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ASSESSMENT OF DOSE INDICATORS FOR CT LOCALIZATION PROCEDURES IN RADIATION THERAPY AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RIJEKA
Nuclear Technology & Radiation Protection, 33 (2018), 3; 301-306. urn:nbn:hr:184:028555
Diklić, Ana; Šegota, Doris; Belac-Lovasić, Ingrid; Jurković, Slaven

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Diklić, A., Šegota, D., Belac Lovasić, I. & Jurković, S. (2018). ASSESSMENT OF DOSE INDICATORS FOR CT LOCALIZATION PROCEDURES IN RADIATION THERAPY AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RIJEKA. Nuclear Technology & Radiation Protection, 33. (3), 301-306. Retrieved from https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:184:028555

Diklić, Ana, et al. "ASSESSMENT OF DOSE INDICATORS FOR CT LOCALIZATION PROCEDURES IN RADIATION THERAPY AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RIJEKA." Nuclear Technology & Radiation Protection, vol. 33, no. 3, 2018, pp. 301-306. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:184:028555

Diklić, Ana, Doris Šegota, Ingrid Belac Lovasić and Slaven Jurković. "ASSESSMENT OF DOSE INDICATORS FOR CT LOCALIZATION PROCEDURES IN RADIATION THERAPY AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RIJEKA." Nuclear Technology & Radiation Protection 33, no. 3 (2018): 301-306. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:184:028555

Diklić, A., et al. (2018) 'ASSESSMENT OF DOSE INDICATORS FOR CT LOCALIZATION PROCEDURES IN RADIATION THERAPY AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RIJEKA', Nuclear Technology & Radiation Protection, 33(3), pp. 301-306. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:184:028555 (Accessed 14 May 2024)

Diklić A, Šegota D, Belac Lovasić I, Jurković S. ASSESSMENT OF DOSE INDICATORS FOR CT LOCALIZATION PROCEDURES IN RADIATION THERAPY AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RIJEKA. Nuclear Technology & Radiation Protection [Internet]. 2018 [cited 2024 May 14];33(3):301-306. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:184:028555

A. Diklić, D. Šegota, I. Belac Lovasić and S. Jurković, "ASSESSMENT OF DOSE INDICATORS FOR CT LOCALIZATION PROCEDURES IN RADIATION THERAPY AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RIJEKA", Nuclear Technology & Radiation Protection, vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 301-306, 2018. [Online]. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:184:028555. [Accessed: 14 May 2024]

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Title (english)ASSESSMENT OF DOSE INDICATORS FOR CT LOCALIZATION PROCEDURES IN RADIATION THERAPY AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RIJEKA
AuthorAna Diklić
AuthorDoris Šegota
AuthorIngrid Belac-Lovasić
AuthorSlaven Jurković
Author's institutionUniversity of Rijeka
Faculty of Medicine
(Department of Medical Physics and Biophysics)
Author's institutionUniversity of Rijeka
Faculty of Medicine
(Department of Oncology and Radiotherapy)
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		NATURAL SCIENCES
Physics
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE
Clinical Medical Sciences
Abstract (english)
Computed tomography has become a standard tool in radiation therapy treatment planning. Additionally, there is a growing awareness of the dose delivered to the part of the body outside the target volume. Ionizing radiation carries a stochastic risk of malignancy, therefore doses should be kept as low as reasonably achievable in order to provide an adequate information needed for radiotherapy planning. The objective of this work was to set up initial diagnostic reference levels and correlate to image quality that would be used in the future optimization of localization scans. To quantify the doses from computed tomography localization scans at University Hospital Rijeka, local diagnostic reference levels were established for five most common procedures of different anatomical regions ; head, head and neck, pelvis, breast and thorax. Computed Tomography Dose Index volumetric and Dose-Length Product were used as dose indicators and scanning parameters were also recorded. Image quality assessment was performed for each set of images. Results were compared to the seldom published data in order to compare clinical practice. Image quality for almost all of the body regions are scored in average as acceptable but require improvement. It is shown that the optimization of radiotherapy protocols is required therefore these results will be used as a guideline for that process. The establishment of the national diagnostic reference levels for computed tomography localization procedures in radiation therapy is the next step and is currently an ongoing process.
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Languageenglish
Publication typeScientific paper - Original scientific paper
Publication statusPublished
Peer reviewPeer review
Publication versionPublished version
Journal titleNuclear Technology & Radiation Protection
Numberingvol. 33, no. 3, pp. 301-306
p-ISSN1451-3994
URN:NBNurn:nbn:hr:184:028555
Publication2018
Document URLhttp://bib.irb.hr/950946
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