Congress:
EuroSafe Imaging 2017
Keywords:
CT, Radioprotection / Radiation dose, eHealth, Action 13 - Stakeholder engagement and collaboration, Action 9 - Facilitation of research in advanced topics of radiation protection, Action 10 - Improved communication and collaboration of health professionals in radiation protection, Action 7 - Medical radiation protection research: MELODI, EURAMED, Radiation safety, Dosimetric comparison
Authors:
M. R. Onur, Y. Ozkaya, M. N. Özmen, D. Akata, S. Birinci
DOI:
10.1594/esi2017/ESI-0042
Conclusion and Recommendations
Our results enabled us to be aware of dose variation in different hospitals from different regions of our country
Mean DLP values for head,
neck,
chest and pelvis CT examinations were recorded by including 80.000 examination in the study.
Our results revealed that maximum dose variations occurred in chest and pelvis CT examinations.
There were few hospitals which had abnormally high dose levels compared to other hospitals.
Detection of this abnormality made us to reorganize CT protocols in aforementioned hospitals
Nation-wide PACS enables to monitor radiation dose in nation-wide hospitals and provide oppurtunity to detect abnormal dose emitted at different CT protocols in nation-wide hospitals
Radiation dose data from 647 hospitals that will be collected in the future through ongoing project will enable us to assess national radiation dose levels in our hospitals more confidently.
Information about radiation dose-levels obtained through nation-wide PACS is crucial to maintain a national radiation dose management programme.