Congress:
EuroSafe Imaging 2019
Keywords:
Action 4 - Dose management systems, eHealth, CT, Decision analysis, Dosimetry, Dosimetric comparison, Quality assurance
Authors:
T. D. Do, N. Reichhardt, S. Hähnel, P. Geisbüsch, L. Born, K. Graf, W. Stiller, H. U. Kauczor
DOI:
10.26044/esi2019/ESI-0084
Background/introduction
In 2013 new guidelines on radiation safety were released by the European Atomic Energy Community (EUROATOM) (1).
The guidelines released by the EUROATOM are standardized regulations on medical radiations that are binding for each European member state.
The deadline for the implementation of the guidelines into federal law was 2018.
The acquisition and implementation of a dose management tool is mandatory to fulfill German federal laws on documentation of any incidents and establishment of an information and reporting system (Council Directive 2013/59/EUROATOM and §90 Protection Act [Strahlenschutzgesetz]) (2).
Aim of a dose management tool is surveillance of radiation doses of all examinations and the associated possibility for further detailed analyses.
More transparency on applied radiation doses is to be provided for the operators and the radiation protection supervisors by comparing acquired data to existing federal diagnostic reference levels (DRLs).
Another aspect is identification of radiation dose aberrations and improvement of diagnostic image quality while reducing applied doses.