A survey of the pediatric radiation doses during multiphase abdominal computed tomography examinations

Abdelmoneim Adam Sulieman; H. Adam; N. Tamam; M. Alkhorayef; A. Alhailiy; S. Alghamdi; A. Elnour; O. Alomair; Y. Alashban; M. U. Khandaker; D. A. Bradley

doi:10.1016/j.radphyschem.2021.109662

A survey of the pediatric radiation doses during multiphase abdominal computed tomography examinations

Abdelmoneim Adam Sulieman, H. Adam, N. Tamam, M. Alkhorayef, A. Alhailiy, S. Alghamdi, A. Elnour, O. Alomair, Y. Alashban, M. U. Khandaker, D. A. Bradley

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This work investigates pediatric patients' radiation doses during multiphasic computed tomography (CT) abdomen procedures in six hospitals. A total of 58 (14 (24% females)) and 44 males (44, 76%) underwent CT single or multiphase procedures. A single phase and triple phase CT examination were carried a wide range of clinical indications, including renal and digestive systems pathologies. All procedures were performed at six radiology departments. Three departments are equipped with 16 slice CT machines, and the other three departments are equipped with 160, 128 and 16 slice CT machines. The overall 3rd quartile values for CTDI_vol (mGy) and DLP (mGy.cm) were 8.6 ± 4.7 (mGy) and 1580 ± 594.64 (mGy.cm) per CT abdomen procedure. The current study indicates the need for dose optimization for pediatric patients by establishing proper imaging protocols based on the international guidelines. The variation in patients’ doses is attributed to variation in the imaging protocols, scan length and number of phases performed per pediatric CT abdomen procedure.

Original language	English
Article number	109662
Journal	Radiation Physics and Chemistry
Volume	188
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radphyschem.2021.109662
State	Published - Nov 2021

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Abdominal imaging
Computed tomography
Radiation dosimetry
Radiology

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Adam Sulieman, A., Adam, H., Tamam, N., Alkhorayef, M., Alhailiy, A., Alghamdi, S., Elnour, A., Alomair, O., Alashban, Y., Khandaker, M. U., & Bradley, D. A. (2021). A survey of the pediatric radiation doses during multiphase abdominal computed tomography examinations. Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 188, Article 109662. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radphyschem.2021.109662

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