Refresher Course: Physics in Medical Imaging

RC 813 - How to play the game: cumulative effective dose (CED) concept - pros and cons in clinical practice

March 5, 10:00 - 11:00 CET

5 min
Chairperson's introduction
15 min
Cumulative effective dose (CED) in radiology
  1. To understand the relationship between exposure indexes as recorded in the dose structured reports and the patient's effective dose, as well as the need for a periodic check and calibration of exposure indexes reported by the radiological equipment.
  2. To learn about the role of radiation exposure monitoring systems and the status of their implementation in Europe.
  3. To understand how to use information from radiation exposure monitoring systems for optimisation purposes – including the cumulative dose perspective.
15 min
Beyond the concept of CED
  1. To understand the epidemiological and radiobiological basis of the cumulated effective dose quantity.
  2. To understand how Recurrent Exposure Reference Levels (RERL) could be used as a tool for the optimisation of the management of recurrent patients among different health care centres.
  3. To learn about the multicentric European study on Recurrent Exposure Reference Levels (RERL) establishment.
15 min
Radiologists' perspective on CED
  1. To learn about what is recurrent medical imaging, which patient cohorts submitted to recurrent imaging are under most investigations and what is the magnitude of the phenomenon.
  2. To understand which are the challenges and pitfalls when dealing with recurrent imaging exposure without inappropriately influencing decision making.
  3. To be aware of joint position statements concerning Recurrent Radiological Imaging procedures and the proposed way forward (IAEA & AAPM).
10 min
Panel discussion: Are we ready to use the cumulative effective dose concept in clinical practice?