Ultra-Low Dose Free-Breathing Pediatric CT Imaging

Badriya Mohammed Hassan & Hashim Al-Awadhi Dubai Hospital, United Arab Emirates Medical Imaging Team

INTRODUCTION

Anatomical and physiological differences between pediatric and adults require special attention when imaging pediatric patients. Before performing a pediatric CT examination, it is essential to fully evaluate the risks of the radiation dose and benefits of the requested examination. Systematic efforts can be used to drive process and quality improvement in terms of optimizing CT radiation dose while maintaining image utility. The other challenge was the imaging without sedation and breath hold. Image quality is a key factor because of these images are