ABSTRACT The aim of this study was in two to investigate; firstly, (i) location of radiosensitive organs in the interior of four (4) paediatric anthropomorphic phantoms, and, secondly, (ii) effectiveness of single and double bismuth thyroid shields, distance between shield and phantom surface, during paediatric multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) using fixed tube current (FTC) and automatic exposure control (AEC) on dose reduction and image quality. Four (4) paediatric anthropomorphic p...
ABSTRACT In radiation therapy, the traditional way of providing accuracy of megavoltage radiation treatment fields, is by the use of portal radiographs. In these radiographs the film detector is positioned at the exist point of the beam beside the patient and details of its anatomical parts located within the field borders are taken. There is poor visualization of landmarks in portal films due to the high energy of photons used for treatment. Due to this draw-back, an electronic portal imagin...
ABSTRACT The Kgwakgwe manganese deposit is 4 km southwest of Kanye village (70 km west of Gaborone, Capital City) in Botswana. The manganese deposit is surrounded by about 30 boreholes which supply the entire Kanye population with water, through pipes into each home. Weathering of manganese and other elements from rocks (due to the geology of the area) leach into underground water within the catchment. The study assessed the quality of drinking water from the boreholes and estimated their com...