Using the American College of Radiology Dose Index Registry to Evaluate Practice Patterns and Radiation Dose Estimates of Pediatric Body CT.

Wildman-Tobriner, Benjamin; Strauss, Keith J; Bhargavan-Chatfield, Mythreyi; Kadom, Nadja; Vock, Peter; Applegate, Kimberly E; Frush, Donald P (2018). Using the American College of Radiology Dose Index Registry to Evaluate Practice Patterns and Radiation Dose Estimates of Pediatric Body CT. American Journal of Roentgenology, 210(3), pp. 641-647. American Roentgen Ray Society 10.2214/AJR.17.18122

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OBJECTIVE

Imaging registries afford opportunities to study large, heterogeneous populations. The purpose of this study was to examine the American College of Radiology CT Dose Index Registry (DIR) for dose-related demographics and metrics of common pediatric body CT examinations.

MATERIALS AND METHODS

Single-phase CT examinations of the abdomen and pelvis and chest submitted to the DIR over a 5-year period (July 2011-June 2016) were evaluated (head CT frequency was also collected). CT examinations were stratified into five age groups, and examination frequency was determined across age and sex. Standard dose indexes (volume CT dose index, dose-length product, and size-specific dose estimate) were categorized by body part and age. Contributions to the DIR were also categorized by region and practice type.

RESULTS

Over the study period 411,655 single-phase pediatric examinations of the abdomen and pelvis, chest, and head, constituting 5.7% of the total (adult and pediatric) examinations, were submitted to the DIR. Head CT was the most common examination across all age groups. The majority of all scan types were performed for patients in the second decade of life. Dose increased for all scan types as age increased; the dose for abdominopelvic CT was the highest in each age group. Even though the DIR was queried for single-phase examinations only, as many as 32.4% of studies contained multiple irradiation events. When these additional scans were included, the volume CT dose index for each scan type increased. Among the studies in the DIR, 99.8% came from institutions within the United States. Community practices and those that specialize in pediatrics were nearly equally represented.

CONCLUSION

The DIR provides valuable information about practice patterns and dose trends for pediatric CT and may assist in establishing diagnostic reference levels in the pediatric population.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Radiology, Neuroradiology and Nuclear Medicine (DRNN) > Institute of Diagnostic, Interventional and Paediatric Radiology

UniBE Contributor:

Vock, Peter

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

1546-3141

Publisher:

American Roentgen Ray Society

Language:

English

Submitter:

Isabelle Ursula Saurer

Date Deposited:

13 Mar 2019 10:42

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:25

Publisher DOI:

10.2214/AJR.17.18122

PubMed ID:

29323552

Uncontrolled Keywords:

CT children diagnostic reference level dose index registry pediatrics

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.125591

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/125591

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