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IMAGE WISELY
Stewart Carlyle Bushong, Sc.D., FAAPM, FACR
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas
sbushong@bcm.edu
ORGANIZATIONS
PROGRAM INTRODUCTION
RADIATION SOURCES/LEVELS
IMAGING EXAMINATIONS
APPROPRIATENESS
OVERUTILIZATION
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ORGANIZATIONS
• American College of Radiology
www.acr.org
• Radiologic Society of North America
www.rsna.org
• American Association of Physicists in
Medicine
www.aapm.org
• American Society of Radiologic
Technologists
www.asrt.org
PROGRAM INTRODUCTION
• Imagewisely.org
• Imaging Physicians/Medical
Physicists/Radiologic Technologists
• Equipment Resources
• Patient Medical Imaging Record
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EQUIPMENT RESOURCES
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GE Healthcare
Hitachi
Philips
Siemens
Toshiba
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Radiation Units
Radiation Exposure…. Gray (Gya)
Tissue Dose…………... Gray (Gyt)
Effective Dose.............Sievert (Sv)
R
rad
rem
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Approximate Effective Dose
Chest X-ray – 0.1 mSv
Abdomen X-ray – 0.7 mSv
Chest CT – 7 mSv
Nuc Med Perfusion Stress – 12 mSv
Whole Body CT – 30 mSv
PET/CT – 45 mSv
Response
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Dose
Response
BB
Stochastic
20%
Natural
Incidence
0%
Deterministic
Dose
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Response
BB
Stochastic
20%
Natural
Incidence
0%
50mSv
Deterministic
Dose
Response
BB
Stochastic
20%
Natural
Incidence
0%
Deterministic
50mSv
Dose
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Response
BB
Lymphocyte
Depression
Stochastic
20%
Natural
Incidence
0%
Deterministic
50mSv 100mSv
Dose
Response
BB
Lymphocyte
Depression
Local
Tissue
Effects
Stochastic
20%
Natural
Incidence
0%
Deterministic
50mSv 100mSv
1000mSv
Dose
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Deterministic
Non-Linear
Threshold
Severity increases with dose
Response
BB
Lymphocyte
Depression
Local
Tissue
Effects
Deterministic
Effects
Stochastic
20%
Natural
Incidence
0%
Deterministic
1000mSv
50mSv 100mSv
Dose
Response
BB
Lymphocyte
Depression
Local
Tissue
Effects
Stochastic
Effects
Stochastic
Deterministic
Effects
20%
Natural
Incidence
0%
Deterministic
50mSv 100mSv
1000mSv
Dose
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Stochastic
Linear
Non-Threshold
Incidence increases with dose
Response
BB
Lymphocyte
Depression
Local
Tissue
Effects
Stochastic
Effects
Hormesis
Deterministic
Effects
Stochastic
20%
Natural
Incidence
0%
1000mSv
50mSv 100mSv
Deterministic
Dose
Response
BB
Lymphocyte
Depression
Local
Tissue
Effects
Stochastic
Effects
Medical
imaging
Stochastic
Hormesis
Deterministic
Effects
20%
Natural
Incidence
0%
Deterministic
50mSv 100mSv
1000mSv
Dose
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RADIATION SOURCES/LEVELS
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Radon
Natural Background (GMIS)
Medical Imaging
Consumer Products
NATURAL
3 mSv
MEDICAL IMAGING
3.2 mSv
0.3
mSv
0.3
mSv
1.5 mSv
0.7 mSv
2.0 mSv
0.6 mSv
0.4
mSv
0.1 mSv
TOTAL
6.3 mSv
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RADIATION SOURCES/LEVELS
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Radon
Natural Background (GMIS)
Consumer Products
Medical Imaging
0.3
mSv
Radon
0.3
mSv
1.5 mSv
0.7 mSv
2.0 mSv
0.6 mSv
0.4
mSv
TOTAL
6.3 mSv
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Radon
• Discovered by Dorn in 1900 during
his experiments with radium
• Naturally occurring radioactive gas
• Colorless, odorless & tasteless
Radon
• 21,000 lung cancer deaths attributable
to radon in the US annually
• Radon is the 2nd leading cause of lung
cancer, after smoking
• Radon is the 6th leading cause of
cancer deaths in the US
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Cause of Death in US
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Invigorating Water
• From 1919 to 1922, the Great
Radium Spring Water Company
sold bottle water that ostensibly
provided some of the same
health benefits as radium
springs in nearby places like
Saratoga Springs, New York
• The water contained dissolved
radon
Radium Glass
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Background Radiation
Background Radiation
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0.3
mSv
0.3
mSv
1.5 mSv
0.7 mSv
2.0 mSv
Cosmic
0.4
mSv
0.6 mSv
TOTAL
6.3 mSv
0.3
mSv
0.3
mSv
1.5 mSv
0.7 mSv
2.0 mSv
Terrestrial
0.6 mSv
0.4
mSv
TOTAL
6.3 mSv
0.3
mSv
0.3
mSv
1.5 mSv
0.7 mSv
2.0 mSv
Internal
0.6 mSv
0.4
mSv
TOTAL
6.3 mSv
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RADIATION SOURCES/LEVELS
