Electronic recording of radiation effective doses in medical imaging investigations

The continuously increasing number of medical investigations using radiological methods imposes the necessity of recording the radiation effective doses for all patients investigated by radiological methods. In Romania, an applied national research project develops a pilot study that analyses and record such types of data using a patient database, electronic cards for patients and doctors and a secured infrastructure based on Public Keys. The effective doses received by patients in many types of medical investigations are calculated, transformed, stored and cumulated.