Abstract

Increasing the needs of Computed Tomography (CT) for children is quietly augmented over the last decades, although it's one of the most important modalities in diagnostic finalization. However, it carries a higher risk for the patient in term of radiation dose and cancer risk due to higher sensitivity to radiation than the adult. This study was conducted to review the multiple methods of dose reduction technique as presented by different authors where the different scanning protocols, machine and types of the studies were presented Here, more studies and books were selected, where they are carefully summarized and outlined into different categories for which the result stated that; the most frequent examination done in the CT department is head, neck, and sinuses in which where taken as an example of dose reduction methods. The use of the most modern technical advances was recommended in order to optimize the dose level, comfortable, constants (anesthesia if required) position and using low number of phases as possible according to the pathology of interest (low phases with better visualizations), scanning with thin collimation and view thicker as possible, increasing pitch, automatic exposure control, only the area of interest should be examined, with low tube voltage and using of tube current modulation system can give better result of dose reduction and there were multiple methods presented here. Where is most important for radiologist, technicians, and the person who conduct such studies to increase their knowledge in radiation protection, technical advances and how to interpret the different CT protocols.

Keywords: Radiation · Children · Dose Reduction · Computed tomography

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