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Radon
Natural Background (GMIS)
Consumer Products
Medical Imaging
NATURAL
3 mSv
MEDICAL IMAGING
3.2 mSv
0.3
mSv
0.3
mSv
1.5 mSv
0.7 mSv
2.0 mSv
0.6 mSv
0.4
mSv
0.1 mSv
TOTAL
6.3 mSv
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Number of Procedures
(2006)
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Radiography – 293 million
Computed Tomography – 67 million
Nuclear Medicine – 18 million
Interventional – 17 million
Radiotherapy – 1 million
IMAGING EXAMINATIONS
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Computed Tomography
Radiography
Fluoroscopy
Nuclear Medicine
0.3
mSv
0.3
mSv
1.5 mSv
0.7 mSv
2.0 mSv
Computed Tomography
0.6 mSv
0.4
mSv
TOTAL
6.3 mSv
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CT DOSIMETRY
- CTDIw = 1/3 center + 2/3periphery(mGy)
- CTDIvol = CTDIw/pitch
- DLP = CTDI x scan length (mGy-cm)
- E = ∑ (Dt + Wt) (mSv)
- E = CTDI x Wt (mSv)
- E = CTDI x CFage/exam (mSv)
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Typical DLP Values
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Head: 500 – 1000 mGy-cm
Chest: 450 – 900 mGy-cm
Lumbar Spine: 400 – 500 mGy-cm
Abdomen: 500 – 1000 mGy-cm
Pelvis: 500 – 1000 mGy-cm
Extremity: 100 – 200 mGy-cm
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Diagnostic Report
This computed tomography (CT) study
of the head registered a dose length
product (DLP) of 725 mGy-cm which
results in an approximate effective
dose of 1.5 mSv
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Nuclear Medicine
0.3
mSv
0.3
mSv
1.5 mSv
0.7 mSv
2.0 mSv
0.6 mSv
0.4
mSv
TOTAL
6.3 mSv
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• Administered Radiopharmaceutical
Dose
• Critical Organ Radiation Dose
• Whole Body Radiaion Dose
• Effective Dose
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Patient Radiation Dose
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Bone (Tc-99m phosphate) 8.0x10-3 mSv/MBq
Renal (I-131 Hippuran) 6.6 x 10-2 mSv/MBq
Thyroid (I-131 NaI) 15 mSv/MBq
Liver (Tc-99m HIDA) 2.4 x 10-2 mSv/MBq
Lung (Xe-133 gas) 8.9 x 10-4 mSv/MBq
Brain (F-18 FDG) 2.7 x 10-2 mSv/MBq
Radiography
0.3
mSv
0.3
mSv
1.5 mSv
0.7 mSv
2.0 mSv
0.6 mSv
0.4
mSv
TOTAL
6.3 mSv
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Technique Creep not Dose Creep
Interventional
0.3
mSv
0.3
mSv
1.5 mSv
0.7 mSv
2.0 mSv
0.6 mSv
0.4
mSv
TOTAL
6.3 mSv
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Advice to Patients
• < 2 Gy: No need to inform
• 2-5 Gy: Advise erythema possible
• 5-10 Gy: Self-examination. Return if
necessary
• 10-15 Gy: Medical follow-up
• > 15 Gy: Medical follow-up essential
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ORGANIZATIONS
PROGRAM INTRODUCTION
RADIATION SOURCES/LEVELS
IMAGING EXAMINATIONS
APPROPRIATENESS
OVERUTILIZATION
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ACR Reference Values
• Head CT – 80 mSv
• Adult Abdomen CT – 25 mSv
• Pediatric Abdomen CT – 20 mSv
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ORGANIZATIONS
PROGRAM INTRODUCTION
RADIATION SOURCES/LEVELS
IMAGING EXAMINATIONS
APPROPRIATENESS
OVERUTILIZATION
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Inflation……………….3%/yr
Healthcare…………....9%/yr
Medical Imaging........18%/yr
CT, MRI, and PET has
balloned to $100 billion/year
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Other Man-made
0.3
mSv
0.3
mSv
1.5 mSv
0.7 mSv
2.0 mSv
0.6 mSv
0.4
mSv
0.1 mSv
TOTAL
6.3 mSv
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CONSUMER RADIATION SOURCES
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Smoke Detectors
Camp Lanterns
Microwave Leak Detectors
Airport Scanners
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CONSUMER RADIATION SOURCES
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Smoke Detectors
Camp Lanterns
Microwave Leak Detectors
Airport Scanners
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CONSUMER RADIATION SOURCES
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Smoke Detectors
Camp Lanterns
Microwave Leak Detectors
Airport Scanners
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CONSUMER RADIATION SOURCES
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Smoke Detectors
Camp Lanterns
Microwave Leak Detectors
Airport Scanners
AIRPORT SCANNERS
• Hall Effect Metal Detectors (0 uSv)
• Millimeter Wave Scanners (0 uSv)
• Backscatter x-ray scanners (0.1 uSv)
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• 10 backscatter scans = 1 day GMIS
• 50 backscatter scans = one way air
travel
• 100 backscatter scans = 1 CXR
• 500 backscatter scans = 1 ABD
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