Acute Chest Infections in Children

Radiation dose is a contentious issue in pediatrics, as it is well-established that the lifetime cancer mortality risks attributable to CT examinations are considerably higher than for adults. As proposed by the ALARA principle ‘as low as reasonably achievable’, the selection of appropriate scanning...

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Autor principal: Owens, C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7120357/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-0633-1_34
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description Radiation dose is a contentious issue in pediatrics, as it is well-established that the lifetime cancer mortality risks attributable to CT examinations are considerably higher than for adults. As proposed by the ALARA principle ‘as low as reasonably achievable’, the selection of appropriate scanning parameters focuses on the optimization of image quality whilst delivering the lowest possible radiation dose and shifting the risk-benefit balance towards benefit.
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spelling pubmed-71203572020-04-06 Acute Chest Infections in Children Owens, C. Diseases of the Heart, Chest & Breast Article Radiation dose is a contentious issue in pediatrics, as it is well-established that the lifetime cancer mortality risks attributable to CT examinations are considerably higher than for adults. As proposed by the ALARA principle ‘as low as reasonably achievable’, the selection of appropriate scanning parameters focuses on the optimization of image quality whilst delivering the lowest possible radiation dose and shifting the risk-benefit balance towards benefit. 2007 /pmc/articles/PMC7120357/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-0633-1_34 Text en © Springer-Verlag Italia 2007 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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