Konica Minolta AeroDR System Operation Manual page 112

8.2 Pediatric patients' use;
<Individual patient Protection>
• Specific pre-set pediatric control settings that are
appropriate for the intended patient
• Exposure based on thickness, not age or weight-
based
(Exceptions such as portable neonatal chest)
• Configurable based on local preferences
<Grid Use>
• Grid double or triple exposure factors / patient
dose
• Grid remove scatter & improve image quality in
thicker patient
• Grid are not needed in thinner patients <10-12
cm of water thickness
• Easy to override default programming & not re-
move grid
<Added filtration>
• Removes low energy x-rays that don't contribute
to image formation but contribute to patient dose
• Little use of added filtration
<Electronic Cropping>
Image should be clearly marked and used for QA
review
<Hardware requirement>
• Improved Automatic Exposure Control (AEC)
design
(ex. Chamber designed for pediatric use)
• Dose Area Product (DAP) meters
Keeping DAP results report as part of a QA pro-
cess
<Software requirement>
• Strongly recommended to use Exposure Index
& Deviation Index comply with IEC 62494-1(As
stated in the beginning of this section).
<Exportable QA tool>
Image review and record to measure and compare
exposure and other parameters for each exam
performed.
These feature can be used as part of a facilities
quality program for education and continuous im-
provement to aim at AS LOW AS Possible expo-
sure.
<Education>
Please reflect updated terminology standard and
dose reporting profiles under medical imaging
physics or radiologist or radiologic technologist
representative.
 CAUTION
Use of equipment and exposure settings designed
for adults of average size can result in excessive
radiation exposure for a smaller patient.
Studies have shown that pediatric patients may be
more radiosensitive than adults
(i.e., the cancer risk per unit dose of ionizing ra-
diation is higher), and so unnecessary
radiation exposure is of particular concern for pe-
diatric patients.
 Hint
To keep following IEC 62494-1 correctly for using
our detectors, it is important to follow QC control
and compatible X-ray specification with our detec-
tors.
• Quality tool of AeroDR SYSTEM / AeroDR
SYTEM2 is prepared phantom and software
to assure detector within specification to be
assured before finding Exposure Index in ac-
cordance with the standard of Image Gen-
tly and government guideline as needed.
Please refer to "Chapter 6" of AeroDR SYSTEM
/ AeroDR SYSTEM 2 Operation manual.
• For further X-ray system specification to use with
AeroDR SYSTEM / AeroDR SYSTEM 2, please
refer to "8.4 Compatible X-ray system specifica-
tion".
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