ESTIMATING EFFECTIVE DOSE OF RADIATION FROM PEDIATRIC CARDIAC COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY USING A 64-SLICE SCANNER: NEW CONVERSION FACTORS RELATING DOSE-LENGTH PRODUCT TO EFFECTIVE DOSE

Methods Anthropomorphic phantoms modeling 1 and 10 year-old children, with 50 metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor radiation dosimeters placed in key internal organ locations, were scanned with various standard clinical cardiac scan modes and x-ray tube potentials on a GE Lightspeed VCT...

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Published in:Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2016-04, Vol.67 (13), p.1743-1743
Main Authors: Trattner, Sigal, Chelliah, Anjali, Ruzal-Shapiro, Carrie B, Xu, Yanping, Jambawalikar, Sachin, Amurao, Maxwell, Hoffmann, Udo, Brenner, David J, Einstein, Andrew Jeffrey
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cardiology
Cardiovascular
Heart rate
Internal Medicine
Pediatrics
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Summary:Methods Anthropomorphic phantoms modeling 1 and 10 year-old children, with 50 metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor radiation dosimeters placed in key internal organ locations, were scanned with various standard clinical cardiac scan modes and x-ray tube potentials on a GE Lightspeed VCT XTe 64-slice scanner.
ISSN:0735-1097
1558-3597
DOI:10.1016/S0735-1097(16)31744-2