Setting up regional diagnostic reference levels for pediatric computed tomography in Latin America: preliminary results, challenges and the work ahead
Journal
Pediatric Radiology
ISSN
1432-1998
Date Issued
2023
Author(s)
Lina Cadavid
Lina Karout
Mannudeep K. Kalra
Flavio Morgado
María Antonieta Londoño
Monica Galeano
Mario Montaño
Lavinia Wesley
Judith Almanza
Walter Pacheco
Lucia Gómez
Antônio Moscatelli
Valdair Muglia
Felipe Kiipper
Ronaldo Lucena
Monica Bernardo
Carlos Ugas
Type
Resource Types::text::journal::journal article
URL Institutional Repository
Cite this document
Cadavid, L., Karout, L., Kalra, M. K., Morgado, F., Londoño, M. A., Pérez, L., Galeano, M., Montaño, M., Wesley, L., Almanza, J., Pacheco, W., Gómez, L., Moscatelli, A., Muglia, V., Kiipper, F., Lucena, R., Bernardo, M., & Ugas, C. (2023). Setting up regional diagnostic reference levels for pediatric computed tomography in Latin America: Preliminary results, challenges and the work ahead. Pediatric Radiology, 54(3), 457-467. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-023-05676-9
Subjects
children
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computed tomography
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dose optimization
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patient safety
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radiation protection
;
reference values
;
child
;
diagnostic reference levels
;
female
;
humans
;
latin america
;
radiation dosage
;
reference values
;
tomography, x-ray computed
;
abdomen
;
argentina
;
article
;
bolivia
;
brazil
;
child
;
chile
;
colombia
;
computer assisted tomography
;
cone beam computed tomography
;
controlled study
;
diagnosis
;
diagnostic reference level
;
drug megadose
;
ecuador
;
female
;
follow up
;
honduras
;
human
;
kruskal wallis test
;
major clinical study
;
male
;
panama
;
patient safety
;
pelvis
;
preliminary data
;
radiation dose
;
radiation protection
;
reference value
;
south and central america
;
thorax
;
united states
;
procedures
;
reference value
;
south and central america
;
x-ray computed tomography