Realistic phantoms to characterize dosimetry in pediatric CT.

Carver DE, Kost SD, Fraser ND, Segars WP, Pickens DR, Price RR, Stabin MG. Realistic phantoms to characterize dosimetry in pediatric CT. Pediatric radiology. 2017 May;47(47). 691-700. PMID: 28283725 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC5420344 NIHMSID: NIHMS859306.

Abstract

The estimation of organ doses and effective doses for children receiving CT examinations is of high interest. Newer, more realistic anthropomorphic body models can provide information on individual organ doses and improved estimates of effective dose.