Patient dose in neonatal units (2008)
Smans, K., Struelens, L., Smet, M., Bosmans, H., Vanhavere, F.
Lung disease represents one of the most life-threatening conditions in prematurely born children. In the evaluation of the neonatal chest, the primary and most important diagnostic study is therefore...
Reference levels at European level for cardiac interventional procedures (2008)
Padovani, R., Vano, E., Trianni, A., Bokou, C., Bosmans, H., Bor, D., ...
In interventional cardiology, a wide variation in patient dose for the same type of procedure has been recognised by different studies. Variation is almost due to procedure complexity, equipment...
Survey on performance assessment of cardiac angiography systems (2008)
Padovani, R., Trianni, A., Bokou, C., Bosmans, H., Jankowski, J., Kottou, S., ...
Advances in imaging technology have facilitated the development of increasingly complex interventional cardiac equipment. Consequently, there is a need for definitive equipment requirements. The aim...
Results of a European dose survey for mammography (2008)
Michielsen, K., Jacobs, J., Lemmens, K., Nens, J., Zoetelief, J., Faulkner, K., ...
For the dose study, a semi-automated method of data collection is used in this study. The participating centres were asked to fill out a spreadsheet with all necessary data and return it. For direct...
Results of a European survey on patient doses in paediatric radiology (2008)
Smans, K., Vaño, E., Sanchez, R., Schultz, F. W., Zoetelief, J., Kiljunen, T., ...
Paediatric patients represent a very specific group within the radiology department. Compared to adult patients, they are more sensitive to radiation. As they are sometimes submitted to several...
A quantitative method for evaluating the detectability of lesions in digital mammography (2008)
Zanca, F., Van Ongeval, C., Jacobs, J., Marchal, G., Bosmans, H.
This study presents a quantitative method for evaluating the detectability of microcalcifications in digital mammography. Four hundred and twenty microcalcifications (with various morphology, size...
European survey of dental X-ray equipment (2008)
Gallagher, A., Dowling, A., Devine, M., Bosmans, H., Kaplanis, P., Zdesar, U., ...
The implementation of an X-ray Quality Assurance (QA) program is a legal requirement in Europe as stipulated in the EU Council Directive 97/43/EURATOM (MED). A review of the literature has identified...
Faulkner, K., Malone, J., Vano, E., Padovani, R., Busch, H. P., Zoetelief, J. (Hans), ...
Health-care expenditure on radiological equipment in Europe is a growing fraction of the gross domestic product for all member states. This increase in expenditure has been driven by technical...
Double-dosimetry algorithm for workers in interventional radiology (2008)
Clerinx, Peter, Buls, N., Bosmans, H., De Mey, J.
Based on double-dosemeter readings, a conservative effective dose (E) estimation algorithm for lead apron workers in interventional radiology is proposed. Typical radiation conditions for various...
Patient dose in interventional radiology: a European survey (2008)
Vano, E., Järvinen, H., Kosunen, A., Bly, R., Malone, J., Dowling, A., ...
Patient doses for a few common fluoroscopy-guided procedures in interventional radiology (IR) (excluding cardiology) were collected from a few radiological departments in 13 European countries. The...
Bleeser, F., Hoornaert, M.-T., Smans, K., Struelens, L., Buls, N., Berus, D., ...
The purpose of this study was to determine diagnostic reference levels (DRLs) for common angiographic and interventional procedures in Belgium. Dose Area Product (DAP) measurements were performed on...
Dragusin, O., Gewillig, M., Desmet, W., Smans, K., Struelens, L., Bosmans, H.
Flat-panel X-ray detectors for fluoroscopy represent a modern imaging equipment that is being implemented in paediatric cardiac catheterisation laboratories. Infants and children represent a group of...
A study of the correlation between dose area product and effective dose in vascular radiology (2008)
Smans, K., Struelens, L., Hoornaert, M.-T., Bleeser, F., Buls, N., Berus, D., ...
The purpose of the multi-centre study was to assess dose area product (DAP) and effective dose of patients undergoing angiography of the lower limbs in Belgium and to investigate the correlation...
Multimodality Medical Image Analysis for Diagnosis and Treatment Planning: The COVIRA Project (2007)
I. C. Carlsen, K. Ottenberg, K. H. Schmidt, K. Neumann, C. Fassnacht, F. A. Gerritsen, ...
Cataliotti, Luigi, De Wolf, C., Holland, Roland, Marotti, Lorenza, Perry, Nick, Redmond, K., ...
According to EUSOMA position paper ‘The requirements of a specialist breast unit’, each breast unit should have a core team made up of health professionals who have undergone specialist training...
Bernardi, G., Padovani, R., Desmet, W., Peterzol, A., Giannuleas, J. D., Neofotistou, E., ...
