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ArticleEmergency radiology2018

Dose monitoring in pediatric and young adult head and cervical spine CT studies at two emergency duty departments.

Hannele Niiniviita, Timo Kiljunen, Minna Huuskonen, Simo Teperi, Jarmo Kulmala

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Article in Emergency radiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Hannele NiiniviitaDepartment of Medical Physics, Turku University Hospital and University of Turku, Kiinamyllynkatu 4-8, 20520, Turku, Finland. hannele.niiniviita@tyks.fi.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7145-147X
Timo KiljunenDocrates Cancer Center, Saukonpaadenranta 2, 00180, Helsinki, Finland.
Minna HuuskonenDepartment of Radiology, Satakunta Central Hospital, Sairaalantie 3, 28500, Pori, Finland.
Simo TeperiDepartment of Biostatistics, University of Turku, Kiinamyllynkatu 10, 20520, Turku, Finland.
Jarmo KulmalaDepartment of Medical Physics, Turku University Hospital and University of Turku, Kiinamyllynkatu 4-8, 20520, Turku, Finland.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeAs the number of pediatric computed tomography (CT) imaging is increasing, there is a need for real-time radiation dose monitoring and evaluation of the imaging protocols. The aim of this study was to present the imaging data, patient doses, and observations of pediatric and young adult trauma-and routine head CT and cervical spine CT collected by a dose monitoring software.

methodsPatient age, study date, imaging parameters, and patient dose as volume CT dose index (CTDI

resultsSix hundred fifteen trauma head, 318 routine head, and 592 trauma cervical spine CT studies were assessed. All mean CTDI

conclusionDose monitoring software offers a valuable tool for evaluating the imaging practices and finding non-optimized protocols.

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Emergency Service, HospitalRadiation DosageAdolescentChildChild, PreschoolCraniocerebral TraumaFemaleHumansInfantInfant, NewbornMaleNeck InjuriesRadiometrySoftwareTomography, X-Ray ComputedYoung AdultComputed tomographyDiagnostic reference levelsDose monitoring softwareNon-optimized protocols

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PMID29247394

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