General Remarks

Risk communication in pediatric radiation diagnosis

Kazuko Ohno
Kyoto Collage of Medical Science

Abstract

　　Radiation diagnosis is an extremely useful tool in medical practice. But there is a growing realization that image quality often exceeds the level needed for a confident diagnosis and that patient doses are higher than necessary. It is very well known that children are more sensitive and likely to get radiation induced cancer than adults, and some patients and their family think that an increase of medical radiation exposure is a cause of carcinogenesis. Managing the pediatric patient dose is the best way in risk communication.

Keywords：Pediatrics, Managing patient dose, Risk communication