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Keywords:
Dosimetric comparison, Dosimetry, PACS, Computer applications
Authors:
F. Verhelle, R. Van den Broeck, P. Goossens, I. Willekens, C. Ernst, G. Van Gompel, N. Buls, J. de Mey; Brussels/BE
DOI:
10.1594/ecr2015/C-0137
Aims and objectives
To collect radiation dose data at acquisition nodes using ionizing radiation.
The devices in scope are of course CT and digital radiography systems,
certainly including cardio-vascular systems,
mammography systems and mobile C-arms.
The dose related data is gathered in different ways to be stored together with the images in DICOM format in a PACS.
The current PACSystems are only able to store those DICOM objects.
The uniform presentation of the content of those objects and the statistical analyses is inadequate in most of the current PACSystems.
Dose management systems are able to extract information out of the different delivered dose related DICOM objects in PACS.
The goal is to present this data in a user friendly way for interpretation by different medical actors such as radiologists,
nuclearists and radiographers.The increased dose awareness together with regulatory and compliance requirements,
raises the need of providers of medical imaging to be informed about the overall radiation usage in relation to the patient and performed procedures.
It is mandatory to be able to know per procedure the correct dose needed to produce sharp and focused diagnostic images.
The aim of the project is to enable creation,
storage,
analysis and presentation of dose related information in order to distribute this to medical imaging providers,
such as radiologists,
nuclearists,
cardiologists and radiographers.
The final goal is to provide recommendations to requesting physicians,
emphasizing adequate choice of medical imaging.