724 HEAD INJURIES IN CHILDREN : IS IT NICE TO CT SCAN? N. Ganjoo1, D. Stanciu2 1Department of Paediatrics,, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, 2Department of Paedatrics, Colchester University Hospitals NHS Trust, Colchester, UK Objective: To audit management of children presenting with Bell's ...
There were no significant differences in the other criteria between 100-kVp-S and 120-kVp (p = 0.072–0.966). Conclusions: The 100-kVp with sinogram-affirmed IR facilitated dramatic radiation reduction and better GM–WM contrast without increasing image noise in adolescent head CT. Key points: ...
Exclusion criteria were present or past leukaemia or lymphoma and radiochemotherapy within the last year. The median age of the patient group was 3.8 years Table 1 Demographic data of the paediatric patients included in the study Chest CT Abdomen CT Age (years) Weight (kg) Length (cm) Men ...
FULL PAPER British Journal of Cancer (2017) 116, 109–116 | doi: 10.1038/bjc.2016.351 Keywords: computed tomography; public health; paediatrics; radiation exposures; risk assessment; cancer Projected cancer risks potentially related to past, current, and future practices in paediatric CT in the ...