Radiation dose optimisation in biomedical imaging and intervention

Radiation dose optimisation in biomedical imaging and intervention

Situations in life are never simply black and white. There are many shades of gray. The gray zones provide a lot of playing ground for scientists engaged in optimisation. We all understand what is meant by optimisation, such as " the procedure or procedures used to make a system or design as effective or as functional as possible " or " making the best of anything ". Thus, the driving force is ...

Radiation dose and image quality optimisation in medical imaging

Radiation dose and image quality optimisation in medical imaging was published in the University of Salford (UK) Open Access online database in April 2015. Material held in this and similar databases is available for free via the Internet, to be read, downloaded and copied for noncommercial private study or research purposes. Publishing in this fashion has benefits to the author, for instance i...

Dose optimisation during imaging in radiotherapy

The desire to increase the precision in radiotherapy delivery has led to the development of advanced imaging systems such as amorphous silicon (a-Si)-based electronic portal imaging, and kV and MV cone beam CT. These are used prior to the delivery of radiation to visualise the organ to be treated and to ensure that the patient setup and treatment delivery are accurate. However, little attention...

Cumulative radiation exposure dose of diagnostic imaging studies in breast cancer patients

Background: Breast cancer is a common disease in radiation oncology. We evaluated the radiation dose received by breast cancer patients, an often-neglected concern. Materials and Methods: The total effective radiation dose in 101 breast cancer patients was calculated by summing the effective doses of individual diagnostic imaging tests from the first hospital visit to the initiation of radiothe...

Ionizing Radiation in Medical Imaging and Efforts in Dose Optimization