Contextual dimensions of pediatric tuberculosis imaging: radiation exposure, access, and system capacity in high- and low-resource settings
Context-appropriate improvements in pediatric imaging such as strengthened infrastructure, training, dose monitoring, and quality assurance are essential to ensure safe exposure and equitable, reliable tuberculosis diagnosis for children.
Authors
- Criménia Mutemba
- José Miguel Escudero Fernández (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7934-1796)
- Jacinta Adrigwe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8398-6343)
- Enrique Ladera
- Elisa Aguirre Pascual
- Isabelle Thierry-Chef (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6304-2783)
- M.T. Espiau (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4287-4606)
- Isabelle Munyangaju (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7190-6016)
- Ridwaan Esmail
- Benedita José
- Aleix Soler-Garcia
- Angel M. Lancharro-Zapata
- Antoni Soriano-Arandes
- Andreas Jahnen
- Patricia Pérez
- Quique Bassat
- Daniel Blazquez
- Alicia Hernanz-Lobo
Institutions
- Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ES)
- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (FR)
- Hospital Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona (ES)
- Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ES)
- Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón (ES)
- Instituto Oncológico Dr. Rosell (ES)
- Departament de Salut (ES)
- Hospital Universitario 12 De Octubre (ES)
- Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca (ES)
- Unidad de Investigación en cuidados y servicios de salud (Investén-isciii) (ES)
- Nia Association (US)
- Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LU)
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red (ES)
- Vall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari (ES)
- Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire (FR)
- National Directorate of Geology (MZ)
- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ES)
- Ministry of Health (MZ)
- Autorité de sûreté nucléaire et de radioprotection (FR)
- Universitat de Barcelona (ES)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Pediatric Radiology
- Published
- 2026-02-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-026-06535-z
- Primary Topic
- Ultrasound in Clinical Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
- Centres de Recerca de Catalunya
- Generalitat de Catalunya
- Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad
- Fundación Bancaria Caixa d'Estalvis i Pensions de Barcelona
- Agencia Estatal de Investigación