Japan Safe Radiology 2019

Congress:

EuroSafe Imaging 2019

Poster Number:

ESI-0040

Type:

EuroSafe Imaging

Keywords:

Action 2 - Clinical diagnostic reference levels (DRLs), Action 3 - Image quality assessment based on clinical indications, Action 4 - Dose management systems, Radioprotection / Radiation dose, CT, Radiation safety, Safety, Quality assurance

Authors:

D. Kakinada, H. Honda, O. Abe, M. Jinzaki, N. Tomiyama, H. Gobara, S. Aoki, A. Machitori, A. Nishie

DOI:

10.26044/esi2019/ESI-0040

DOI-Link:

https://dx.doi.org/10.26044/esi2019/ESI-0040

Fig. 1: The concept of Japan Safe Radiology

Fig. 2: Japan Medical Imaging database

Background/introduction

Diagnostic imaging has progressed very quickly and has contributed greatly to clinical medicine. Large-sized medical imaging systems including CT and MRI have become common in Japan, and patients can undergo such examinations across the nation. However, it is difficult to utilize the imaging data obtained at individual hospitals on a nationwide basis. Several problems remain to be solved, including poor efficiency in clinical practices, overly high medical bills and concerns about medical safety. We believe that the advance of information and communication technology (ICT) may...

Description of activity and work performed

The concept of Japan Safe Radiology is summarized in Figure 1. The first goal of Japan Safe Radiology has been the unified management of medical resources, i.e., the establishment of the J-MID itself, a national database of diagnostic imaging. The database will be generated by collecting CT images from medical institutions all over the country. Collected data will be shared, analyzed and utilized as big data. We have already started to design and develop a small-sized system using data from six medical institutions. We expect...

Conclusion and recommendations

We have outlined the present situation and the prospects for the J-MID and Japan Safe Radiology. We have noted the problems that Japan faces with advanced medical imaging, and we have started to address these problems by imagining the establishment of a new system for diagnostic imaging. Various hurdles remain. However, our aim is to use cutting-edge data-processing systems to develop a system in Japan that can serve as a model for other countries worldwide.

Personal/organisational information

Daisuke Kakihara; Kyushu University Akihiro Nishie; Kyushu University Akihiro Machitori; Kohnodai hospital, National center of global health and medicine Shigeki Aoki; Juntendo University Hideo Gobara; Okayama University Noriyuki Tomiyama; Osaka University Masahiro Jinzaki; Keio University Osamu Abe; Tokyo University Hiroshi Honda; Kyushu University

References

Nishie A, Kakihara D, Nojo T, et al. Current radiologist workload and the shortages in Japan: how many full-time radiologists are required? Jpn J Radiol 33(5):266-72, 2015.