United States research and development to test new technology CT radiation

United States University of Pennsylvania Hospital researchers said they had to design and test a query to a new method of radiation dose, this will help doctors monitoring when shooting CT radiation dose absorbed by the patient.

The research results have been published in the November edition of the United States journal of Radiology.

Researchers put this method called "RADIANCE", they put it figuratively into an automated "channel", the dose usually is stored in the image data, but the pipeline from the image storage system (PACS) in the automatic acquisition of data about radiation dose.

Research group leaders-Sandy Cook (Tessa S. Cook) that the "pipeline" not only can analyze archived CT data, you can also shoot in the Hospital of the future CT slices of patients absorb radiation values to predict, so the system can hospital all CT data analysis, and, if necessary, the Court may also be external CT data for evaluation.

Researchers said the tracking patients receive radiation dose contribute to medical institutions to improve clinical decision-making in patients treated with informed consent, improve health care safety.

"Extraction of radiation dose to assess patients when shooting CT radiation absorption average," Cook said.

"Through the collection of retrospective and prospective case of radiation dosage information, we can generate a report card, indicate the patients in the hospital for the treatment of the total radiation dose. This information is very important, since it will involve patients and doctors to develop a treatment plan, not only with the patients in the future needs of imaging are closely related, the doctor can also be accessed via the card monitoring radiation dose, analysis of abnormal radiation values and treatment process optimization to minimize unnecessary radiation exposure.

"We extract the radiation dose information can be used to guarantee the quality and safety for the purpose of analysis," she added.

The "auto extract ' pipeline ' in radiation dose information will enable us to more deeply understand the radiation dose to the patient, so we will help to improve the quality of medical care. ”