Johansen Andrew,  Lee Jacob,  Robinson Amie,  Chan Sherwin

Final Pr. ID: Poster #: SCI-045

Foreign body (FB) ingestion can be a life threatening event for pediatric patients. The imaging for suspected FB is an esophagram. This procedure requires radiologist involvement, patient cooperation and has a higher dose of radiation than chest digital tomosynthesis (DTS). We want to describe usage of DTS in the pediatric population to aid in detection of radiolucent esophageal FB. Read More

Authors:  Johansen Andrew , Lee Jacob , Robinson Amie , Chan Sherwin

Keywords:  Digital Chest Tomosynthesis, Esophageal Foreign Body, Esophagram