how it works

DoseWatch automatically detects outliers in dosing data and provides insight into their root causes, while easily documenting these anomalies for review.

  • Using the picture archiving and communication system (PACS) and your medical devices, DoseWatch captures, tracks, and reports radiation and contrast dose across modalities and manufacturers. The following modalities are currently supported on DoseWatch:

    • CT systems
    • Contrast injection systems1
    • Interventional Radiology (IR) systems
    • Cardio-Vascular (CV) systems
    • Mammography systems
    • Radiography systems
    • Surgical/mobile C-arms
    • Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging systems2
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TESTIMONIAL – DOSEWATCH™

Dr. NOOR DIYANA BINTI Osman,

Senior Lecturer, Imaging Unit, Advanced Medical and Dental Institute, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang

We have been leveraging the DoseWatch™software at our centre, Imaging Unit, Advanced Medical and Dental Institute, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang since December 2018. We are very pleased to have been given the opportunity by the GE to conduct a trial of the software our centre. DoseWatch™ is an innovative dose management solution that enables us to monitor and review our patient’s radiation exposure by automatically collecting and analysing radiation dose involving large patient database from PACS. This software also enables us to evaluate our current imaging practice and improve our radiation safety program. Before we began using DoseWatch™, our previous work in establishment of local Dose Reference Level (“DRLs”), the dose data was retrieved and reviewed manually which was a tedious time-consuming process [1]. However, based on our initial experience of leveraging DoseWatch™, our workflow in monitoring the radiation dose delivered to patients has improved remarkably and the software has helped us in ensuring that the doses are constantly kept at ‘As low as reasonably achievable (ALARA)’ and provide the better patient outcome [2].

  1. [1] Razali, M.A.S.M., Ahmad, M.Z., Shuaib, I.L. and Osman, N.D., 2019. Optimization of radiation dose in CT imaging: Establishing the institutional diagnostic reference levels and patient dose auditing. Radiation Protection Dosimetry (p.1‒9).
  2. [2] Osman, N.D., Isa, S.M., Karim, N.K.A., Ismail, N., Roslee, M.A.A.M., Naharuddin, H.M. and Razali, M.A.S.M., 2020. Radiation dose management in CT imaging: Initial experience with commercial dose watch software. In Journal of Physics: Conference Series (Vol. 1497, p.012020).
dosewatch 3.2

Drive better-informed, patient-centered care

Delivering high quality patient care is a top priority. Incorporating DoseWatch 3.2 into your imaging practices ensures it stays that way––with state-of-the-art technology that helps clinicians use appropriate radiation levels and deliver better-informed, patient-centered, and effective care.

  • 4D Skin Dose Map3

    DoseWatch 3.2 provides an interactive tool to support the post-procedure review conducted by the interventional imaging physician or medical physicist as they perform their comprehensive assessment of skin injury risk.

  • Organ dose dosimetry technology from Duke University3

    This module estimates organ dosages based on licensed dosimetry technology developed by Duke University. Using the XCAT phantom library of patient models, it gives an absorbed dose estimation based on Duke University’s algorithm.

  • Dose to Fetus

    DoseWatch 3.2 allows clinicians to take a closer look at the impact of radiation on pregnant patients with the new Dose to Fetus feature. This feature simplifies and standardizes estimates of fetal radiation exposure by automatically incorporating factors like the mother’s measurements and fetal depth.

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1This feature collects contrast data automatically for class-4 injectors integrated with CT scanners or directly from some injection systems. It is available for manual entry for other modalities connected to DoseWatch with the Contrast Data Management module.
2 Tracking for single-injection procedures only and single DICOM studies.
3This feature is available in DoseWatch 3.1 and higher versions.

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