Updating national diagnostic reference levels for computed tomography in Greece: Challenges on patient protection optimisation.
Computed tomography
Diagnostic reference levels
Optimisation
Journal
European journal of radiology
ISSN: 1872-7727
Titre abrégé: Eur J Radiol
Pays: Ireland
ID NLM: 8106411
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
16 Mar 2024
16 Mar 2024
Historique:
received:
28
11
2023
revised:
18
01
2024
accepted:
13
03
2024
medline:
21
3
2024
pubmed:
21
3
2024
entrez:
20
3
2024
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
The escalating use of Computed Tomography (CT) imaging necessitates establishment and periodic revision of Diagnostic Reference Levels (DRLs) to ensure patient protection optimization. This paper presents the outcomes of a national survey conducted from 2019 to 2022, focusing on revising DRLs for adult CT examinations. Dosimetric data from 127 scanners in 120 medical facilities, representing 25% of the country's CT scanners, were collected, emphasizing geographic distribution and technology representation. Τhe parameters used for DRLs were the CTDI
Identifiants
pubmed: 38508091
pii: S0720-048X(24)00145-1
doi: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2024.111429
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
111429Informations de copyright
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Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.