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What is the Purpose of Estimating Dose?
For radiologists
• Determines how changes in techniques impact radiation dose and image quality
For patients’ physicians
• Determines if the benefits from the diagnostic information outweigh the risks
For imaging facilities
• Ensures their procedures and protocols are being followed appropriately
For professional societies and regulatory agencies
• Used for setting or reviewing radiation dose related guidelines
• Establishes standards of practice
For monitoring and reporting
• Dose registries can be used to benchmark imaging practice through establishing
dose reference levels
• Tracking adverse events can establish trends and allow prospective correction of
possible radiation safety problems related to equipment or operator training
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What is X-ray Dose?
• Radiation dose reported in Gy units is proportional to the amount of absorbed
energy per unit mass
• Often reported in mGy for radiography, 1mGy=1/1000 Gy
• The absorbed energy is proportional to the physical damage on the cell’s
chemical bonds (such as DNA double strand breaks)
• The quantity most relevant for assessing the risk of cancer is effective dose,
which is evaluated in units of sieverts (abbreviated Sv; 1Sv = 1Gy in the case of
x rays)
• Effective dose allows comparison of the risk estimates associated with partial or
whole-body radiation exposures. This quantity also incorporates the different
radiation sensitivities of the various organs in the body
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Effective Dose Calculation
Takes into account the specific organs and areas of the body that are exposed.
All parts of the body and organs are not equally sensitive to the possible adverse
effects of radiation, such as cancer induction and mutations.
Effective dose (mSv)
=
sum of organ dose (mGy)
x
tissue weighting factor
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tissue weighting
factor
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Comparison with Natural Background
Radiation
Effective radiation dose:
Comparable to the natural background
radiation for a period of*:
7 mSv
2 years
Computed Tomography (CT)-Chest Low Dose
1.5 mSv
6 months
Radiography-Chest
0.1 mSv
10 days
1.5 mSv
6 months
0.001 mSv
3 hours
2 mSv
8 months
0.005 mSv
1 day
0.001 mSv
3 hours
0.4 mSv
7 weeks
For this procedure:
CHEST:
Computed Tomography (CT)-Chest
BONE:
Radiography (X-ray)-Spine
Radiography (X-ray)-Extremity
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM:
Computed Tomography (CT)-Head
DENTAL:
Intraoral X-ray
WOMEN'S IMAGING:
Bone Densitometry (DEXA)
Mammography
*That is, how long it would take to receive the same amount of
radiation from the natural background in a normal environment.
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Dose Metrics Monitored in the Clinic
Effective dose is typically not computed for individual patients.
As a result, other metrics are reported that is proportional to the absorbed dose
and the metric used typically depends on the imaging system:
Radiography
• Dose Area Product (DAP), Entrance Exposure (EE), Exposure Index (EI),
Fluoroscopy
• Dose rate, DAP, fluoro time, Maximum Skin Dose (MSD)
Computed Tomography (CT)
• CT Dose Index (CTDI100, CTDIw, CTDIvol), Dose Length Product (DLP)
In addition, the other exam parameters are also important and recorded:
• kVp, mAs, collimation, filters, imaging geometry, Patient gender, age, study
details etc..
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Entrance Exposure (EE)
X-ray source
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Source to
measurement
distance (SMD)
EE Dose (mGy)
Patient
Detector
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Typically calculated from system
calibration measurements
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EE is reported in units of mGy
•
EE is dependent of distance
from the source (SMD)
•
EE is typically reported at a
predefined distance. e.g. 20 cm
from detector surface
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Dose Area Product (DAP)
•
•
DAP is the entrance surface
dose (mGy) multiplied by the
area irradiated (cm2)
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DAP is reported in units of:
Gy*cm2, cGy*cm2, or mGy*cm2
•
DAP is independent of distance
from the source
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Measured using a DAP meter
Reported for radiographic and
fluoroscopic procedures
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Exposure Index (EI)
• The exposure index calculation is
based on the amount of exposure
that is not absorbed by the patient
X-ray source
• EI is based on the average exposure
reaching the detector in the area
behind exposed anatomy
•
Patient
Detector
EI = Exposure
behind the patient
The calculation excludes
radiation attenuated by the
collimator
•
It also excludes areas of direct
exposure
• EI values are proportional to
Log(Exposure) and mR
• Doubling of exposure corresponds to
+300 count change
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What is Dose Reporting?
• The Integrated Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) has put
together a profile for dose reporting called the IHE REM
(Radiation Exposure Monitoring) Integration Profile.
• This profile provides a standard mechanism for recording
and distributing estimated radiation dose information from
imaging procedures using defined DICOM Structured
Report (SR) templates appropriate for radiation dose
monitoring of CT and projection X-Ray procedures.
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What is our Role at the CR or DR Console?
• We fulfill the role of the Acquisition Modality in the IHE REM Integration Profile. In
this role we will collect radiation dose information at a study level and deliver this
information to interested parties in a way that doesn’t disrupt customer workflow
• Interested parties may include an Image Manager/Archive (e.g. PACS) and/or a
Dose Information Consumer (e.g. RIS)
• The dose report will be composed and sent on the completion or discontinuation
of a procedure step to interested parties configured to receive DICOM Radiation
Dose Structured Reports
• The dose report that we deliver will consist of a binary list of tag-value data
elements encoded in the same manner in which images are stored and
transferred today. The “interested parties” may then present this standardized
data in whatever way best suits them
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IHE REM Compared to MPPS
• The use of Radiation Dose Structured Reports
overcomes weaknesses of MPPS as a dose monitoring
method
• The dose report provides far more complete details and
is persisted, whereas MPPS was designed for workflow
and is not persisted (e.g. stored, archived)
• Dose details are recorded for each irradiation event,
which is defined as one continuous occurrence of
irradiation being applied to a patient
• The dose report is created at the end of each procedure
step and contains all the irradiation events from the
procedure step
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More Information
Dose Report
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More details on information recorded in the dose report can be found
in TID 10001 through TID 10005 of DICOM PS 3.16
http://medical.nema.org/Dicom/2011/11_16pu.pdf
MPPS
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More details regarding MPPS can be found in DICOM PS 3.4, Table
F.7.2-1
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Our role is Service Class Role of SCU
http://medical.nema.org/Dicom/2011/11_04pu.pdf
Carestream DICOM Conformance Statements
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Additional details regarding our conformance can be found at:
http://dicom.carestream.com
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