title: CT dose reduction in pediatric patients.
abstract: CT is an incredibly valuable imaging tool, but there are unique concerns with pediatric patients, including the increase of sensitivity to radiation, increase risk of cancer formation with the longer life expectancy, and larger radiation doses received when adult CT settings are used. With a grant from the AHRA and Toshiba Putting Patients First program, Memorial Hermann Healthcare System was able to better educate technologists and physicians which helped in reducing radiation dose to pediatric patients by as much as 60%. Standardizing CT protocols and properly training staff are very important. But to make improvements on a larger scale, strategies for tracking compliance and providing feedback must be used.
authors.affiliation: Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, Houston, TX, USA. kelly.firestine@memorialhermann.org
authors.forename: Kelly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Firestine
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010372:Pediatrics; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed