Pediatric Radiology

Perfect is the enemy of the very good

Thomas L. Slovis, Walter E. Berdon

The ALARA concept in pediatric CT intelligent dose reduction

Executive summary

Thomas L. Slovis, Eric T. Hall, Walter Huda, Donald Frush

Welcome and introduction

Thomas L. Slovis

Opening comments

Walter E. Berdon

Introduction to session I

Eric J. Hall

Estimating cancer risks from pediatric CT: going from the qualitative to the quantitative

David J. Brenner

Ionizing radiation and cancer risk: evidence from epidemiology

Elaine Ron

Practical dilemmas in implementing benefit-risk protocols

Louis K. Wagner

Panel discussion

Introduction

Walter Huda

CT dose parameters and their limitations

Thomas Fearon

Current adult and pediatric CT doses

Edward Nickoloff

Dose reduction opportunities for CT scanners

Thomas L. Toth

CT scanner design and patient radiation exposure

Alan S. Brody

Effective doses to adult and pediatric patients

Walter Huda

Pediatric phantoms

Vladimir Varchena

Introduction

Donald P. Frush

Lessons from history

Lane F. Donnelly

Strategies of dose reduction

Donald P. Frush

Questions and discussion

Discussion, consensus, and mandate

FDA Public Health Notification: Reducing Radiation Risk from Computed Tomography for Pediatric and Small Adul Patients

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