The effective and collective dose to patients undergoing abdominopelvic and trunk computed tomography examinations: A Belgian multicentre study.
Collective dose
Computed tomography
Effective dose
Imaging referral guidelines
Journal
European journal of radiology
ISSN: 1872-7727
Titre abrégé: Eur J Radiol
Pays: Ireland
ID NLM: 8106411
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Feb 2019
Feb 2019
Historique:
received:
12
04
2018
revised:
18
12
2018
accepted:
23
12
2018
entrez:
30
1
2019
pubmed:
30
1
2019
medline:
14
5
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
This study aims to evaluate the radiation exposure to patients undergoing an abdominopelvic or a chest and abdominopelvic (trunk) CT examination and to assess compliance to imaging referral guidelines. To this end, 357 standard abdominopelvic and trunk CT scans were collected from 8 Belgian institutions in 2011 and 2015. Effective dose (E) and collective dose were calculated using CT dose descriptors (CTDI Between 2011 and 2015, a significant decrease of 28% in CTDI Between 2011 and 2015, there was a decrease in dose for patients undergoing abdominopelvic or trunk CT in Belgium. However, a fraction of the estimated doses are linked to unnecessary CT examinations, which should be avoided.
Identifiants
pubmed: 30691670
pii: S0720-048X(18)30467-4
doi: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2018.12.019
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
81-87Informations de copyright
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