Open AccessRadiation Protection in Pediatric Radiology
Author(s) -
Azhar Khan,
Tahleel Altaf Shera,
Naseer A. Choh,
G. M. Wani,
Zubair Ahmad
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of medical sciences/journal of medical sciences (srinagar. online)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2582-063X
pISSN - 0972-110X
DOI - 10.33883/jms.v19i1.285
Subject(s) - medicine , pelvis , trunk , rib cage , skeleton (computer programming) , bone marrow , radiography , haematopoiesis , radiology , pathology , anatomy , stem cell , ecology , genetics , biology
The radiation risk is higher for children than for adults, as children's tissues have a higher cell division rate, and cells can be damaged during this process. Children's bodies also have a higher water content and therefore absorb more radiation, which can cause damage to their genes. There are radiation, which can cause damage to their genes. There are also differences in the location of particularly at-risk tissues such as hematopoietic bone marrow. In adults, 74% (spine ribs, pelvis) is located in the skeleton or the trunk, and only 9% in the extremities. In infants, 29% is located in the skeleton of the trunk and 35% in the extremities.In adults, 8% is located in the cranial bones; in infants, 27%. This means that infants have large proportions of hematopoietic bone marrow in all parts of the body, including the extremities and any radiograph irradiates a substantial proportion of the hematopoietic marrow. As radiation induced malignant lesions remain latent for years, children and adolescents are prone to experience them. JMS 2016; 19(1):39-40