Radiation dose management system in computed tomography procedures: a systematic review

Autor:	Idris Garba, Penelope Engel-Hills, Florence Davidson, Anas Ismail
Rok vydání:	2023
Předmět:	Radiation Radiological and Ultrasound Technology Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging General Medicine
Zdroj:	Radiation Protection Dosimetry.
ISSN:	1742-3406 0144-8420
Popis:	A systematic literature review was carried out to explore articles that reported the use of radiation dose management systems (RDMSs) in computed tomography (CT). The preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analysis flow chart were used to screen articles in PubMed, EBSCOhost, Web of Science, SCOPUS and Cochrane Library. A total of 1041 articles were retrieved and screened. After evaluation against criteria, 38 articles were selected and synthesised narratively. The results revealed that several RDMSs have been used in CT. The review also indicated that the use of RDMSs has promoted the implementation of diagnostic reference levels for dose optimisation. A RDMS, such as DoseWatch, is associated with compatibility challenges and failure in data transmission, while manual RDMSs are cumbersome and prone to data entry errors. Thus, a robust automated RDMS that is compatible with the different CT systems would provide efficient CT dose management.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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