The new SFR guide, CT protocols in daily practice, a tool for optimisation

Congress:

EuroSafe Imaging 2016

Poster Number:

ESI-0029

Type:

EuroSafe Imaging

Keywords:

Action 3 - Optimisation, diagnostic reference levels, image quality, Action 2 - Clinical diagnostic reference levels (DRLs)

Authors:

H. Ducou le Pointe, J.-F. Chateil, J.-F. Meder

DOI:

10.1594/esi2016/ESI-0029

DOI-Link:

https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/esi2016/ESI-0029

Fig. 1: Referral Guidelines for Clinical Imaging by the French Society of Radiology

Fig. 2: optimisation in CT 1

Fig. 3: Optimisation in CT 2

Fig. 4: Optimisation in CT 3

Background/Introduction

The SFR(Société Française de Radiologie)has a long experience in radiation protection. Numerous actions have been conducted by the SFR in order to improve radiation protection . Main forms of activities provided by the SFR in this field are guideline publications, advanced professional trainings, clinical audits and patients’ informations. Concerning guideline publications, in 2005 the SFR publishedReferral Guidelines for Clinical Imaging (Guide du bon usage des examens d’imagerie médicale). This comprehensive document covers all clinically relevant information useful to the practitioner for selecting and justifying radiological...

Description of activity and work performed

Why to published new guidelines? In October 2014, the IRSN (Institut de Radioprotection et sûreté Nucléaire) published a report on the exposure of the French population to ionizing radiation in relationto medical diagnostic procedures in 2012. 82 millions diagnostic procedures using ionizing radiation were carried out in France. CT accounted for only 10.4% of the total number of examinations, CT scans represented 71.3% of the total dose administered. Despite this fact, CT scanshelp practitioners in their daily practice to diagnose or rule out diseases, and...

Conclusion and Recommendations

Conclusion: Consistent with the aims of the Eurosafe Imaging Group, the SFR is committed toenhancing radiation protection. Beside the publication of guidelines, the SFR develops and promotes clinical audit tools for imaging and radiation protection. It has thereforeimplemented a training programme for clinical audits as well asself-benchmarkingpermitting a comparison withnational diagnostic reference levels (DRLs).

Personal/Organisational information

SFR Société Française de Radiologie 20 avenue Rapp 75007 Paris

References

Scanner en pratique Société Française de Radiologie 20 avenue Rapp 75007 Paris