Dose measurements in pediatric X-ray examination

In pediatric radiology dose measurements are especially important, since the chield's organism is especially radiation sensitive, compared to adults. The relatively high life expectency means a long lasting summation time for ionizing radiation, so that also radiation damages with long latent periods can be manifested. The high rate of mitosises in the growing organism, the larger volume dose, the altogether more active bone marrow, the incomplete descensus of the gonads in early infant age as well as restlessness and lacking cooperation with infants and small childs are further factors that have to be considered. It was the aim of this work to perform a plentiful number of dose measurements in often prochised radiologic examinations with comparetively special gonade load, on the one hand to estimate the dose values in the most frequent routine techniques and on the other hand to look for other possibilities for radiation exposition reduction. (orig./MG)