Congress:
EuroSafe Imaging 2020
Keywords:
Action 2 - Clinical diagnostic reference levels (DRLs), Abdomen, Thorax, CT, Diagnostic procedure, Dosimetric comparison, Retrospective, Observational, Multicentre study
Authors:
H. Brat, B. dufour, P. Pujadas, B. Rizk, D. Fournier, F. Zanca
DOI:
10.26044/esi2020/ESI-13030
References
- International Commission on Radiological Protection (2017) ICRP publication 135: Diagnostic reference levels in medical imaging. Ann. ICRP 46 (1).
- Brat H, Zanca F, Montandon S, Racine D, Rizk B, Meicher E, Fournier D. Local clinical diagnostic reference levels for chest and abdomen CT examinations in adults as a function of body mass index and clinical indication: a prospective multicenter study. Eur Radiol. 2019 Dec;29(12):6794-6804.
- AAPM report 204: https://www.aapm.org/pubs/reports/detail.asp?docid=143. Accessed 10 January 2020.
General references on DRLs
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- Federal Office of Public Health (2018) Directive R-06-06 Niveaux de référence diagnostiques en tomodensitométrie. Available via https://www.bag.admin.ch/dam/bag/fr/dokumente/str/std/bag-wegleitungen/2018-06-15-r-06-06.pdf. Accessed 13 October 2018.
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