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Benchmarking Patient Doses for Barium Fluoroscopy Procedures: A Single-Institution Study

Authors: Wilfred R Furtado, Gary Y. Ge, Jie Zhang

Affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Kentucky, University of Kentucky

Abstract Preview: Purpose: The United Kingdom and several other countries already have well-established diagnostic reference levels (DRLs) for gastrointestinal fluoroscopic procedures, whereas the United States does no...

Putting the Gram in Esophagram: A New Metric for Harmonizing Fluoroscopy Doses

Authors: Brendon J. Villegas

Affiliation: University of Alabama Birmingham

Abstract Preview: Purpose: The Cumulative Air Kerma (CAK) has traditionally been a surrogate metric for patient exposure to ionizing radiation during clinical esophagrams. Recently, UAB technologists observed that a ne...

The Comparison of Radiation Uses in Common Procedures Amongst Didactic Pediatric Fluoroscopic Units

Authors: Janet Ching-Mei Feng, Jimmy Huynh

Affiliation: UTHealth McGovern Medical School

Abstract Preview: Purpose: The Image Gently Alliance had provided helpful information to optimize image protocols in pediatric patients since 2007, and our assumption was that newer units could use near-to-optimal prot...