Inleiding: Het aantal mensen met een voedselallergie in de westerse samenleving neemt toe. Omdat een voedselallergie ernstige gevolgen kan hebben en zelfs levensbedreigend kan zijn, is het stellen van een juiste diagnose van groot belang. De gouden standaard voor het stellen van de diagnose voedselallergie …

OBJECTIVES: To demonstrate that novice dosimetry planners efficiently create clinically acceptable IMRT plans for head and neck cancer (HNC) patients using a commercially available multicriteria optimization (MCO) system. METHODS: Twenty HNC patients were enrolled in this in-silico comparative planning …

Background: Computed tomography (CT) is one of the most used modalities for diagnostics in paediatric populations, which is a concern as it also delivers a high patient dose. Research has focused on developing computer algorithms that provide better image quality at lower dose. The iterative reconstruction …

Aim: Optimise a set of exposure factors, with the lowest effective dose, to delineate spinal curvature with the modified Cobb method in a full spine using computed radiography (CR) for a 5-year-old paediatric anthropomorphic phantom. Methods: Images were acquired by varying a set of parameters: positions …

Patients scheduled for a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan sometimes require screening for ferromagnetic Intra Orbital Foreign Bodies (IOFBs). To assess this, they are required to fill out a screening protocol questionnaire before their scan. If it is established that a patient is at high risk, radiographic …

This paper reviews the literature for lowering of dose to paediatric patients through use of exposure factors and additional filtration. Dose reference levels set by The International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) will be considered. Guidance was put in place in 1996 requires updating …

This review aims to identify strategies to optimise radiography practice using digital technologies, for full spine studies on paediatrics focusing particularly on methods used to diagnose and measure severity of spinal curvatures. The literature search was performed on different databases (PubMed, Google …

Purpose: To determine whether using different combinations of kVp and mAs with additional filtration can reduce the effective dose to a paediatric phantom whilst maintaining diagnostic image quality. Methods: 27 images of a paediatric AP pelvis phantom were acquired with different kVp, mAs and additional …

Achtergrond Bij CTA-onderzoeken worden vasculaire structuren zichtbaar gemaakt met intraveneus jodiumhoudend contrastmiddel. Patiënten met een hoge body mass index (BMI) hebben voor dezelfde vaataankleuring meer contrastmiddel nodig dan patiënten met een lage BMI. Het doel was te onderzoeken wat de invloed …

Doel: Onderzoeken welke behandeling het beste werkt bij exsudatieve leeftijdsgebonden maculadegeneratie, ranibizumab (Lucentis®) of het nieuwe medicijn aflibercept (Eylea®). Er wordt gekeken naar de best gecorrigeerde visus en de centrale retinadikte. Methode: Literatuurstudie. Er is gebruik gemaakt …