title: Optimal CT settings for head imaging in the paediatric patient. An analysis of absorbed dose.
abstract: The absorbed dose at CT was measured at nine points in a 16 cm diameter phantom. The effect of different reconstruction algorithms and scan settings on the quality of head CT images was studied in children and phantoms. Two low-dose CT techniques for head imaging can be selected for children, depending on differences in the image quality necessary for the diagnostic information required.
authors.affiliation: Medical Physics Unit, Venizelion General Hospital of Crete, Greece.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Damilakis
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Tsouderos
mesh_terms: D006257:Head / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008961:Models, Structural; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods