Patient radiation dose assessment system for diagnostic nuclear medicine procedures: implementation and first results
| Autor: | Dea Dundara-Debeljuh, Slaven Jurkovic, Ivan Pribanic, Neva Girotto, Svjetlana Grbac-Ivankovic, Ana Bozanic, Doris Segota |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE. Clinical Medical Sciences
BIOMEDICINA I ZDRAVSTVO. Kliničke medicinske znanosti BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE. Basic Medical Sciences radiation risk effective dose assessment NATURAL SCIENCES. Physics PRIRODNE ZNANOSTI. Fizika Nuclear Energy and Engineering lcsh:QC770-798 administered activity lcsh:Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity nuclear medicine low-dose computed tomography BIOMEDICINA I ZDRAVSTVO. Temeljne medicinske znanosti Safety Risk Reliability and Quality nuclear medicine radiation risk effective dose assessment administered activity low-dose computed tomography |
| Zdroj: | Nuclear technology & radiation protection Volume 35 Issue 4 Nuclear Technology and Radiation Protection, Vol 35, Iss 4, Pp 380-385 (2020) |
| ISSN: | 1451-3994 |
| Popis: | Dose assessment of diagnostic nuclear medicine procedures is necessary to further optimize respective procedure, estimate radiation risk, improve radiation safety and verify compliance of local practice with guidelines. In line with Council Directive 2013/59/EURATOM, patient medical documentation should include information related to radiation exposure. The aim of this work is to present the patient radiation dose assessment system designed for routine clinical use, that uses in-house designed worksheets for dose calculation based on relevant parameters introduced by the ICRP publications. Dose reports provide information about the absorbed dose delivered to the target and non-target organs of interest and the effective dose for each diagnostic procedure. The data from the dose reports was used to investigate average patient exposure levels during a one-year period and the results are presented. The implemented system has improved the quality of services provided and understanding of radiation risks. Moreover, the presented results have stimulated further optimization of nuclear medicine processes. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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