Publications by authors named "Amaury Hornbeck"
Article Synopsis
- Pediatric gastrointestinal fluoroscopy exams show significant differences in radiation doses across various centers, even for similar patient sizes and exam types.
- The study involved five radiology departments analyzing over 2,400 exams, focusing on imaging protocols, radiation doses, and image quality through retrospective data collection.
- Findings indicate a lack of correlation between increased radiation dose and improved image quality, suggesting the need for standardized guidelines to optimize practices and reduce unnecessary radiation exposure in pediatric care.
Purpose: A national survey was performed to assess patient dose indicators based on clinical indication and on patient morphology for most common adult computed tomography (CT) examinations in France.
Methods: Seventeen groups of clinical indications (GCIs) for diagnostic CT in adult patients were considered based on their frequency and on image quality requirements. Data was collected for 15-30 consecutive examinations performed between 2015 and 2017, per CT scanner and GCI.
Objectives: A national retrospective survey on patient doses was performed by the French Society of Medical physicists to assess reference levels (RLs) in interventional radiology as required by the European Directive 2013/59/Euratom.
Methods: Fifteen interventional procedures in neuroradiology, vascular radiology and osteoarticular procedures were analysed. Kerma area product (KAP), fluoroscopy time (FT), reference air kerma and number of images were recorded for 10 to 30 patients per procedure.
Purpose: Elekta Leksell Gamma Knife(®) (LGK) is a radiotherapy beam machine whose features are not compliant with the international calibration protocols for radiotherapy. In this scope, the Laboratoire National Henri Becquerel and the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital decided to conceive a new LKG dose calibration method and to compare it with the currently used one. Furthermore, the accuracy of the dose delivered by the LGK machine was checked using an "end-to-end" test.
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