Patient positioning during pediatric cardiothoracic computed tomography using a high-resilience pad system and pre-scan measurement of chest thickness

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 12; no. 1; p. 16618
• Main Authors: Higuchi, Satoshi, Nishii, Tatsuya, Hirota, Atsushi, Harumoto, Shota, Horinouchi, Hiroki, Tateishi, Emi, Ohta, Yasutoshi, Kiso, Keisuke, Kurosaki, Kenichi, Fukuda, Tetsuya
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 05.10.2022; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 639/766; 692/308; 692/4019; Aorta; Cardiovascular diseases; Chest; Computed tomography; Coronary artery disease; Heart diseases; Humanities and Social Sciences; multidisciplinary; Patient positioning; Patients; Pediatrics; Science; Science (multidisciplinary)

Patient positioning at the isocenter of the CT gantry is important for optimizing image quality and radiation dose, but accurate positioning is challenging in pediatric patients. We evaluated whether the high-resilience pad and pre-scan measurement of chest thickness allow accurate positioning in pe...