Computed radiography dose data mining and surveillance as an ongoing quality assurance improvement process.
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Abstract
A data-mining program extracts computed radiography (CR) sensitivity-number (S-number) information from the PACS at our institution on a monthly basis as an ongoing quality assurance (QA) improvement project. These data are compared with the previous month's data and departmental S-number goals. The results are presented at monthly QA meetings. The S-number trends are then used by technologists to modify radiographic technique charts to reach the departmental S-number target range goals. This cyclic QA improvement process shows that mining PACS data can be useful in reducing patient radiation dose and interexamination dose variance.
Medical subject headings
- Information Storage and Retrieval
- Occupational Exposure
- Quality Assurance, Health Care
- Radiation Monitoring
- Radiology Information Systems
- Risk Assessment
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed