Background/introduction
Different image quality is needed for different clinical indications of the same anatomical area.
For this reason,
diagnostic reference levels (DRLs) should be established for a given clinical indication rather than an anatomical area.
The European Commission (EC) launched the ‘European study on clinical diagnostic reference levels for x-ray medical imaging’ (EUCLID) project in August 2017 to provide up-to-date clinical DRLs.
The EUCLID project is divided into 5 interrelated work packages (WPs),
which cover specific tasks leading to the common objective to carry out a...
Description of activity and work performed
Description of activity and work performed:
The main objectives of EUCLID are to conduct a European survey to collect data needed for the establishment of DRLs for the most important x-ray imaging tasks in Europe (from the radiation protection perspective) on the basis of the clinical indication,
and to specify up-to-date DRLs for these examinations.
A workshop will be organised by the end of 2019 to disseminate and discuss the results of this project.
An External Advisory Panel has been set-up to be consulted on...
Conclusion and recommendations
A workshop will be organised by the end of 2019 to disseminate and discuss the results of this project.
The final results of the EUCLID project,
i.e.
the clinical DRLs for the studied indications will be available in 2020.
The EUCLID project is led by the European Society of Radiology (ESR).
The following ESR experts are involved in the project:
· Prof.
John Damilakis,
project manager
· Prof.
Guy Frija,
project co-manager
· Prof.
Werner Jaschke
· Prof.
Graciano Paulo
· Dr.
Jacques Repussard
·...
Personal/organisational information
The project has received funding from the European Commission under Service Contract No° ENER/2017/NUCL/SI2.759174.
References
http://www.eurosafeimaging.org/euclid