CT Users Group

The Eleventh CT Users group meeting was held on 26th November 2009, at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Belfast.

The programme for the day is shown below, with links to abstracts and pdfs of the presentations, where available.

Time	Links		Details
Morning session
1005-1025			Experiences commissioning the Toshiba Aquilion ONE 320 detector row CT scanner N Weir, N Bate, L Nichol
1025-1045			Towards Optimisation of Routine CT Quality Control Z. Martin-Rodriguez, P. Kenny, B. Byrne, L. Gaynor, C. O'Neill, and D. Costello
1045-1105			Adopting Dose Area Product (DAP) as a dose metric in computed tomography N Weir
1105-1125			Applications of a new solid state dose profile meter in a range of CT systems Shahed Khan, Alan Calverd
1125-1145			Some thoughts on CT dosimetry methods C J Martin, D Gentle
1145-1205			Effective dose estimation for the CT component of SPECT/CT systems Paul Charnock
Afternoon session
1330-1350			Ceretom Mobile CT Scanner in Neuro-Intensive Care; Aspects in Regulatory Compliance and Radiation Protection. Greg Stevens
1350-1410			A comparison/review of radiation doses from modern multi-sliced CTA & conventional diagnostic angiography. Techniques methods and conversion factors. Rob Loader
1410-1430			Image Quality and Dose in CT Nicola Bate
1430-1450			Dose Reduction options in Cardiac CT Phil Doyle
Afternoon session, continued
1530-1550			Calculating the patient dose from dental CT scans Serge F.X. Seudieu and R. Anthony Reynolds
1550-1610			Effective Dose from Cone Beam CT Examinations in Dentistry J Roberts
Round table
1610-1630			Doses for facial trauma patients on conventional CT scanners and the new dental cone-beam CT scanners. Jess Brisco
1610-1630			Typical doses from some of the more recent applications of multi slice CT Julie Smyth