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|Videos|December 6, 2011

Video: Low-Dose Efforts Helped By Dose Index Registry

CHICAGO - Richard Morin, co-chair of the ACR Dose Index Registry Committee, interviewed at RSNA 2011, explains how radiologists can compare their dose practices with others, to give the metrics more meaning.

Low dose “is a hot issue. No pun intended,” chuckled Richard Morin, co-chair of the ACR Dose Index Registry Committee, interviewed at RSNA 2011.

He reflected on the attention vendors, especially CT manufacturers, paid to safe dose at RSNA. The Dose Index Registry helps give their efforts meaning, he added. Using it, radiologists can compare their dose practices with others, to give the metrics more meaning.
 

 

 


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