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A complete solution for radiation dose monitoring
Intulo is a system to monitor and ensure that patient radiation
doses are kept as low as reasonably achievable.
Currently Intulo is the only system that offers a complete solution
to automatically collect, store and monitor the radiation dose
delivered to patients from imaging procedures.
X-rays, a Double Edged Sword
More than five million radiology studies are performed annually
in Sweden. X-ray images contribute to the diagnoses of life-threatening
diseases and bring about improvements in health, quality of life
and lifespan. According to the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority
up to three hundred people develop cancer every year caused by
radiation from imaging procedures. Studies have revealed that
doses vary widely between equipment and facilities. These findings
suggest that doses can often be lowered to reduce the harmful
effects without jeopardising diagnostic quality.
Benifits using Intulo
- Hospital staff no longer need to type or write values manually
thus eliminating the risk of human error.
- The latest dose data is accessible on-demand simplifying reporting
to the regulatory authorities.
- Benchmarking dose reference levels (DRL) between several healthcare
facilities is simplified. This ensures that policies, procedures
and protocols are adequate and being followed to achieve doses
as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA).
- Intulo saves money - the total cost of the system is less
than a third of the cost for the time it takes a nurse to record
dose values by hand.
Success Story
- Intulo is used as a regional radiation dose register for
the County of Skåne in Sweden. Over a hundred image acquisition
modalities from multiple hospitals automatically send radiation
dose data to Intulo using DICOM MPPS. All the data is made accessible
for the entire region's radiation protection work.
- During 2008 Intulo won the prestigious Swedish Healthcare
IT-award.
- Intulo has successfully completed Connectathon testing with
the IHE Radiation Exposure Monitoring profile which supports
DICOM Dose Structured Reports.
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