A method based on image quality criteria (QC) for cine-angiography was developed to measure the quality of cine-angiograms (CA). A series of 30 CA for left ventriculography (LV) and left and right...
Bernardi, G., Padovani, R., Desmet, W., Peterzol, A., Giannuleas, J. D., Neofotistou, E., ...
A method based on image quality criteria (QC) for cine-angiography was developed to measure the quality of cine-angiograms (CA). A series of 30 CA for left ventriculography (LV) and left and right...
IMAGE QUALITY MEASUREMENTS AND METRICS IN FULL FIELD DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY: AN OVERVIEW (2006)
Bosmans, H., Carton, A.-K., Rogge, F., Zanca, F., Jacobs, J., Van Ongeval, C., ...
This paper gives an overview of test procedures developed to assess the performance of full field digital mammography systems. We make a distinction between tests of the individual components of the...
IMAGE QUALITY MEASUREMENTS AND METRICS IN FULL FIELD DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY: AN OVERVIEW (2006)
Bosmans, H., Carton, A.-K., Rogge, F., Zanca, F., Jacobs, J., Van Ongeval, C., ...
This paper gives an overview of test procedures developed to assess the performance of full field digital mammography systems. We make a distinction between tests of the individual components of the...
CHARACTERISTICS OF DOSEMETER TYPES FOR SKIN DOSE MEASUREMENTS IN PRACTICE (2006)
Van Dam, J., Bosmans, H., Marchal, G., Wambersie, A.
A growing number of papers report deterministic effects in the skin of patients who have undergone interventional radiological procedures. Dose measurements, and especially skin dose measurements,...
CURRENT CHALLENGES OF FULL FIELD DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY (2006)
Ongeval, C. Van, Bosmans, H., Steen, A. Van
Full field digital mammography (FFDM) has advantages over screen-film mammography (SFM), but some important challenges remain. The first challenge is related to the specific characteristics of FFDM....
CURRENT CHALLENGES OF FULL FIELD DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY (2006)
Ongeval, C. Van, Bosmans, H., Steen, A. Van
Full field digital mammography (FFDM) has advantages over screen-film mammography (SFM), but some important challenges remain. The first challenge is related to the specific characteristics of FFDM....
Struelens, L., Vanhavere, F., Bosmans, H., Van Loon, R., Geukens, M.
In this study, patient doses were analysed against exposure parameters and procedure protocol. Patient doses were measured in seven hospitals for a standard diagnostic vascular examination. Image...
RELEVANT TRAINING ISSUES FOR INTRODUCTION OF DIGITAL RADIOLOGY: RESULTS OF A SURVEY (2006)
Peer, S., Faulkner, K., Torbica, P., Peer, R., Busch, H.-P., Vetter, S., ...
Council Directive 97/43/Euratom establishes the need for adequate training of radiology staff. The transition to digital radiology implies changes in various imaging aspects, which are not...
Vano, E., Padovani, R., Bernardi, G., Ten, J. I., Peterzol, A., Dowling, A., ...
The paper explores the level of information contained within the DICOM header in images from various cardiology systems. Data were obtained in the European DIMOND survey on image quality (Italy,...
QUALITY CONTROL OF EQUIPMENT USED IN DIGITAL AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY (2006)
Zoetelief, J., Van Soldt, R. T. M., Suliman, I. I., Jansen, J. T. M., Bosmans, H.
Digital and interventional radiology are increasingly important areas of radiology. Quality control (QC) of such equipment is of particular importance to avoid unnecessary high doses and to help to...
QUALITY CONTROL OF EQUIPMENT USED IN DIGITAL AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY (2006)
Zoetelief, J., Van Soldt, R. T. M., Suliman, I. I., Jansen, J. T. M., Bosmans, H.
Digital and interventional radiology are increasingly important areas of radiology. Quality control (QC) of such equipment is of particular importance to avoid unnecessary high doses and to help to...
IMAGE QUALITY CRITERIA IN CARDIOLOGY (2006)
Bernardi, G., Padovani, R., Spedicato, L., Desmet, W., Malisan, M. R., Giannuleas, J. D., ...
Image quality evaluation plays a key role in the process of optimisation in radiological procedures. Image quality criteria for cardiac cine-angiography were recently agreed as part of a European...
RADIATION DOSE LEVELS DURING INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY PROCEDURES IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL (2006)
Dragusin, O., Desmet, W., Heidbuchel, H., Padovani, R., Bosmans, H.
The aim of our investigation was to prospectively measure the patient radiation exposure from different cardiological procedures performed in the Catheterisation laboratory of the University Hospital...
Smans, K., Bosmans, H., Xiao, M., Carton, A. K., Marchal, G.
