Aim In light of Saudi Arabia's newly introduced national diagnostic reference levels (DRLs)
and their importance as an optimisation tool in computed tomography (CT) procedures, the …

Background: The number of applicants to surgical specialties has decreased worldwide.
Several factors contribute to this decline, and early intervention is essential to correct students' …

BackgroundUltrasonography is increasingly used in pediatric surgery. Intraoperatively,
ultrasonography can be used to confirm the preoperative diagnosis, guide the surgical approach, …

Lead borate glasses of the system 25PbO-(75-x) B 2 O 3-xCuO (x= 0, 0.025, 0.05, and 0.1)
in mol.% were synthesized via the traditional melt quenching method abbreviated as (BPbCu0…

This study aims to introduce national diagnostic reference levels (NDRLs) for adult hybrid
single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT-CT) in nuclear medicine (NM) …

Lead aprons are used in medical applications as a traditional shielding material, but this
use was faced by many health problems including toxicity, heavyweight, and cracks, this …

Background Radiation shielding in radiology has historically been achieved with lead;
however, there has been an increasing demand for radiation shielding to be more …

Radioiodine (I 131 ) therapy is a clinically established method for hyperthyroidism treatment.
The most suitable dose for successful treatment is still controversial since it is affected by …

Objectives: To evaluate the variability in perspectives between pediatric surgeons and
pediatric urologists in managing cryptorchidism. Methods: We conducted this survey among …

The bedside and intraoperative ultrasound are used frequently in infants and children by the
treating surgeon as a part of physical examination. The fundamentals of ultrasound physics …