Pediatric patients five years and younger often require sedation to successfully complete CT imaging of the thorax and/or abdomen/pelvis. Sedation of pediatric patients poses certain risks and should be avoided when possible. In August of 2017, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta installed a new CT scanner – a Siemens SOMATOM Force. The SOMATOM Force posesses a Turbo Flash mode which results in sub second scan times for CT imaging of the thorax and/or abdomen/pelvis. Read More

Meeting name: SPR 2018 Annual Meeting & Postgraduate Course , 2018

Authors: Blake Crystal, Chastain Laura

Keywords: sedation reduction, Siemens SOMATOM Force