TY - THES AB - Monitoring radiation doses from diagnostic Computed Tomography (CT) examinations is essential to maintaining patient safety and ensuring that technologists are using optimal scan parameters. To receive accreditation from The Joint Commission, facilities are required to track incidents where radiation dose indices from CT exams exceed their expected dose index; however, there is no universal definition as to what constitutes an expected dose index. This research focuses on creating a standard of practice for setting CT dose thresholds that maximize the sensitivity and specificity of tracking, ensuring appropriate patient safety without creating an excessive number of false-positive notifications. AU - Martinez, Alyssa R. DA - 2021 DO - 10.6083/79407z033 DO - DOI ID - 9147 KW - Radionuclide Imaging KW - Patient Safety KW - Radiation Monitoring KW - Reference Standards KW - Radiation Dosage KW - Tomography KW - Accreditation KW - Tomography, X-Ray Computed L1 - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/9147/files/Martinez.Alyssa.2021.pdf L2 - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/9147/files/Martinez.Alyssa.2021.pdf L4 - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/9147/files/Martinez.Alyssa.2021.pdf LK - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/9147/files/Martinez.Alyssa.2021.pdf N2 - Monitoring radiation doses from diagnostic Computed Tomography (CT) examinations is essential to maintaining patient safety and ensuring that technologists are using optimal scan parameters. To receive accreditation from The Joint Commission, facilities are required to track incidents where radiation dose indices from CT exams exceed their expected dose index; however, there is no universal definition as to what constitutes an expected dose index. This research focuses on creating a standard of practice for setting CT dose thresholds that maximize the sensitivity and specificity of tracking, ensuring appropriate patient safety without creating an excessive number of false-positive notifications. PB - Oregon Health and Science University PY - 2021 T1 - Investigation into the optimization of CT dose index thresholds in commercially available dose monitoring software TI - Investigation into the optimization of CT dose index thresholds in commercially available dose monitoring software UR - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/9147/files/Martinez.Alyssa.2021.pdf Y1 - 2021 ER -