Radiation dose assessment of pediatric computed tomography of the chest: the need to consider patient size
CTDIvol systematically underestimated radiation dose in comparison to SSDE in pediatric patients submitted to chest CT and should not be used as the primary parameter to monitor CT protocols in these patients. SSDE calculated according to effective diameter also underestimates the radiation dose compared to SSDE calculated based on water equivalent.
Authors
- Paulo José Cauduro Maróstica (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0252-7570)
- Maurício Anés (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0624-1932)
- Alexandre Bacelar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3381-7709)
- Andressa Lima Nietto
- Vanessa Döwich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9866-9532)
- Felipe Soares Torres (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3110-588X)
- Vitor Silva Timm
Institutions
- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (BR)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (BR)
- Universidade Santa Cecília (BR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Radiation Protection Dosimetry
- Published
- 2024-11-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/rpd/ncae212
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Radiation Dose and Imaging
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.21