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ArticlePhysical and engineering sciences in medicine2024

Construction and validation of an infant chest phantom for paediatric computed tomography.

Seonaid Rodgers, Janette Atkinson, David Cryer, Cameron Storm, Rikki Nezich, Martin A Ebert, Pejman Rowshanfarzad

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7 authors.

Seonaid RodgersDepartment of Medical Technology and Physics, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Hospital Avenue, Nedlands, WA, 6009, Australia. Seonaid.rodgers@health.wa.gov.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-8462
Janette AtkinsonDepartment of Medical Technology and Physics, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Hospital Avenue, Nedlands, WA, 6009, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0188-367X
David CryerDepartment of Medical Technology and Physics, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Hospital Avenue, Nedlands, WA, 6009, Australia.
Cameron StormDepartment of Medical Technology and Physics, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Hospital Avenue, Nedlands, WA, 6009, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3337-3239
Rikki NezichDepartment of Medical Technology and Physics, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Hospital Avenue, Nedlands, WA, 6009, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1473-1379
Martin A EbertSchool of Physics, Mathematics and Computing, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6875-0719
Pejman RowshanfarzadSchool of Physics, Mathematics and Computing, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8306-7742

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Paediatric imaging protocols should be carefully optimised to maintain the desired image quality while minimising the delivered patient dose. A paediatric chest phantom was designed, constructed and evaluated to optimise chest CT examinations for infants. The phantom was designed to enable dosimetry and image quality measurements within the anthropomorphic structure. It was constructed using tissue equivalent materials to mimic thoracic structures of infants, aged 0-6 months. The phantom materials were validated across a range of diagnostic tube voltages with resulting CT numbers found equivalent to paediatric tissues observed via a survey of clinical paediatric chest studies. The phantom has been successfully used to measure radiation dose and evaluate various image quality parameters for paediatric specific protocols.

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Phantoms, ImagingThoraxTomography, X-Ray ComputedHumansInfantInfant, NewbornRadiation DosageRadiography, ThoracicChestComputed tomographyDiagnosticPaediatricPhantomRadiology

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PMID38315414
PMCPMC11166826

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