Open AccessCT dose reduction is achievable: one site's experience with a dose optimisation process
Author(s) -
Smith K,
Mandarano G
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
radiographer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.484
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 2051-3909
pISSN - 0033-8273
DOI - 10.1002/j.2051-3909.2010.tb00135.x
Subject(s) - siemens , nuclear medicine , medicine , medical physics , radiation dose , effective dose (radiation) , scanner , computer science , engineering , artificial intelligence , electrical engineering
An Emotion 6 Siemens Multi‐Detector CT scanner (Erlangen, Germany) was installed at the review site in December 2005. Improving upon the manufacturer's default exposure settings, the authors sought to perform a quality review to reduce ionising radiation dose delivered to patients. Dose associated with CT examinations across the major body regions was assessed. Dose savings ranged from 11% to 70% when compared to the manufacturer's default settings. Dose comparisons are also made with the European Standards and the United Kingdom Field Survey.