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Use of radiation dose index monitoring software in a multicenter environment for CT dose optimization

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank Guido Catolla, Barbara Mongero, Enrico Rinaldi of Tecnologie Avanzate (Turin, Italy) for providing the RDIM software to participants of the study. The authors also express their appreciation for the support given by AIFM Presidents, Luisa Begnozzi and Michele Stasi for the initiative.

Collaborators

Pintacuda Giovanna(14), Aliberti Camillo(15), Andreini Daniele(16), Argiolas Giovanni Maria(17), Bassani Laura(18), Dedola Giovanni Luca(19), Fasolini Giorgio(20), Figoli Davide(21), Gallo Teresa(22), Gigliotti Carmen Rosaria(7), Lafe Elvis(23), Loria Alessandro(7), Profili Stefano(24), Rosenberg Ilan(25), Scomazzoni Francesco(26), Solitro Federica(27), Stefanini Teseo(28)

(14) Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV-IRCCS, Padua, Italy, Radiology Department; (15)Azienda Ospedaliera Università di Padova, S.C. Radiologia, Padua, Italy; (16)Centro Cardiologico Monzino IRCCS, Cardiovascular CT Unit, Milano, Italy; (17)Azienda Ospedaliera G. Brotzu, Radiology Department, Cagliari, Italy; (18)USL Toscana Nord Ovest, Radiation Diagnostics Department, Lucca, Italy; (19)USL Toscana Centro- Firenze S.O.C. RADIOLOGIA San Giovanni Dio DIGD, Firenze, Italy; (20)ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII Bergamo, Dipartimento Immagini, Bergamo, Italy; (21)A.U.S.L. Piacenza, Radiology Department, Piacenza, Italy; (22)A.O. Mauriziano, Radiology Department, Torino, Italy; (23)Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, UOC Radiologia e Neuroradiologia, Pavia, Italy; (24)AOU Sassari, SC Radiologia, Diagnostica e Interventistica, Sassari, Italy; (25)ASL n.5 “Spezzino”, S.C. Radiologia Ospedale S. Bartolomeo, Sarzana, Italy; (26) Istituto Scientifico San Raffaele, Neuroradiology Department, Milano, Italy; (27)A.O.U. San Luigi Gonzaga, SCDU Radiodiagnostica, Orbassano (TO), Italy; (28)ASL n.5 “Spezzino”, S.C. Radiologia Ospedale S. Andrea, La Spezia, Italy.

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  1. Medical Physics Department, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV – IRCCS, Padua, Italy

    Lucia Riccardi, Francesca De Monte, Michele Gabusi, Alessandro Scaggion & Marta Paiusco

  2. Medical Physics Department, ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy

    Fabiola Cretti

  3. S.C. Fisica Sanitaria Area Firenze-Empoli, USL Toscana Centro- Firenze, Bagno a Ripoli-Firenze, Italy

    Silvia Pini

  4. Medical Physics Department, Azienda Ospedaliera G. Brotzu, Cagliari, Italy

    Sergio Zucca

  5. Medical Physics Department, USL Toscana Nord Ovest, Lucca, Italy

    Maria Grazia Quattrocchi

  6. Medical Physics Unit, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy

    Daniela Origgi

  7. Medical Physics Department, Istituto Scientifico San Raffaele, Milan, Italy

    Antonella del Vecchio

  8. Medical Physics Department, A.U.S.L. Piacenza, Piacenza, Italy

    Carlo Giordano

  9. Medical Physics Unit, ATS-ASSL Sassari – AOU Sassari, Sassari, Italy

    Piergiorgio Marini

  10. Medical Physics Department, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy

    Francesco Lisciandro & Loredana D’Ercole

  11. Radiation Diagnostics Department, A.O.U. San Luigi Gonzaga, Orbassano, Italy

    Edoardo Trevisiol

  12. Medical Physics Department, ASL n.5 “Spezzino”, La Spezia, Italy

    Daniele Zefiro

  13. Medical Physics Department, A.O. Mauriziano, Turin, Italy

    Claudia Cutaia

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Riccardi, L., De Monte, F., Cretti, F. et al. Use of radiation dose index monitoring software in a multicenter environment for CT dose optimization. Radiol med 123, 944–951 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11547-018-0925-0

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