title: [Low dose multislice CT in the pediatric patient].
abstract: In the past years, multislice CT (MS-CT) has become an important diagnostic modality for the radiological evaluation of the thorax in children and adolescents. However, the higher stochastic radiation risks in pediatric patients, as compared to adults, necessitate a prudent use of MS-CT. This article presents an overview of the benefits of multislice CT and a variety of possibilities for radiation reduction in pediatric patients of different ages.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Radiodiagnostik Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hojreh
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kainberger
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Puig
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical; D013896:Thoracic Diseases / Q000151:congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed