title: Has pediatric CT at children's hospitals reached its peak?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  CT volumes at our institution have declined since 2005. The purpose of this article is to discuss the existence of any corresponding national trend.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  CT utilization as a percentage of cross-sectional imaging studies has decreased steadily since 2003 in pediatric facilities across North America.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA, USA. brentatownsend@gmail.com
authors.forename: Brent A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Townsend
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Callahan
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zurakowski
authors.forename: George A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Taylor
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D009656:North America / Q000453:epidemiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016526:Workload / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*