European Guidelines on Quality Criteria: Current Status and Future, with Special Emphasis on Mammography
| Autor: | J.-W. Oestmann |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
| Předmět: |
education.field_of_study
Reference dose medicine.medical_specialty Radiation Modalities Radiological and Ultrasound Technology medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Image quality media_common.quotation_subject Population Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health General Medicine medicine media_common.cataloged_instance Mammography Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Medical physics Quality (business) European union education Nuclear medicine business Quality assurance media_common |
| Zdroj: | Radiation Protection Dosimetry. 90:35-38 |
| ISSN: | 1742-3406 0144-8420 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a033140 |
| Popis: | The radiology quality criteria concept of the European Union is intended to ensure good radiodiagnostic care in the member states. The lack of proper correlation between image quality and radiation dose in clinical practice is acknowledged. The aim is (a) to define the image quality needed for diagnosis, (b) to establish a reference dose that should normally not be exceeded and (c) to improve the correlation between image quality and dose by suggesting imaging parameters. The basic concept - initially intended mainly for chest and spine - has been expanded to include mammography and CT as these modalities have become responsible for an increasing share of the medical radiation exposure. The EU criteria described need to be integrated into large, regularly repeated regional and supra-regional surveys to become effective on a population scale. However, they may also provide help in hospital-wide projects. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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