A Wiki-Based Solution to Managing Your Institution’s Imaging Protocols

Szczykutowicz, Timothy P.; Rubert, Nicholas; Belden, Daryn; Ciano, Amanda; DuPlissis, Andrew; Hermanns, Ashley; Monette, Stephen; Saldivar, Elliott Janssen

doi:10.1016/j.jacr.2015.10.021

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“…Monitoring technologist use of protocol management systems could identify technologists who need more training or correlated with instances of technologist non-compliance with imaging protocols [35,36]. Protocol management systems are available from some vendors and institution specific solutions exist [37,38].…”

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A General Framework for Monitoring Image Acquisition Workflow in the Radiology Environment: Timeliness for Acute Stroke CT Imaging

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Many facets of an image acquisition workflow leave a digital footprint, making workflow analysis amenable to an informatics-based solution. This paper describes a detailed framework for analyzing workflow and uses acute stroke response timeliness in CT as a practical demonstration. We review methods for accessing the digital footprints resulting from common technologist/device interactions. This overview lays a foundation for obtaining data for workflow analysis. We demonstrate the method by analyzing CT imaging efficiency in the setting of acute stroke. We successfully used digital footprints of CT technologists to analyze their workflow. We presented an overview of other digital footprints including but not limited to contrast administration, patient positioning, billing, reformat creation, and scheduling. A framework for analyzing image acquisition workflow was presented. This framework is transferable to any modality, as the key steps of image acquisition, image reconstruction, image post processing, and image transfer to PACS are common to any imaging modality in diagnostic radiology.

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A General Framework for Monitoring Image Acquisition Workflow in the Radiology Environment: Timeliness for Acute Stroke CT Imaging

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“…Extensive work has been performed at institution 1 to develop optimized, indication-specific CT protocols [27][28][29]37,38], and these protocols are used by all institutions participating in this study. This effort simplifies the at-thescanner workflow for technologists.…”

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“…All institutions were provided CTPA protocols developed at institution 1 [27,28], albeit compliance with the intended execution of the protocols varied [29]. Small, medium, and large adult CTPA protocols correspond to anteriorposterior plus lateral widths of <60 cm, 60 to 80 cm, and >80 cm, respectively.…”

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Applying a New CT Quality Metric in Radiology: How CT Pulmonary Angiography Repeat Rates Compare Across Institutions

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“…To implement the turbo option, our technologists select a protocol one size too large for the patient they are scanning (we use sized-based protocols with three sizes for adults: small, medium, and large) and then lower the noise index by an amount corresponding to a 78% increase in dose. We provide a lookup table using our web-based protocol manager [22,23] to ensure that our CT technologists correctly make this adjustment. 4.…”

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“…Our institution developed CT protocols on the basis of the master protocol concept [21]. This concept takes advantage of the inherent similarity among CT protocols covering similar indications and body regions to impart a high level of uniformity to our protocol parameter settings [22,23]. Where appropriate, we designed our protocols with size-specific variations, so that the acquisition parameters are optimized across the spectrum of body habitus.…”

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