jan.

  8. Radiation dose to the lens from CT of the head in young people

    Harbron RW, Ainsbury EA, Barnard SGR, Lee C, McHugh K, Berrington de González A. Clinical radiology. 2019 Oct.

  9. Radiation Exposure From Pediatric CT Scans and Subsequent Cancer Risk in the Netherlands

    Meulepas JM, Ronckers CM, Smets AMJB, Nievelstein RAJ, Gradowska P, Lee C. Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 2019 Mar 1.

2018 publications

  1. A NOVEL METHOD TO ESTIMATE LYMPHOCYTE DOSE AND APPLICATION TO PEDIATRIC AND YOUNG ADULT CT PATIENTS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

    Lee C, Morton LM, Berrington de González A. Radiation protection dosimetry. 2018 Jan 1.

  2. Lens Dose Reduction by Patient Posture Modification During Neck CT

    Mosher EG, Butman JA, Folio LR, Biassou NM, Lee C. AJR. American journal of roentgenology. 2018 May.

  3. Radiation exposure from computerized tomography and risk of childhood leukemia: Finnish register-based case-control study of childhood leukemia (FRECCLE)

    Nikkilä A, Raitanen J, Lohi O, Auvinen A. Haematologica. 2018 Nov.

2017 publications

  1. AAPM Spring Clinical Meeting - Abstracts

    . Journal of applied clinical medical physics. 2017 Apr 19.

  2. Body Size-Specific Organ and Effective Doses of Chest CT Screening Examinations of the National Lung Screening Trial

    Lee C, Flynn MJ, Judy PF, Cody DD, Bolch WE, Kruger RL. AJR. American journal of roentgenology. 2017 May.

  3. Opportunities to Reduce CT Radiation Exposure, Experience Over 5 Years at the NIH Clinical Center

    Kovacs WC, Yao J, Bluemke DA, Folio LR. Radiation protection dosimetry. 2017 Aug 1.

  4. Thyroid Radiation Dose to Patients from Diagnostic Radiology Procedures over Eight Decades: 1930-2010

    Chang LA, Miller DL, Lee C, Melo DR, Villoing D, Drozdovitch V. Health physics. 2017 Dec.

2016 publications

  1. BODY SIZE-SPECIFIC EFFECTIVE DOSE CONVERSION COEFFICIENTS FOR CT SCANS

    Romanyukha A, Folio L, Lamart S, Simon SL, Lee C. Radiation protection dosimetry. 2016 Dec.

  2. Computed Tomography in Germany

    Pokora R, Krille L, Dreger S, Lee C, Günster C, Zeeb H. Deutsches Arzteblatt international. 2016 Oct 28.

  3. Reconstruction of paediatric organ doses from axial CT scans performed in the 1990s - range of doses as input to uncertainty estimates

    Olerud HM, Toft B, Flatabø S, Jahnen A, Lee C, Thierry-Chef I. European radiology. 2016 Sep.

  4. Validation of calculation algorithms for organ doses in CT by measurements on a 5 year old paediatric phantom

    Dabin J, Mencarelli A, McMillan D, Romanyukha A, Struelens L, Lee C. Physics in medicine and biology. 2016 Jun 7.

2015 publications

  1. NCICT: a computational solution to estimate organ doses for pediatric and adult patients undergoing CT scans

    Lee C, Kim KP, Bolch WE, Moroz BE, Folio L. Journal of radiological protection : official journal of the Society for Radiological Protection. 2015 Dec.