PMID- 27995545
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20170424
LR  - 20191210
IS  - 1879-5447 (Electronic)
IS  - 0158-9938 (Linking)
VI  - 40
IP  - 1
DP  - 2017 Mar
TI  - Validation of the Australian diagnostic reference levels for paediatric multi 
      detector computed tomography: a comparison of RANZCR QUDI data and subsequent 
      NDRLS data from 2012 to 2015.
PG  - 101-114
LID - 10.1007/s13246-016-0508-0 [doi]
AB  - The national diagnostic reference level service (NDRLS), was launched in 2011, 
      however no paediatric data were submitted during the first calendar year of 
      operation. As such, Australian national diagnostic reference levels (DRLs), for 
      paediatric multi detector computed tomography (MDCT), were established using data 
      obtained from a Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists 
      (RANZCR), Quality Use of Diagnostic Imaging (QUDI), study. Paediatric data were 
      submitted to the NDRLS in 2012 through 2015. An analysis has been made of the 
      NDRLS paediatric data using the same method as was used to analyse the QUDI data 
      to establish the Australian national paediatric DRLs for MDCT. An analysis of the 
      paediatric NDRLS data has also been made using the method used to calculate the 
      Australian national adult DRLs for MDCT. A comparison between the QUDI data and 
      subsequent NDRLS data shows the NDRLS data to be lower on average for the Head 
      and AbdoPelvis protocol and similar for the chest protocol. Using an average of 
      NDRLS data submitted between 2012 and 2015 implications for updated paediatric 
      DRLS are considered.
FAU - Anna, Hayton
AU  - Anna H
AD  - Medical Imaging Section, Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety 
      Agency, 619 Lower Plenty Road, Yallambie, Melbourne, VIC, 3085, Australia. 
      Anna.Hayton@arpansa.gov.au.
FAU - Wallace, Anthony
AU  - Wallace A
AD  - Medical Imaging Section, Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety 
      Agency, 619 Lower Plenty Road, Yallambie, Melbourne, VIC, 3085, Australia.
FAU - Thomas, Peter
AU  - Thomas P
AD  - Medical Imaging Section, Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety 
      Agency, 619 Lower Plenty Road, Yallambie, Melbourne, VIC, 3085, Australia.
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Validation Study
DEP - 20161219
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Australas Phys Eng Sci Med
JT  - Australasian physical & engineering sciences in medicine
JID - 8208130
SB  - IM
MH  - Australia
MH  - Body Weight
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - Confidence Intervals
MH  - Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation
MH  - Humans
MH  - Infant
MH  - Internationality
MH  - Multidetector Computed Tomography/*standards
MH  - Reference Values
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - CTDIvol
OT  - Computed tomography
OT  - Diagnostic reference level
OT  - Dose length product
OT  - Paediatric
EDAT- 2016/12/21 06:00
MHDA- 2017/04/25 06:00
CRDT- 2016/12/21 06:00
PHST- 2016/02/24 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2016/11/23 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2016/12/21 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2017/04/25 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2016/12/21 06:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1007/s13246-016-0508-0 [pii]
AID - 10.1007/s13246-016-0508-0 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Australas Phys Eng Sci Med. 2017 Mar;40(1):101-114. doi: 
      10.1007/s13246-016-0508-0. Epub 2016 Dec 19.