The Radiation Epidemiology Branch of NCI's Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics initiated a retrospective cohort study of cancer risk in U.K. children and adolescents in 2005, and it found that there were few dose calculation tools available to provide accurate estimates of dose to organ and red bone marrow for pediatric patients, according to presenter Choonsik Lee, PhD. As a result, the group launched a project to develop a novel CT dose calculator, which is now called the NCI Dosimetry System for CT (NCICT).
The software provides organ doses based on the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) phantoms for patients receiving CT, and it will be useful for epidemiological studies of CT risk and patient dose monitoring, Lee said.
"We have run beta testing with over 40 individuals and institutions worldwide since 2012 and received positive feedback," Lee told AuntMinnie.com. "We plan to release the software to the public in early 2016."
