title: Radiation exposure monitoring: a new IHE profile.
abstract: A method is described for gathering and distributing radiation exposure data from X-ray-based imaging procedures such as CT, angiography, fluoroscopy, mammography and digital X-ray systems with integrated generators. The data are recorded in a standard format as a DICOM dose object and are managed in a similar fashion to the DICOM images produced by the procedure. The Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) process for standardizing such methods is presented and applications of such data for activities, such as dose QA and national dose repositories, are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Research and Development, Toshiba Medical Research Institute-USA, Vernon Hills, IL 60061, USA. kodonnell@tmriusa.com
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: O'Donnell
mesh_terms: D001822:Body Burden; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006801:Humans; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011873:Radiology Information Systems / Q000639:trends; D011874:Radiometry / Q000592:standards*; D012042:Registries; D018511:Systems Integration; D014481:United States; D014965:X-Rays