Children, Computed Tomography Radiation Dose, and the As Low As Reasonably Achievable (ALARA) Concept

Radiation from computed tomography (CT) has risk of excessive cancer on children. Slovis recommends ordering physicians to be involved, getting manufacturers to make the right technical parameters easy to use and hard to overdose the child, and having the radiologist as an educator to both the clini...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Pediatrics (Evanston) 2003-10, Vol.112 (4), p.971-972
1. Verfasser:	Slovis, Thomas L
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Cancer Cancer in children Care and treatment CAT scans Causes of Child Child, Preschool Childhood cancer Children & youth Complications and side effects CT imaging Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation Health aspects Health risk assessment Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Maximum Allowable Concentration Nuclear Warfare Pediatrics Prevention Radiation Radiation exposure Radiation Injuries - prevention & control Radiation Tolerance Sick children Tomography Tomography, X-Ray Computed - adverse effects
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Zusammenfassung:	Radiation from computed tomography (CT) has risk of excessive cancer on children. Slovis recommends ordering physicians to be involved, getting manufacturers to make the right technical parameters easy to use and hard to overdose the child, and having the radiologist as an educator to both the clinician and technologist to succeed in lowering the radiation dose in CT and decrease the risks of carcinogenesis.
ISSN:	0031-4005 1098-4275
DOI:	10.1542/peds.112.4.971