Congress:
EuroSafe Imaging 2019
Keywords:
Radiation safety, Fluoroscopy, CT, Radioprotection / Radiation dose, Action 2 - Clinical diagnostic reference levels (DRLs), Action 6 - Clinical audit tool for imaging, Quality assurance
Authors:
J. Damilakis, G. Frija, ESR Office
DOI:
10.26044/esi2019/ESI-0115
Background/introduction
Different image quality is needed for different clinical indications of the same anatomical area.
For this reason,
diagnostic reference levels (DRLs) should be established for a given clinical indication rather than an anatomical area.
The European Commission (EC) launched the ‘European study on clinical diagnostic reference levels for x-ray medical imaging’ (EUCLID) project in August 2017 to provide up-to-date clinical DRLs.
Fig. 1: EUCLID logo
The EUCLID project is divided into 5 interrelated work packages (WPs),
which cover specific tasks leading to the common objective to carry out a European study on clinical DRLs for x-ray medical imaging:
Fig. 2: EUCLID work programme
The 33-month EUCLID project is led by the European Society of Radiology (ESR).
The project has received funding from the European Commission under Service Contract No° ENER/2017/NUCL/SI2.759174.