Radiology
Dependent on
Clinical information provided
Machine
Patient preparation
Patient cooperation
Radiographer
Radiologist
Feed and wrap:
Sedation:
Radiation
CT scans for referrers
CT scans for parents
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Background is 3 mSv (millisieverts)/yr
PA chest X-ray is 0.02mSv (3 days)
CT head = 100 X-rays (2mSv i.e. ~8m of background)
Chest abdo pelvis 200 X-rays
Childrens risk of developing malignancy is higher
Below: x4 if <1yo
Clinical information provided
Machine
Patient preparation
Patient cooperation
Radiographer
Radiologist
Feed and wrap:
Sedation:
Radiation
CT scans for referrers
CT scans for parents
imagegently.org
Background is 3 mSv (millisieverts)/yr
PA chest X-ray is 0.02mSv (3 days)
CT head = 100 X-rays (2mSv i.e. ~8m of background)
Chest abdo pelvis 200 X-rays
Childrens risk of developing malignancy is higher
- they live longer
- susceptible because of rapidly deciding cells
- they are smaller so collateral radiation to adjacent organs is high %
Below: x4 if <1yo