Improving pediatric radiation dose management using Agfa digital radiography DICOM header information

Author

Juste, B. ; Villaescusa, N. ; Granero, D. ; Verdu, G.

Author_Institution

Politechnic Univ. of Valencia, Valencia

fYear

2007

fDate

22-26 Aug. 2007

Firstpage

4457

Lastpage

4459

Abstract

Dose reduction in pediatric explorations is especially important because of children radiation sensitivity. According to this, with the aim of saving radiation exposure in future clinical practice, we have developed a technique to control delivered dose in pediatric radiographic exams. To that, a computer science program has been developed to calculate entrance skin dose (ESD) provided by AGFA radiology digital system, using the "lgM" parameter exported from Dicom files. ESD values are compared with dose limits established in regulations to detect if children are being exposed to excessive amounts of radiation during their explorations.

Keywords

diagnostic radiography; dosimetry; medical image processing; medical information systems; paediatrics; Agfa digital radiography; DICOM header information; children radiation sensitivity; dose reduction; entrance skin dose; pediatric radiation dose management; pediatric radiographic exams; radiation exposure; Computer science; DICOM; Digital systems; Electrostatic discharge; Pediatrics; Radio control; Radio spectrum management; Radiography; Radiology; Skin; Child; Child, Preschool; Female; Humans; Male; Radiation Dosage; Radiographic Image Enhancement; Software;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2007. EMBS 2007. 29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Lyon

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0787-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4353328

Filename

4353328