Dose Reports

  • It is required for there to be a Radiation Dose Structured Report that is sent to the patient’s medical record along with all of the images that were acquired for that particular exam.
    • The structured dose report is used to document the patient’s total radiation exposure for that particular exam.
    • The structured dose report will typically contain information used during the examination such as:
      • kV 
      • mA
      • SFOV
      • Pitch
      • Detector collimation
      • Scan length
  • Typically, there are two metrics that are displayed in structured dose reports that quantify the patient’s radiation dose for that particular exam. These include:
    • CT Dose Index (CTDI)
    • Dose-Length Product (DLP)
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