Paediatric CT examinations in 19 developing countries: frequency and radiation dose

W. E. Muhogora1, N. A. Ahmed2, J. S. AlSuwaidi3, A. Beganovic4, O. Ciraj-Bjelac5, V. Gershan6, E. Gershkevitsh7, E. Grupetta8, M. H. Kharita9, N. Manatrakul10, B. Maroufi11, M. Milakovic12, K. Ohno13, L. Ben Omrane14, J. Ptacek15, C. Schandorf16, M. S. Shaaban17, N. Toutaoui18, D. Sakkas19, J. S. Wambani20 and M. M. Rehani21,* Tanzania Atomic Energy Commission, PO Box 743, Arusha, Tanzania Sudan Atomic Energy Commission, PO Box 3001, Khartoum, Sudan Dubai Hospital, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Clinical Centre of University of Sarajevo, Bolnicka 25-71000, Sarajevo, Federation of Bosnia & Herzegovina Vinca Institute of Nuclear Sciences, PO Box 522, 11001 Belgrade, Serbia University Clinic of Radiology, Skopje, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia North Estonia Regional Hospital, Hiiu Street 44, 11619 Tallinn, Estonia St. Luke’s Hospital, St. Luke’s Road, Guardamangi, Malta Atomic Energy Commission of Syria, Damascus, Syria Department of Medical Sciences, Ministry of Public Health, Tiwanon Road, 11000 Nonthaburi, Thailand Centre National de Radioprotection, Rabat, Agdal, Morocco Clinical Centre Banja Luka, 12 Beba 6, 7800 Banja Luka, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia & Herzegovina Department of Radiology Technology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, College of Medical Science, Kyoto, Japan Center National de Radioprotection, Hospital d’Enfants, Place Bab, Saadoun, 1006 Tunis, Tunisia Department of Medical Physics and Radiation Protection, University Hospital Olomouc, I.P. Pavlova 6, 775 20 Olomouc, Czech Republic Radiation Protection Institute, Ghana Atomic Energy Commission, PO Box LG 80, Legon–Accra, Ghana Radiology Department, Al-Sabah Hospital, Kuwait City, Kuwait Division de Physique Radiologique, Commissariat a l’Energie Atomique, Centre de Recherche Nucleaire d’Alger 2, Boulevard Frantz Fanon, B.P. 399, Alger-RP, Algeria Radiation Inspections and Control Service, 1493 Lefkosia (Nicosia), Cyprus Kenyatta National Hospital, PO Box 20723-00202, Nairobi, Kenya International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna International Centre, A-1400 Vienna, Austria