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Methods or background Purpose or learning objective Conclusion Results or findings References Personal information and conflict of interest, Methods or background: The case for CDS Among their many benefits, clinical decision support systems impact two key areas of concern that are highlighted repeatedly in scientific and professional literature: the appropriateness of imaging exam selection, and the quality...

Background/introduction Description of activity and work performed Conclusion and recommendations Personal/organisational information References, Background/introduction: With the current actions in radiation protection the focus is on improving the safety culture with an holistic and interprofessional approach aiming at building trust between patients and all involved healthcare professionals. The Radiation...

Background/introduction Description of activity and work performed Conclusion and recommendations Personal/organisational information References, Background/introduction: Andalusia Andalusia( Fig. 1 ) is an autonomous community in southern Spain . It is the most populous, and the second largest autonomous community in Spain. The Andalusian autonomous community is of- ficially recognised as a "historical nationality"....

Background/introduction Description of activity and work performed Conclusion and recommendations Personal/organisational information References, Background/introduction: Computed tomography (CT) has established itself as a primary diagnostic imaging modality in cardiac anomalies 1 . With its fast scanning speed and isotropic spatial resolution at 0.3–0.4 mm, CT allows diagnosis safely and accurately than...

Background/introduction Description of activity and work performed Conclusion and recommendations Personal/organisational information References, Background/introduction: Medical imaging is a powerful clinical tool that allows health professionals to diagnose their patients without subjecting them to invasive surgery. Although the benefits of medical imaging exams are significant, there are ionizing radiation risks...

Background/introduction Description of activity and work performed Conclusion and recommendations Personal/organisational information References, Background/introduction: The objectives of this work are as follows: To understand how the study description of an imaging test is transmitted from RIS (Radiology Information System) to DIS (Dosimetric Information System). To analyze the problems that arise with the DICOM...

Background/introduction Description of activity and work performed Conclusion and recommendations Personal/organisational information References, Background/introduction: The exposure to ionizing radiation caused by medical imaging is non-negligibleIt is therefore imperative, from a public health perspective, to minimize this exposure and to have a better understanding of its biological effects. The MEDIRAD [i]...

Background/introduction Description of activity and work performed Conclusion and recommendations Personal/organisational information References, Background/introduction: ESR iGuide is the European Society of Radiology's (ESR) clinical decision support (CDS) system for medical imaging referrals. ESR iGuide uses imaging referral guidelines developed by the ESRbased on the American College of Radiology Appropriateness...

Background/introduction Description of activity and work performed Conclusion and recommendations Personal/organisational information References, Background/introduction: Patients undergoing radiological examinations such as radiography or computed tomography (CT) are exposed to ionizing radiation. Ionizing radiation can lead to the induction of point mutations in the DNA, chromosomal translocations and gene fusions,...

Background/introduction Description of activity and work performed Conclusion and recommendations Personal/organisational information References, Background/introduction: Refinements of the CT hardware, structured reporting and novel reconstruction methods have allowed hospitals to apply resources both in technology and culture to more effectively and safely image patients in the emergency room. Noise reduction...

Background/introduction Description of activity and work performed Conclusion and recommendations Personal/organisational information References, Background/introduction: The EuroSafe Imaging campaign is an initiative of ESR (European Society of Radiology). One focus of EuroSafe is to help practitioners in EU member states in the implementation process of the European Directive 2013/59/EURATOM (EU-BSS) [1,2] with...

Background/introduction Description of activity and work performed Conclusion and recommendations Personal/organisational information References, Background/introduction: Structured reporting has been under discussion in radiology for many years. In recent years, the development of the joint initiative of RSNA and ESR with the Templates Library Advisory Panel (TLAP) has provided a platform for quality-checked...

Background/introduction Description of activity and work performed Conclusion and recommendations Personal/organisational information References, Background/introduction: The availability of Dose Management Systems (DMS) allows radiology departments to track patient cumulative dose, to assess variability across their equipment, to identify dose outliers and to perform meaningful benchmarking (fig. 1). Starting from...

Background/introduction Description of activity and work performed Conclusion and recommendations Personal/organisational information References, Background/introduction: Despite of accurateness and strict obedience to standard operating procedures patient misidentification can occur in any field of public health care worldwide [1]. Particularly in radiology, especially in imaging modalities using ionizing...

Background/introduction Description of activity and work performed Conclusion and recommendations Personal/organisational information References, Background/introduction: ESR iGuide is a clinical decision support (CDS) system that uses imaging referral guidelines developed by the European Society of Radiology (ESR) and based on the American College of Radiology Appropriateness Criteria (ACR AC). ESR iGuide is the...

Background/introduction Description of activity and work performed Conclusion and recommendations Personal/organisational information References, Background/introduction: This work is being carried out in the context of the MEDIRAD project (http://www.medirad-project.eu/), a EU project dedicated to the study of the effects of low-dose radiation exposure in medicine. One aspect of this project aims at setting up an...

Background/introduction Description of activity and work performed Conclusion and recommendations Personal/organisational information References, Background/introduction: Introduction In Algeria, largest country in Africa, the investment in the health system by introducing new technologies in medical imaging transformed how health care is delivered in Algeria, giving more people in remote areas access to better care....

Background/introduction Description of activity and work performed Conclusion and recommendations Personal/organisational information References, Background/introduction: The increasing demand of imaging techniques in medical diagnosis and treatment follow-up, and their increasing use to extract imaging biomarkers as measurement instruments has generated the need foran integrated mechanism of quality assurance in...

Background/introduction Description of activity and work performed Conclusion and recommendations Personal/organisational information References, Background/introduction: Currently, regular quality control (QC) for digital radiography (DR) modalities requires significant user interaction, not only for acquiring the images, but also for processing and interpreting the QC results. This processing and interpretation may...

Background/introduction Description of activity and work performed Conclusion and recommendations Personal/organisational information References, Background/introduction: The purpose of this study is to evaluate possibilities of ultrasonography in the monitoring of various bone fractures of the maxillofacial...

Background/introduction Description of activity and work performed Conclusion and recommendations Personal/organisational information References, Background/introduction: The purpose of this poster is to give an overview of the recent activity of the Paediatric Imaging Working Group within the ESR EuroSafe...

Background/introduction Description of activity and work performed Conclusion and recommendations Personal/organisational information References, Background/introduction: High-resolution CT(HRCT) is essential to diagnosis and follow-up of the most cases of temporal bone pathology. According to the results of studies comparing both modalities HRCT is the method of choice for imaging of congenital...

Background/Introduction Description of activity and work performed Conclusion and Recommendations Personal/Organisational information References, Background/Introduction: The EU Council Directive 2013/59/Euratom states in article 58c that referral guidelines for medical imaging, taking into account radiation doses, shall be available to referring physicians by February 2018 in all member states. Currently clinical...

Background/Introduction Description of activity and work performed Conclusion and Recommendations Personal/Organisational information References, Background/Introduction: The concept of Size-Specific Dose Estimates (SSDE) for refining computed tomography (CT) dosimetry has been proposed in the Report of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Task Group 204.[1] The present conventional metrics for...

Background/Introduction Description of activity and work performed Conclusion and Recommendations Personal/Organisational information References, Background/Introduction: At the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) 2015, the European Society of Radiology (ESR) introduced the clinical decision support (CDS) system ESR iGuide, developed in cooperation with the software firm National Decision Support Company (NDSC). ESR...