Open AccessDerivation of new diagnostic reference levels for neuro-paediatric computed tomography examinations in Switzerland
Author(s) -
Franca Wagner,
Julie Bize,
Damien Racine,
R. le Coultre,
Francis R. Verdun,
Ph. R. Trueb,
Reto Treier
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of radiological protection
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.471
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1361-6498
pISSN - 0952-4746
DOI - 10.1088/1361-6498/aac69c
Subject(s) - medicine , quartile , percentile , computed tomography , reference values , radiology , nuclear medicine , statistics , confidence interval , mathematics
Definition of new national diagnostic reference levels (DRLs) for volume computed tomography dose index (CTDI vol ) and dose length product (DLP) for neuro-paediatric CT examinations depending on the medical indication.