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ArticleTomography (Ann Arbor, Mich.)2025

Effective Dose Estimation in Computed Tomography by Machine Learning.

Matteo Ferrante, Paolo De Marco, Osvaldo Rampado, Laura Gianusso, Daniela Origgi

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Article in Tomography (Ann Arbor, Mich.), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Matteo FerranteMedical Physics Unit, IEO, European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, 20141 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3481-0832
Paolo De MarcoMedical Physics Unit, IEO, European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, 20141 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8264-7219
Osvaldo RampadoMedical Physics Unit, A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, 10126 Turin, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3078-5438
Laura GianussoMedical Physics Unit, A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, 10126 Turin, Italy.
Daniela OriggiMedical Physics Unit, IEO, European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, 20141 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1338-312X

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundComputed tomography scans are widely used in everyday medical practice due to speed, image reliability, and detectability of a wide range of pathologies. Each scan exposes the patient to a radiation dose, and performing a fast estimation of the effective dose (E) is an important step for radiological safety. The aim of this work is to estimate E from patient and CT acquisition parameters in the absence of a dose-tracking software exploiting machine learning.

methodsIn total, 69,037 CT acquisitions were collected with the dose-tracking software (DTS) available at our institution. E calculated by DTS was chosen as the target value for prediction. Different machine learning algorithms were selected, optimizing parameters to achieve the best performance for each algorithm. Effective dose was also estimated using DLP and k-factors, and with multiple linear regression. Mean absolute error (MAE, mean absolute percentage error (MAPE), and R

resultsThe random forest regressor (MAE: 0.416 mSv; MAPE: 7%; and R

conclusionsOur work demonstrated that machine learning models trained with data calculated by a dose-tracking software can provide good estimates of the effective dose just from patient and scanner parameters, without the need for a Monte Carlo approach.

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Machine LearningRadiation DosageTomography, X-Ray ComputedAlgorithmsFemaleHumansMaleNeural Networks, ComputerReproducibility of ResultsSoftwareartificial intelligence (AI)dose trackingpatient radiation protection

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PMID39852682
PMCPMC11768726

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