Semiautomated fluoroscopy radiation dose capture and reporting.
OBJECTIVE
This article describes a semiautomated system for the capture and reporting of fluoroscopic dose data in a large radiology department. By use of a novel Web-based interface, dose data are entered by technologists at the time of examination, and radiology reports are populated automatically.


CONCLUSIONS
Dose data were successfully captured in 94% of 5,914 reports generated over the course of 6 months. Missing data were attributed to system malfunction (9.5%) and human error (90.5%) and could be reconstructed by quality control measurements in most instances.
Pulli
Benjamin
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Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 02114, USA. bpulli@partners.org
Fintelmann
Florian
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Liu
Bob
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Rosenthal
Daniel I
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D001331:Automation; D005471:Fluoroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D012984:Software; D013997:Time Factors; D014584:User-Computer Interface