ArticleJournal of radiation research2018
The present state of radiation exposure from pediatric CT examinations in Japan-what do we have to do?
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- Evaluation of radiation dose reduction in head CT using the half-dose method.Japanese journal of radiology · 2023Article
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- Reducing the Breast Cancer Risk and Radiation Dose of Radiography for Scoliosis in Children: A Phantom Study.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Head-compliant microstrip split ring resonator for non-invasive healing monitoring after craniosynostosis-based surgery.Healthcare technology letters · 2020Article
- Liver segmentation from low-radiation-dose pediatric computed tomography using patient-specific, statistical modeling.International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery · 2019Article
- Radiation doses with various body weights of phantoms in brain 128-slice MDCT examination.Journal of radiation research · 2019Article
- Recommendations for reducing exposure to medical X-ray irradiation (Review).Medicine internationalReview
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Abstract
The use of computed tomography (CT) has increased dramatically over the past several decades and has resulted in a concurrent increase in medical exposure to ionizing radiation. Several recent studies have examined the link between medical radiation and the risk of cancer, especially in children. The cancer risk associated medical exposure has not been definitively confirmed. However, we have to reduce unwarranted medical radiation exposure in pediatric patients. Justification and optimization are of great importance in order to minimize these risks, and the standardization of CT usage is essential. However, in Japan no clinical guidelines for the use of CT have been commonly agreed upon, especially in children. Furthermore, the CT-associated radiation exposure in Japan varies widely among the different facilities. Further studies based on a nationwide survey in Japan will be required in order to establish simple and useful clinical guidelines.
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