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TH‐E‐209‐02: Dose Monitoring and Protocol Optimization: The Pediatric Perspective
Author(s) -
MacDougall R.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
medical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.473
H-Index - 180
eISSN - 2473-4209
pISSN - 0094-2405
DOI - 10.1118/1.4958284
Subject(s) - protocol (science) , medical physics , scope (computer science) , medical physicist , medicine , radiation dose , medical imaging , radiation monitoring , data management , variety (cybernetics) , harmonization , computer science , nuclear medicine , radiology , data mining , alternative medicine , pathology , artificial intelligence , programming language , physics , acoustics
Radiation dose monitoring solutions have opened up new opportunities for medical physicists to be more involved in modern clinical radiology practices. In particular, with the help of comprehensive radiation dose data, data‐driven protocol management and informed case follow up are now feasible. Significant challenges remain however and the problems faced by medical physicists are highly heterogeneous. Imaging systems from multiple vendors and a wide range of vintages co‐exist in the same department and employ data communication protocols that are not fully standardized or implemented making harmonization complex. Many different solutions for radiation dose monitoring have been implemented by imaging facilities over the past few years. Such systems are based on commercial software, home‐grown IT solutions, manual PACS data dumping, etc., and diverse pathways can be used to bring the data to impact clinical practice. The speakers will share their experiences with creating or tailoring radiation dose monitoring/management systems and procedures over the past few years, which vary significantly in design and scope. Topics to cover: (1) fluoroscopic dose monitoring and high radiation event handling from a large academic hospital; (2) dose monitoring and protocol optimization in pediatric radiology; and (3) development of a home‐grown IT solution and dose data analysis framework. Learning Objectives: 1. Describe the scope and range of radiation dose monitoring and protocol management in a modern radiology practice 2. Review examples of data available from a variety of systems and how it managed and conveyed. 3. Reflect on the role of the physicist in radiation dose awareness.