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In this study, the effect of the body mass index (BMI) on radiation dose received by 1869 adult patients undergoing chest, abdomen, lumbar spine, kidneys and urinary bladder (KUB) and pelvis radiography in an X-ray room with a digital radiography system was investigated. Patients were categorised into three groups (normal, overweight and obese) based on the BMI values. The patients\u2019 entrance surface air kerma (ESAK) and the effective dose (ED) were calculated based on the X-ray tube output, exposure parameters and technical data, as well as utilising appropriate conversion coefficients of the recorded kerma area product (KAP) values. The local diagnostic reference levels (LDRLs) were established at the 75th percentile of the distribution of ESAK and KAP values. Statistically, a significant increase was found in ESAK, KAP and ED values, for all examinations, both for overweight and obese patients compared to normal patients (Mann\u2013Whitney test, p &lt; 0.0001). Regarding the gender of the patients, a statistically significant increase was found in the dose values for male patients compared to female patients, except for the chest LAT examinations (Mann\u2013Whitney test, p = 0.06). The percentage increase for chest PA, chest LAT, abdomen AP, lumbar spine AP, lumbar spine LAT, pelvis AP and KUB AP in overweight patients was 75%, 100%, 136%, 130%, 70%, 66% and 174% for median ESAK, 67%, 81%, 135%, 134%, 85%, 63% and 172% for median KAP, as well as 89%, 54%, 146%, 138%, 82%, 57% and 183% for median ED values, respectively. For obese patients, the corresponding increases were 200%, 186%, 459%, 345%, 203%, 150% and 785% for median ESAK, 200%, 185%, 423%, 357%, 227%, 142% and 597% for median KAP, as well as 222%, 156%, 446%, 363%, 218%, 136% and 625% for median ED. The corresponding LDRLs for overweight patients were 0.17 mGy, 1.21 mGy, 3.74 mGy, 7.70 mGy, 7.99 mGy, 4.07mGy, 5.03 mGy and 0.13 Gy cm2, 0.69 Gy cm2, 2.35 Gy cm2, 2.10 Gy cm2, 2.59 Gy cm2, 2.13 Gy cm2, 2.49 Gy cm2 in terms of ESAK and KAP values, respectively, while in the case of obese patients were 0.28 mGy, 1.82 mGy, 7.26 mGy, 15.10 mGy, 13.86 mGy, 6.89 mGy, 13.40 mGy and 0.21 Gy cm2, 1.10 Gy cm2, 4.68 Gy cm2, 4.01 Gy cm2, 4.80 Gy cm2, 3.27 Gy cm2, 6.02 Gy cm2, respectively. It can be concluded that overweight and obese patients received a significantly increased radiation dose. Careful adjustment of imaging protocols is needed for these patients to reduce patient dose, while keeping the image quality at an acceptable level. Additional studies need to be conducted for these patient groups, that could further contribute to the development of radiation protection culture in diagnostic radiography.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1093\/rpd\/ncy194","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,10,19]],"date-time":"2018-10-19T03:12:32Z","timestamp":1539918752000},"page":"155-167","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":30,"title":["PATIENT DOSE IN DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY UTILISING BMI CLASSIFICATION"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"184","author":[{"given":"Vasileios I","family":"Metaxas","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Physics, School of Medicine, University of Patras, Patras, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Gerasimos A","family":"Messaris","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Physics, School of Medicine, University of Patras, Patras, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Aristea N","family":"Lekatou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Physics, School of Medicine, University of Patras, Patras, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Theodore G","family":"Petsas","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, University of Patras, Patras, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"George S","family":"Panayiotakis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Physics, School of Medicine, University of Patras, Patras, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,11,17]]},"reference":[{"key":"2019082108152234000_ncy194C1","author":"United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation","year":"2010"},{"key":"2019082108152234000_ncy194C2","author":"International Commission on Radiological Protection","year":"2007"},{"key":"2019082108152234000_ncy194C3","author":"International Atomic Energy Agency"},{"key":"2019082108152234000_ncy194C4","first-page":"1","article-title":"Council Directive 2013\/59\/Euratom of 5 December 2013 laying down basic safety standards for protection against the dangers arising from exposure to ionizing radiation, and repealing directives 89\/618\/ Euratom, 90\/641\/Euratom, 96\/29\/Euratom, 97\/43\/Euratom and 2003\/122\/Euratom","volume":"L13","year":"2014","journal-title":"Off. 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