Dose, image quality and spine modeling assessment of biplanar EOS micro-dose radiographs for the follow-up of in-brace adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients.

Baptiste MorelSonia MoueddebEleonore BlondiauxStephen RichardManon BachyRaphael VialleHubert Ducou le Pointe

Published in: European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society (2018)

The micro-dose protocol substantially reduced the delivered dose (by a factor of 5-7 compared to the low-dose protocol) in braced children with AIS. Although image quality was reduced, the micro-dose protocol proved to be adapted to radiological follow-up, with adequate image quality and reliable clinical measurements. These slides can be retrieved under Electronic Supplementary Material.

Keyphrases

image quality
computed tomography
low dose
randomized controlled trial
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
young adults
prognostic factors
magnetic resonance