A diagnostic reference level (DRL) is a dose level for a typical X-ray examination of a group of patients with standard body sizes and for broadly defined types of equipment. These levels are...
Bernardi, G., Padovani, R., Desmet, W., Peterzol, A., Giannuleas, J. D., Neofotistou, E., ...
A method based on image quality criteria (QC) for cine-angiography was developed to measure the quality of cine-angiograms (CA). A series of 30 CA for left ventriculography (LV) and left and right...
Bernardi, G., Padovani, R., Desmet, W., Peterzol, A., Giannuleas, J. D., Neofotistou, E., ...
A method based on image quality criteria (QC) for cine-angiography was developed to measure the quality of cine-angiograms (CA). A series of 30 CA for left ventriculography (LV) and left and right...
IMAGE QUALITY MEASUREMENTS AND METRICS IN FULL FIELD DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY: AN OVERVIEW (2006)
Bosmans, H., Carton, A.-K., Rogge, F., Zanca, F., Jacobs, J., Van Ongeval, C., ...
This paper gives an overview of test procedures developed to assess the performance of full field digital mammography systems. We make a distinction between tests of the individual components of the...
IMAGE QUALITY MEASUREMENTS AND METRICS IN FULL FIELD DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY: AN OVERVIEW (2006)
Bosmans, H., Carton, A.-K., Rogge, F., Zanca, F., Jacobs, J., Van Ongeval, C., ...
This paper gives an overview of test procedures developed to assess the performance of full field digital mammography systems. We make a distinction between tests of the individual components of the...
CHARACTERISTICS OF DOSEMETER TYPES FOR SKIN DOSE MEASUREMENTS IN PRACTICE (2006)
Van Dam, J., Bosmans, H., Marchal, G., Wambersie, A.
A growing number of papers report deterministic effects in the skin of patients who have undergone interventional radiological procedures. Dose measurements, and especially skin dose measurements,...
CURRENT CHALLENGES OF FULL FIELD DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY (2006)
Ongeval, C. Van, Bosmans, H., Steen, A. Van
Full field digital mammography (FFDM) has advantages over screen-film mammography (SFM), but some important challenges remain. The first challenge is related to the specific characteristics of FFDM....
CURRENT CHALLENGES OF FULL FIELD DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY (2006)
Ongeval, C. Van, Bosmans, H., Steen, A. Van
Full field digital mammography (FFDM) has advantages over screen-film mammography (SFM), but some important challenges remain. The first challenge is related to the specific characteristics of FFDM....
Struelens, L., Vanhavere, F., Bosmans, H., Van Loon, R., Geukens, M.
In this study, patient doses were analysed against exposure parameters and procedure protocol. Patient doses were measured in seven hospitals for a standard diagnostic vascular examination. Image...
RELEVANT TRAINING ISSUES FOR INTRODUCTION OF DIGITAL RADIOLOGY: RESULTS OF A SURVEY (2006)
Peer, S., Faulkner, K., Torbica, P., Peer, R., Busch, H.-P., Vetter, S., ...
Council Directive 97/43/Euratom establishes the need for adequate training of radiology staff. The transition to digital radiology implies changes in various imaging aspects, which are not...
Vano, E., Padovani, R., Bernardi, G., Ten, J. I., Peterzol, A., Dowling, A., ...
The paper explores the level of information contained within the DICOM header in images from various cardiology systems. Data were obtained in the European DIMOND survey on image quality (Italy,...
QUALITY CONTROL OF EQUIPMENT USED IN DIGITAL AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY (2006)
Zoetelief, J., Van Soldt, R. T. M., Suliman, I. I., Jansen, J. T. M., Bosmans, H.
Digital and interventional radiology are increasingly important areas of radiology. Quality control (QC) of such equipment is of particular importance to avoid unnecessary high doses and to help to...
QUALITY CONTROL OF EQUIPMENT USED IN DIGITAL AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY (2006)
Zoetelief, J., Van Soldt, R. T. M., Suliman, I. I., Jansen, J. T. M., Bosmans, H.
Digital and interventional radiology are increasingly important areas of radiology. Quality control (QC) of such equipment is of particular importance to avoid unnecessary high doses and to help to...
IMAGE QUALITY CRITERIA IN CARDIOLOGY (2006)
Bernardi, G., Padovani, R., Spedicato, L., Desmet, W., Malisan, M. R., Giannuleas, J. D., ...
Image quality evaluation plays a key role in the process of optimisation in radiological procedures. Image quality criteria for cardiac cine-angiography were recently agreed as part of a European...
RADIATION DOSE LEVELS DURING INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY PROCEDURES IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL (2006)
Dragusin, O., Desmet, W., Heidbuchel, H., Padovani, R., Bosmans, H.
