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Radiation Protection Dosimetry Advance Access published online on February 3, 2006
Radiation Protection Dosimetry, doi:10.1093/rpd/nci735
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Leuvens Special Issue Article

ON THE USE OF DICOM CINE HEADER INFORMATION FOR OPTIMISATION: RESULTS FROM THE 2002 EUROPEAN DIMOND CARDIOLOGY SURVEY

E. Vano 1 *, R. Padovani 2, G. Bernardi 2, J. I. Ten 1, A. Peterzol 2, A. Dowling 3, H. Bosmans 4, S. Kottou 5, Z. Olivari 6, K. Faulkner 7, and S. Balter 8

1 Radiology and Medical Physics, San Carlos Hospital Complutense University, Madrid, Spain
2 Az. Ospedale S. Maria della Misericordia. 33100 Udine, Italy
3 Department of Medical Physics and Bioengineering, St James's Hospital, Garden Hill House, Dublin 8, Ireland
4 UZ Gasthuisberg, Department of Radiology, Herestraat 49, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
5 Medical Physics Department, Konstantopoulio Agia Olga Hospital, Athens, Greece
6 Divisione Cardiologica, Ospedale Ca Foncello, Treviso, Italy
7 Quality Assurance Reference Centre, Unit 9 Kingfisher Way, Silverlink Business Park, Wallsend NE28 9ND, UK
8 Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, NY, USA

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
E. Vano, E-mail: eliseov{at}med.ucm.es


  Abstract

The paper explores the level of information contained within the DICOM header in images from various cardiology systems. Data were obtained in the European DIMOND survey on image quality (Italy, Ireland, Belgium, Greece and Spain). Images from five standard diagnostic cardiology procedures carried out in six European hospitals have been analysed. DICOM header information was extracted to a database in order to analyse how it could help in the optimisation of the procedures. The level of data contained in the headers differs widely between cardiology systems. None of the X-ray systems in the 2002 survey archives the dosimetric data in the DICOM header. The mean number of runs per procedure ranges between 7.5 and 15.4 and the mean number of frames per procedure between 575 and 1417. Differences in kVp, mA, pulse time, distances and C-arm angulations are substantial and suggest that there exists a wide range for optimisation.


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