EuroSafe Imaging Session

EU 21 - Health effects from CT imaging during childhood and early adulthood

March 1, 16:00 - 17:30 CET

5 min
Chairperson's introduction
Claudio Granata, Trieste / Italy
12 min
The peculiar aspects of radiosensitivity of children
Ilze Apine, Riga / Latvia
  1. To understand how sensitivity from radiation exposure in children differs from adults.
  2. To learn what is known about the relationship between age at exposure and the risk of different tumour types.
12 min
Cancer risks and radiation exposures of children and young adults
Joanna Kasznia-Brown, Bristol / United Kingdom
  1. To learn from an overview of the epidemiological studies so far available what is known about the risk of cancer and exposure from CT studies.
  2. To understand the challenges and possible limitations of these studies.
12 min
Dosimetry in paediatric radiology
Timo De Bondt, Sint-Niklaas / Belgium
  1. To understand the specific challenges of accurate dose measurements in children.
  2. To appreciate how these challenges can be faced and what is to expect from artificial intelligence.
12 min
Cumulative effective dose from recurrent CT studies in children
Sergio Salerno, Palermo / Italy
  1. To understand the concept of cumulative effective dose.
  2. To appreciate the possible role of cumulative effective dose in justification and optimisation of CT studies in children and young adults.
  3. To learn which are the most common diseases causing a high-cumulative effective dose in children and young adults.
25 min
Optimisation of CT studies in children and young adults
Erich Sorantin, Graz / Austria
  1. To learn how to optimise CT studies considering the clinical indications.
  2. To understand the role of diagnostic reference levels for optimisation of CT studies.
12 min
Panel discussion: Do we have new evidence supporting the linear non-threshold model?