Activities of EURADOS Working Group 12 in establishing DRLs for Interventional Radiology, Cardiology & Cone Beam CT

Congress:

EuroSafe Imaging 2019

Poster Number:

ESI-0091

Type:

EuroSafe Imaging

Keywords:

Chemoembolisation, Percutaneous, Cone beam CT, Radiation physics, Radioprotection / Radiation dose, Interventional vascular, Action 2 - Clinical diagnostic reference levels (DRLs), Embolisation, Embolism / Thrombosis

Authors:

�. KNEZEVIC MEDIJA, T. Siiskonen, M. Sans Merce, F. L. MALCHAIR, M. Majer, A. Gallagher, J. Farah, J. Dabin, O. Ciraj-Bjelac

DOI:

10.26044/esi2019/ESI-0091

DOI-Link:

https://dx.doi.org/10.26044/esi2019/ESI-0091

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Fig. 3: The comparison of alert levels corresponding to MSD = 5 Gy for NE given as DAP...

Background/introduction

The European Radiation Dosimetry Group (EURADOS) is a self-sustainable network of more than 70 European institutions and 560 scientists. The aim of the network is to promote research and development and European cooperation in the field of dosimetry of ionizing radiation. The main scientific work is done in working groups, which promote technical developments and their implementation in routine work, and contribute to harmonization within Europe and conformance with international practices. Working group 12 (WG12) Dosimetry in medical imaging of EURADOS addresses various aspects of...

Description of activity and work performed

n the framework of EURADOS WG12, European consortium has been established with the aim to analyze patient exposure data and to propose new European DRLs for selected IR/IC procedures. Concerning IC, the data was collected from 13 EU countries (37 clinics and nearly 50 interventional rooms) for the following procedures: coronary angiography (CA), percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), pacemaker implantation (PI), electrophysiological procedures (EF) and transcatheter aortic valve implantations (TAVI). This work is summarized in a publication (1). Overall, dose data was collected from a total...

Conclusion and recommendations

Part of the EURADOS WG12 work is focusing on patient dosimetry in medical imaging with the aim to improve dosimetry methods, to increase awareness amongst the medical professionals and to foster the implementation of the optimization principle by establishing DRLs for specific examinations. WG12 recently collected patient exposure data from 13 countries (37 clinics and nearly 50 interventional rooms) and for 10 different procedures to establish European DRLs for IR and IC procedures. The study shows (1) that for the new procedures it is difficult...

Personal/organisational information

This work was carried out in the frame of the EURADOS Working Group 12 – Dosimetry in Medical Imaging

References

T. Siiskonen, O. Ciraj Bjelac, J. Dabin, A. Diklic, J. Domienik Andrzejewska, J.Farah,JM Fernandez, A. Gallagher, C. Hourdakis, S. Jurkovic, H. Järvinen, J. Järvinen, Ž. Knežević, C. Koukorava, C. Maccia, M. Majer, F. Malchair, L. Riccardi, C. Rizk, R. Sanchez, M. Sandborg, M.Sans Merce, D. Segota, J. Sierpowska, G. Simantirakis, L. Sukupova, Z. Thrapsanioti, E. Vano.Establishing the European diagnostic reference levels for interventional cardiology. Physica Medica. 54 (2018) H. Järvinen, J. Farad, T.Siiskonen, O. Ciraj-Bjelac, J. Dabin, E. Carinou, J. Domienik, D. Kluszczynski, Ž. Knežević,...