Competency information
Details
Calculate patient doses for plain film radiography for a range of common clinical examinations
Considerations
- National and international guidance and correct application
- Assumptions behind the calculations
- National/local procedures for setting Diagnostic Reference Levels
- Mammography dose calculation software
- ImPACT dose calculator software
- Assumptions behind the calculations
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 3 | Outcome Perform appropriate measurements and/or calculations to assess patient dose for a range of examinations, which must include examples from radiographic, fluoroscopic, Computed Tomography and mammographic examinations |