Radiation dose estimation for prospective and retrospective ECG-gated cardiac CT angiography in infants and small children using a 320-MDCT volume scanner

DJ Podberesky, E Angel… - American Journal of …, 2012 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study is to determine patient dose estimates for clinical
pediatric cardiac-gated CT angiography (CTA) protocols on a 320-MDCT volume scanner …

Estimating effective dose of radiation from pediatric cardiac CT angiography using a 64-MDCT scanner: new conversion factors relating dose-length product to …

S Trattner, A Chelliah, P Prinsen… - American Journal of …, 2017 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study is to determine the conversion factors that enable
accurate estimation of the effective dose (ED) used for cardiac 64-MDCT angiography …

Pediatric cardiac-gated CT angiography: assessment of radiation dose

CL Hollingsworth, TT Yoshizumi… - American Journal of …, 2007 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. The purpose of our study was to determine a dose range for cardiac-gated CT
angiography (CTA) in children. MATERIALS AND METHODS. ECG-gated cardiac CTA …

CT angiography of neonates and infants: comparison of radiation dose and image quality of target mode prospectively ECG-gated 320-MDCT and ungated helical 64 …

SP Jadhav, F Golriz, LA Atweh… - American Journal of …, 2015 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the radiation dose and image quality
of target mode prospectively ECG-gated volumetric CT angiography (CTA) performed with a …

Effective radiation dose in computed tomographic angiography of the chest and diagnostic cardiac catheterization in pediatric patients

TG Watson, E Mah, U Joseph Schoepf, L King… - Pediatric …, 2013 - Springer
Computed tomographic angiography (CTA) and cardiac catheterization are useful adjuncts
to echocardiography for delineating cardiovascular anatomy in pediatric patients. These …

Computed tomography angiography in children with cardiovascular disease: low dose techniques and image quality

SB Greenberg, S Bhutta, L Braswell, F Chan - The International Journal of …, 2012 - Springer
Dose reduction techniques for computed tomography angiography (CTA) in children with
cardiovascular diseases have the potential of reducing risks of radiation-induced cancer. To …

[HTML][HTML] Infant cardiac CT angiography with 64-slice and 256-slice CT: comparison of radiation dose and image quality using a pediatric phantom

YW Lee, CC Yang, GSP Mok, TH Wu - PLoS One, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Background The aims of this study were to investigate the image quality and radiation
exposure of pediatric protocols for cardiac CT angiography (CTA) in infants under one year …

Evaluation of image quality and radiation dose at prospective ECG-triggered axial 256-slice multi-detector CT in infants with congenital heart disease

M Huang, C Liang, Z Zhao, H Liu, J Li, J Zhang, Y Cui… - Pediatric …, 2011 - Springer
Background There are a limited number of reports on the technical and clinical feasibility of
prospective electrocardiogram (ECG)-gated multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) in …

[HTML][HTML] Conventional and CT angiography in children: dosimetry and dose comparisons

DP Frush, T Yoshizumi - Pediatric radiology, 2006 - Springer
Tremendous advances have been made in imaging in children with both congenital and
acquired heart disease. These include technical advances in cardiac catheterization and …

Image quality and radiation exposure in pediatric cardiovascular CT angiography from different injection sites

M Yang, XM Mo, JY Jin, J Zhang, B Liu… - American Journal of …, 2011 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this article is to evaluate the effect of different injection sites (ie,
head, arm, or leg vein) on image quality and radiation exposure in pediatric cardiovascular …