Tracking Patterns of Nonadherence to Prescribed CT Protocol Parameters.

Purpose: Quantification of the frequency, understanding the motivation, and documentation of the changes made by CT technologists at scan time are important components of monitoring a quality CT workflow.

Methods: CT scan acquisition data were collected from one CT scanner for a period of 1 year. The data included all relevant acquisition parameters needed to define the technical side of a CT protocol.

A Wiki Based CT Protocol Management System.

At the University of Wisconsin Madison Department of Radiology, CT protocol management requires maintenance of thousands of parameters for each scanner. Managing CT protocols is further complicated by the unique configurability of each scanner. Due to recent Joint Commission requirements, now all CT protocol changes must be documented and reviewed by a site's CT protocol optimization team.