The risk index as a basis for risk/benefit analyses and protocol optimization in diagnostic nuclear imaging.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Potential risk associated with low-dose radiation exposures is often expressed using the effective dose (E) quantity. Other risk-related quantities have been proposed as alternatives. The recently introduced risk index (RI) shares similarities with E but expands the metric to incorporate medical imaging-appropriate risks factors including patient-specific size, age, and sex.

Purpose

The aim of this work is to examine the RI metric for quantifying stochastic radiation risk and demonstrate its applications in nuclear imaging. The advantages in this improved metric may help the field progress toward stratified risk consideration in the course of patient management, improve efforts for procedure optimization, and support an evolution in the science of radiation risk a

SUBMITTER: Ocampo Ramos JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12445442 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature