2023
Performance and reliability assessment of a lower dose, task-based scoliosis radiography protocol in pediatric patients
Al-Dasuqi K, Taylor E, Ehrlich L, Cooperman D, Socci A, Tuason D, Hoerner M, Staib L, Silva C. Performance and reliability assessment of a lower dose, task-based scoliosis radiography protocol in pediatric patients. Pediatric Radiology 2023, 54: 146-153. PMID: 38010426, DOI: 10.1007/s00247-023-05812-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDose area productPatient heightAdequate image qualityEffective doseExposure indexMedian effective doseLower radiation exposureComparison of proportionsChi-squared testIntraclass correlation coefficientBland-Altman plotsConsecutive patientsPediatric patientsIncident air kermaDose reductionLow doseSkeletal maturityRadiographsPatientsAir kermaRadiation exposureScoliosis radiographyStatistical significanceDoseSpinal curvature
2018
Three-Dimensional Printing for Construction of Tissue-Equivalent Anthropomorphic Phantoms and Determination of Conceptus Dose.
Hoerner MR, Maynard MR, Rajon DA, Bova FJ, Hintenlang DE. Three-Dimensional Printing for Construction of Tissue-Equivalent Anthropomorphic Phantoms and Determination of Conceptus Dose. American Journal Of Roentgenology 2018, 211: 1283-1290. PMID: 30354270, DOI: 10.2214/ajr.17.19489.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrinting technologyTissue-equivalent materialsFabrication of phantomsThree-dimensional printingFiller powderBone materialDiagnostic energy X-raysUrethane polymersPhantom materialConstruction timeAttenuation propertiesPhantom constructionComputational modelSpatial accuracySpatial resolutionMaterialsEnergy X-raysBone tissueComplex modelingScan rangeDosimetry purposesDensityDosimetry applicationsPhantomPhantom assembly