Dupont, Laura; Aberle, Christoph; Botsikas, Diomidis; Ith, Michael; Lima, Thiago Viana Miranda; Menz, Roman; Monnin, Pascal; Poletti, Pierre-Alexandre; Presilla, Stefano; Schegerer, Alexander; Stoica, Liana-Cristina; Trueb, Philipp; Sans Merce, Marta (2024). Proposed DRLs for Mammography in Switzerland. Journal of radiological protection, 44(2) IOP Publishing 10.1088/1361-6498/ad37c8
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The aim of this study is to propose Diagnostic Reference Levels (DRLs) values for mammography in Switzerland.
Methods:
For the data collection, a survey was conducted among a sufficient number of centres, including 5 University hospitals, several cantonal hospitals, and large private clinics, covering all linguistic regions of Switzerland to be representative of the clinical practice. The data gathered contained the mean glandular dose (MGD), the compressed breast thickness (CBT), the mammography model and the examination parameters for each acquisition. The data collected was sorted into the following categories: 2D or digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) examination, craniocaudal (CC) or mediolateral oblique (MLO) projection, and 8 categories of compressed breast thickness (CBT) ranging from 20mm to 100mm in 10mm intervals.
Results:
24762 acquisitions acquired in 31 centres on 36 mammography units from 6 different manufacturers were collected. The analysis showed that the data reflects the practice in Switzerland.The results revealed that the MGD is larger for DBT than for 2D acquisitions for the same CBT. From 20-30mm to 90-100mm of CBT, the 75th percentile of the MGD values obtained increased from 0.81mGy to 2.55mGy for 2D CC acquisitions, from 0.83mGy to 2.96mGy for 2D MLO acquisitions, from 1.22mGy to 3.66mGy for DBT CC acquisitions and from 1.33mGy to 4.04mGy for DBT MLO acquisitions.
Conclusion:
The results of the survey allow us to propose Swiss DRLs for mammography according to the examination type (2D/DBT), projection (CC/MLO) and CBT. The proposed values are very satisfactory in comparison with other studies.
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Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Radiology, Neuroradiology and Nuclear Medicine (DRNN) > Institute of Diagnostic, Interventional and Paediatric Radiology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Ith, Michael |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health |
ISSN: |
1361-6498 |
Publisher: |
IOP Publishing |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Pubmed Import |
Date Deposited: |
27 Mar 2024 07:56 |
Last Modified: |
17 May 2024 00:15 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1088/1361-6498/ad37c8 |
PubMed ID: |
38530290 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
Diagnostic Reference Levels Mammography Radiation protection Switzerland |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/194893 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/194893 |
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