Congress:
EuroSafe Imaging 2016
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
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 published Referral 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 procedures.
It was updated in 2013 and is available both online in as downloadable digital version (http://gbu.radiologie.fr/ ; Fig.
1) and as a user-friendly smartphone application.
Guidelines on Radiation Dose and Dose-optimisation in conventional radiology and computed tomography are available on the SFR website (http://rontgen.sfrnet.org/sfropri/index.html).
The SFR has published Practical Guidelines for Radiologists to help radiologists evaluate their professional practices.
These guidelines include recommendations based on expert consensus for 400 different types of commonly performed procedures.
The SFR has developed guidelines specifically for Interventional Radiology Procedures (http://gri.radiologie.fr/).
These guidelines include a specific chapter on radiation protection in interventional radiology.
In collaboration with the French National Authority for Health (Haute Autorité en Santé –HAS),
the SFR has created a document,
which provides guidelines for monitoring patients after interventional radiology procedures (http://www.has-sante.fr/portail/jcms/c_1754223/fr/ameliorer-le-suivi-des-patients-en-radiologie-interventionnelle-et-actes-radioguides ),
with a view to help rationalise imaging and reduce the risk of deterministic effects.
The purpose of this poster is to present the new Practical CT Guidelines for Radiologists published by the SFR in October 2015.