The aim of our investigation was to prospectively measure the patient radiation exposure from different cardiological procedures performed in the Catheterisation laboratory of the University Hospital...
Smans, K., Bosmans, H., Xiao, M., Carton, A. K., Marchal, G.
A diagnostic reference level (DRL) is a dose level for a typical X-ray examination of a group of patients with standard body sizes and for broadly defined types of equipment. These levels are...
Struelens, L., Vanhavere, F., Bosmans, H., Van Loon, R., Mol, H.
The present study reports on the skin dose measurements on patients undergoing diagnostic and interventional neuroradiology procedures. Grids of thermoluminescence dosemeters were attached on the...
Image quality criteria in cardiology (2005)
Bernardi, G., Padovani, R., Spedicato, L., Desmet, W., Malisan, M. R., Giannuleas, J. D., ...
Image quality evaluation plays a key role in the process of optimisation in radiological procedures. Image quality criteria for cardiac cine-angiography were recently agreed as part of a European...
Image quality measurements and metrics in full field digital mammography: an overview (2005)
Bosmans, H., Carton, A.-K., Rogge, F., Zanca, F., Jacobs, J., Van Ongeval, C., ...
This paper gives an overview of test procedures developed to assess the performance of full field digital mammography systems. We make a distinction between tests of the individual components of the...
Current challenges of full field digital mammography (2005)
Ongeval, C. Van, Bosmans, H., Van Steen, A.
Full field digital mammography (FFDM) has advantages over screen-film mammography (SFM), but some important challenges remain. The first challenge is related to the specific characteristics of FFDM....
Relevant training issues for introduction of digital radiology: results of a survey (2005)
Peer, S., Faulkner, K., Torbica, P., Peer, R., Busch, H.-P., Vetter, S., ...
Council Directive 97/43/Euratom establishes the need for adequate training of radiology staff. The transition to digital radiology implies changes in various imaging aspects, which are not...
Vano, E., Padovani, R., Bernardi, G., Ten, J. I., Peterzol, A., Dowling, A., ...
The paper explores the level of information contained within the DICOM header in images from various cardiology systems. Data were obtained in the European DIMOND survey on image quality (Italy,...
Characteristics of dosemeter types for skin dose measurements in practice (2005)
Van Dam, J., Bosmans, H., Marchal, G., Wambersie, A.
A growing number of papers report deterministic effects in the skin of patients who have undergone interventional radiological procedures. Dose measurements, and especially skin dose measurements,...
Radiation dose levels during interventional cardiology procedures in a tertiary care hospital (2005)
Dragusin, O., Desmet, W., Heidbuchel, H., Padovani, R., Bosmans, H.
The aim of our investigation was to prospectively measure the patient radiation exposure from different cardiological procedures performed in the Catheterisation laboratory of the University Hospital...
Bernardi, G., Padovani, R., Desmet, W., Peterzol, A., Giannuleas, J. D., Neofotistou, E., ...
A method based on image quality criteria (QC) for cine-angiography was developed to measure the quality of cine-angiograms (CA). A series of 30 CA for left ventriculography (LV) and left and right...
Quality control of equipment used in digital and interventional radiology (2005)
Zoetelief, J., Van Soldt, R. T. M., Suliman, I. I., Jansen, J. T. M., Bosmans, H.
Digital and interventional radiology are increasingly important areas of radiology. Quality control (QC) of such equipment is of particular importance to avoid unnecessary high doses and to help to...
Smans, K., Bosmans, H., Xiao, M., Carton, A. K., Marchal, G.
A diagnostic reference level (DRL) is a dose level for a typical X-ray examination of a group of patients with standard body sizes and for broadly defined types of equipment. These levels are...
Struelens, L., Vanhavere, F., Bosmans, H., Van Loon, R., Geukens, M.
In this study, patient doses were analysed against exposure parameters and procedure protocol. Patient doses were measured in seven hospitals for a standard diagnostic vascular examination. Image...
Diagnostic yield of conventional and digital cephalometric images: a human cadaver study (2001)
Gijbels, F., Bou Serhal, C., Willems, G., Bosmans, H., Sanderink, G.C.H., Persoons, M., ...
Organ radiation dose assessment for conventional spiral tomography: a human cadaver study (2001)
Bou Serhal, C., Steenberghe, D. Van, Bosmans, H., Sanderink, G.C.H., Quirynen, M., Jacobs, R.
Bosmans, H., Carton, A.K., Pauwels, H., Deprez, T., Marchal, G.
The assessment of the dose-image quality relation using storage phosphor systems requires a series of tasks. In the text, the main aspects are summarised and the differences with the measurements for...