Denise Bos, Sophronia Yu, Jason Luong, Philip Chu, Yifei Wang, Andrew J Einstein, Jay Starkey, Bradley N Delman, Phuong-Anh T Duong, Marco Das, Sebastian Schindera, Allen R Goode, Fiona MacLeod, Axel Wetter, Rebecca Neill, Ryan K Lee, Jodi Roehm, James A Seibert, Luisa F Cervantes, Nima Kasraie, Pavlina Pike, Anokh Pahwa, Cécile R L P N Jeukens, Rebecca Smith-Bindman
OB JECTIVES: The European Society of Radiology identified 10 common indications for computed tomography (CT) as part of the European Study on Clinical Diagnostic Reference Levels (DRLs, EUCLID), to help standardize radiation doses. The objective of this study is to generate DRLs and median doses for these indications using data from the UCSF CT International Dose Registry. METHODS: Standardized data on 3.7 million CTs in adults were collected between 2016 and 2019 from 161 institutions across seven countries (United States of America (US), Switzerland, Netherlands, Germany, UK, Israel, Japan)...
October 13, 2021: European Radiology