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Symposium focuses on patient safety in CT scanning
Date:5/13/2010

lators to work together to develop these protocols."

"This effort will go a long way toward addressing patient safety concerns and ensuring that CT exams are performed as safely and effectively as possible," said William Hendee, PhD, the third co-organizer of the meeting. Hendee is Chair of AAPM's Technology Assessment Initiative and a professor at the Medical College of Wisconsin, Marquette University, and the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee.

At the summit, speakers reviewed the fundamental principles of protocol design and examined several protocols developed at some of the nation's largest and most prestigious hospitals. These protocols cover the most common types of CT exams, from routine imaging of the head and body, to newer applications such as cardiac CT and CT perfusion imaging.

The AAPM started its protocol optimization with CT perfusion, the highest-dose CT procedure. Their consensus guidelines will soon be publicly available to help practices nationwide make sure they are performing this examination correctly.

"This provides us with strategies on how to reduce overall dose to patients," said Bob Turco of West County Radiology Group in St. Louis, MO.


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