Research and analysis

Computed tomography (CT): national patient dose audits

A fourth national computed tomography (CT) survey for the UK has provided a useful snapshot of patient doses between 2017 and 2019.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Published: 23 June 2022

Documents

UKHSA-RCE-1: doses from computed tomography (CT) exams in the UK (2019 review)

Ref: UKHSA publication gateway number GOV-12292

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Details

Scan details for some 769,711 patients relating to 13 common types of CT examination on adults were collected by electronic questionnaires voluntarily submitted by CT centres for a widely distributed sample of 266 scanners. This represented an estimated 44% of all UK scanners.

This report supersedes the 2011 review.

Published 23 June 2022