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Statement of the Italian Association of Medical Physics (AIFM) task group on radiation dose monitoring systems

2022; Springer Nature; Volume: 13; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1186/s13244-022-01155-1

1869-4101

Francesco Ria, Loredana D’Ercole, Daniela Origgi, N. Paruccini, Luisa Pierotti, Osvaldo Rampado, V. Rossetti, S. Strocchi, A. Torresin, A. Torresin, Luisa Pierotti, Giacomo Belli, P. Bregant, Paola Isoardi, Alberto Mari, Andrea Nitrosi, Luca Nocetti, N. Paruccini, M. Quattrocchi, Anna Radice, Osvaldo Rampado, N. Scrittori, C. Sottocornola, S. Strocchi, M. Sutto, G. Zatelli, Domenico Acchiappati, Rosa Antonella Aoja, Marco Brambilla, M. Branchini, Vittorio Cannatà, T. Costi, C. Cutaia, Loredana D.’Ercole, Antonella Del Vecchio, S. Delle Canne, Maria Di Pasquale, Silvia Elisabetta, Cinzia Fabbri, Maria Daniela Faico, Daniele Fantinato, C. Ghetti, Marco Giannelli, Carlo Giordano, S. Grisotto, G. Guidi, Francesco Lisciandro, Luigi Manco, Pier Giorgio Marini, Paola Moresco, Nadia Oberhofer, Daniela Origgi, F. Palleri, C. Pasquali, Massimo Pasquino, Andrea Peruzzo, Giuseppe Petrillo, S. Pini, D. Rembado, Francesco Ria, L. Riccardi, R. Rosasco, Giulio Serelli, R. Soavi, M. Stasi, A. Taddeucci, E. Tonini, Annalisa Trianni, P. Turano, Giovanna Venturi, Daniele Zefiro, Felicia Zito,

Digital Radiography and Breast Imaging

Abstract The evaluation of radiation burden in vivo is crucial in modern radiology as stated also in the European Directive 2013/59/Euratom—Basic Safety Standard. Although radiation dose monitoring can impact the justification and optimization of radiological procedure, as well as effective patient communication, standardization of radiation monitoring software is far to be achieved. Toward this goal, the Italian Association of Medical Physics (AIFM) published a report describing the state of the art and standard guidelines in radiation dose monitoring system quality assurance. This article reports the AIFM statement about radiation dose monitoring systems (RDMSs) summarizing the different critical points of the systems related to Medical Physicist Expert (MPE) activities before, during, and after their clinical implementation. In particular, the article describes the general aspects of radiation dose data management, radiation dose monitoring systems, data integrity, and data responsibilities. Furthermore, the acceptance tests that need to be implemented and the most relevant dosimetric data for each radiological modalities are reported under the MPE responsibility.