[Registration and monitoring of radiation exposure from radiological imaging.]

[Registration and monitoring of radiation exposure from radiological imaging.]
Radiologe. 2013 Mar 23;
Authors: Jungmann F, Pinto Dos Santos D, Hempel J, Düber C, Mildenberger P
Abstract
Strategies for reducing radiation exposure are an important part of optimizing medical imaging and therefore a relevant quality factor in radiology. Regarding the medical radiation exposure, computed tomography has a special relevance. The use of the integrating the healthcare enterprise (IHE) radiation exposure monitoring (REM) profile is the upcoming standard for organizing and collecting exposure data in radiology. Currently most installed base devices do not support this profile generating the required digital imaging and communication in medicine (DICOM) dose structured reporting (SR). For this reason different solutions had been developed to register dose exposure measurements without having the dose SR object.Registration and analysis of dose-related parameters is required for constantly optimizing examination protocols, especially computed tomography (CT) examinations based on the latest research results in order to minimize the individual radiation dose exposure from medical imaging according to the principle as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA).
PMID: 23519445 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Der Radiologe - March 23, 2013 Category: Radiology Authors: Jungmann F, Pinto Dos Santos D, Hempel J, Düber C, Mildenberger P Tags: Radiologe Source Type: research