Abstract
Corrigendum to ICRP Publication 121: Radiological protection in paediatric diagnostic and interventional radiology [Ann. ICRP 42(2), 2013]. DOI: 10.1016/j.icrp.2012.10.001.
Countrywide surveys of dose estimations for paediatric computed tomography (CT) of the head, chest, and abdomen/pelvis (modified from Thomas, 2011).
CTDI, CT dose index; DLP, dose–length product. References: Shrimpton et al., 2005; Galanski et al., 2007; Verdun et al., 2008; Brisse and Aubert, 2009; Yakoumakis et al., 2009; Buls et al., 2010. *For head CT, CTDI and DLP, values refer to the 16-cm phantom. For chest and abdomen/pelvis CT, values refer to the 32-cm phantom, followed by the corresponding 16-cm phantom value in parentheses. Data have been adapted from the original publications, expressed according to the 16-cm phantom (Shrimpton et al., 2005; Verdun et al., 2008; Yakoumakis et al., 2009), the 32-cm phantom (Brisse and Aubert, 2009), or both (Galanski et al., 2007). †Proposed diagnostic reference levels (DRLs) expressed for children aged 1, 5, and 10 years (Shrimpton et al., 2005; Brisse and Aubert, 2009; Yakoumakis et al., 2009) or using age ranges (Galanski et al., 2007; Verdun et al., 2008). Most paediatric DRL surveys do not include a specific 15-year-old category, although some include an 11–15-year-old group (Galanski et al., 2007; Verdun et al., 2008); the adult DRL in that country, or a value intermediate between adult and 10-year-old DRLs, may be considered appropriate for teenagers. ‡Switzerland subsequently adopted the values from the larger German study (Galanski et al., 2007). §Values calculated according to recommendations of the Alliance for Radiation Safety in Pediatric Imaging, based on the future French DRL values for adult abdominal CT recommended by IRSN, the French Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety, in 2008.
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