Key result
Removing the anti-scatter grid during pediatric fluoroscopy approximately halves the radiation dose to the patient while maintaining diagnostically acceptable contrast.
Why the study?
Does removing the anti-scatter grid reduce radiation dose without unacceptable loss of contrast in children undergoing fluoroscopy?
Population
Children undergoing routine fluoroscopic contrast examinations and tissue-equivalent phantoms
Comparison
Fluoroscopy without the anti-scatter grid vs Fluoroscopy with the anti-scatter grid
Design
Case_series
Authors
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May support grid removal to lower pediatric radiation exposure; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before practice change.
Observational (n=80)
No
Does removing the anti-scatter grid reduce radiation dose without unacceptable loss of contrast in children undergoing fluoroscopy?
Removing the anti-scatter grid during paediatric fluoroscopy significantly reduces radiation exposure while maintaining acceptable diagnostic contrast.
Drury et al. (1980) conducted an observational in Pediatric patients undergoing contrast fluoroscopy (n=80). Removal of the anti-scatter grid vs. Use of the anti-scatter grid was evaluated on Radiation dose and diagnostic acceptability. Removing the anti-scatter grid during pediatric fluoroscopy approximately halves the radiation dose to the patient while maintaining diagnostically acceptable contrast.
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