Clinical Evaluation of Image Quality for Intravenous Urography basis on the European commission guidelines on quality criteria in Sudan
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences - Year 2015, Vol 3, Issue 3
Abstract
Assessment of image quality in radiography allows reduction of patient radiation doses without affecting the diagnostic findings. The aim of this study was to experiment the level of adherence to the European guidelines in certain Sudanese hospitals on the subject of the image quality of Intravenous Urography (IVU). Experience Clinicians made a subjective evaluation of 354 Images of special radiologic Intravenous Urography (IVU), 99 Patients images, drawn from the Radiology departments at seven major hospitals in the Sudanese capital- Khartoum. Images produced following routine examinations of the IVU being evaluated using anatomical parameters that were classified into technical and procedural criteria. The results of image quality assessment set on the European guidelines illustrate the IVU images scores ranged as Fully Acceptable; Probably Acceptable; Poor; all anatomical structures seen were in percentage of the maximum reachable scores illustrate the IVU images quality scores was 65.9. The corresponding mean Entrance Surface Air Kerma (ESAK) to the patient for specified IVU techniques was 1.1 mGy, 3.6 mGy, 2.1 mGy, 1.6 mGy, 1.6 mGy, 1.0 mGy and 2.4 mGy for Khartoum, Omdurman, Bahry, Souba, Ribat, Milltry Hospitals and S D C, respectively. The image criteria scores have been found valuable and their endorsement in the hospitals suggested, the radiation dose to the patient can be coupled to the required image quality and to the performance of the radiographic procedure or protocols, need to be used and read-through in a similar way. Keywords: Image quality, image criteria, diagnostic radiology, IVU, European guidelines
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O. Loaz, Mohamed Yousef, A. Sulieman
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