Congress:
EuroSafe Imaging 2019
Keywords:
Action 2 - Clinical diagnostic reference levels (DRLs), Action 4 - Dose management systems, Radioprotection / Radiation dose, CT, CT-Angiography, Radiation safety, Education and training
Authors:
T. Viana Miranda Lima, D. Sigrist, S. Schindera
DOI:
10.26044/esi2019/ESI-0099
Background/introduction
At the current time,
approximately 255 institutes in Switzerland are equipped with at least one CT scanner,
resulting in a combined total of over a million CT exams per year.
While individual dose information is stored in a picture archiving and communication system (PACS) on a per-exam basis,
systematic and comprehensive analysis usually requires high manual effort.
However,
such an analysis of patient exposure is inevitable for quality assurance and improvements in radiological processes. A national dose registry aims to serve as a central platform to collect,
analyse and publish dose information from different radiology institutes across Switzerland for benchmarking and optimizing the exposure of various CT protocols [1].
The aim of this work is to share how this platform is being developed,
current status and next steps.