Radiation dose estimation for prospective and retrospective ECG-gated cardiac CT angiography in infants and small children using a 320-MDCT volume scanner

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 199, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1129-1135

  Podberesky, Daniel J ^a   Angel, Erin ^b   Yoshizumi, Terry T ^c   Toncheva, Greta ^c   Salisbury, Shelia R ^a   Alsip, Christopher ^a   Barelli, Alessandra ^b   Egelhoff, John C ^a,d   Anderson Evans, Colin ^c,e   Nguyen, Giao B ^c   Dow, David ^f   Frush, Donald P ^c  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PHOENIX CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Quality Assurance Services   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac CT angiography; Pediatrics; Radiation dosimetry

Indexed keywords

METAL OXIDE;

CARDIAC GATED IMAGING; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR; HEART RATE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION RESPONSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEMICONDUCTOR;

BODY BURDEN; CALIBRATION; CARDIAC-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84868032021     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.12.8480     Document Type: Review

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