The law also contains strict housing provisions and stipulates two physical examinations per year.
We present a filmless pediatric radiology department for the Stockholm area (1.8 million inhabitants) producing 50 000 examinations per year.
They found that mortality was eight times higher in institutions performing fewer than 200 examinations per two-year period compared to institutions performing more than 800 examinations per two-year period.
Mean glandular dose (MGD) is the commonly accepted measure of mammographic radiation risk and was calculated for each 3D image according to Dance et al. The survey used the exposure data from at least 45 examinations per DBT unit and dose calculations were performed using the NCCPM breast dose survey software.
It would lead to 50% (model ranges, 45% to 54%) of cases of cancer being detected at an early stage (stage I/II), 575 screening examinations per lung cancer death averted, a 14% (range, 8.2% to 23.5%) reduction in lung cancer mortality, 497 lung cancer deaths averted, and 5250 life-years gained per the 100,000-member cohort.
On average, each resident performed 125 ultrasound examinations per year of residency.
MRI examinations per day for each section: oncology, musculoskeletal, neuro, abdominal.
However, the number of x-ray examinations per 1,000 ED visits decreased 81.6% (p < 0.0001).
Up to 57.6 % of radiology departments perform more than 10,000 examinations per year; between 3,000 and 10,000 examinations per year are performed in 33.1 % of cases; only 9.3%% of departments perform fewer than 3,000 examinations.
The number of CT examinations per appendectomy decreased from 42 % before, to 30%% after implementation of the protocol, leading to reduced radiation exposure and imaging charges [36].
The majority (88 %) performed over 3000 US examinations per year, with 42 % of the institutions carrying out over 10,000 annual scans.
