Abstract—A survey was conducted among 20 Dutch hospitals about radiation protection for interventional fluoroscopy. This was a follow-up of a previous study in 2007 that led to several recommendations for radiation protection for interventional fluoroscopy. The results indicate that most recommendations …

Abstract—A survey about radiation protection in pediatric radiology was conducted among 22 general and seven children’s hospitals in the Netherlands. Questions concerned, for example, child protocols used for CT, fluoroscopy and x-ray imaging, number of images and scans made, radiation doses and measures …

Bij het 11e lustrum van de NVS is uitgebreid stilgestaan bij de zogenaamde stralingstaart, die weergeeft aan welke bronnen van ioniserende straling Nederlanders worden blootgesteld [Sla15]. De grootste taartpunt in die stralingstaart komt voor rekening van de medische diagnostiek. Het gaat daarbij met …

Diagnostic reference levels (DRLs) for medical x-ray procedures are being implemented currently in the Netherlands. By order of the Dutch Healthcare Inspectorate, a survey has been conducted among 20 Dutch hospitals to investigate the level of implementation of the Dutch DRLs in current radiological …