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Radiation Protection Dosimetry Advance Access published online on February 18, 2008
Radiation Protection Dosimetry, doi:10.1093/rpd/ncn030
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QUALITY CONTROL AND PATIENT DOSIMETRY IN DIGITAL RADIOLOGY. ON LINE SYSTEM: NEW FEATURES AND TRANSPORTABILITY

E. Vano1,2,*, J. I. Ten3, J. M. Fernandez1,2, C. Prieto1, J. M. Ordiales1 and D. Martinez1

1 Medical Physics Department, San Carlos University Hospital, 28040 Madrid, Spain
2 Radiology Department, Complutense University, 28040 Madrid, Spain
3 Diagnostic Radiology Department, San Carlos University Hospital, 28040 Madrid, Spain

* Corresponding author: eliseov{at}med.ucm.es

New features have been added to a system (QCONLINE) for auditing patient dosimetric and technical parameters ‘on line’, working on a digital radiology department and using the information contained in the DICOM header of some modalities. The audit of other parameters than patient doses have been included, setting alarm conditions to alert on malfunction of the X-ray system or bad operation modes, in addition to the evaluation of patient doses. A new module to analyse, collect and process the relevant information transferred by the modality performed procedure step (MPPS) service has been launched. Several examples with the exploitation of the new features are presented. The transportability of the system has been tested in two remote hospitals during several months. The new MPPS module has demonstrated to be a good tool to complement the information existing in the DICOM header. The system allows to help in the optimisation of digital radiology departments managing patient dosimetry and procedure data in real time.


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