Cor Vasa 2026, 68(2):179-187 | DOI: 10.33678/cor.2025.127

Techniques for dose reduction in pediatric cardiac CT

Marek Kardoš
Department of Functional Diagnostics, Children's Cardiac Center, Bratislava, Slovakia

The increased use of CT scans in children over the past decades has raised concerns about the long-term risks of radiation exposure from diagnostic imaging. Children are more vulnerable to the harmful effects of radiation because they have a longer lifespan, allowing more time for radiation-related effects to accumulate. Technological innovations in computed tomography have facilitated significant reductions in radiation exposure for both adult and pediatric patients while preserving diagnostic imaging quality.

Keywords: Cardiac, CT, Dose reduction, Children,

Received: September 10, 2025; Revised: October 29, 2025; Accepted: November 26, 2025; Prepublished online: June 2, 2012; Published: May 20, 2026  Show citation

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Kardoš M. Techniques for dose reduction in pediatric cardiac CT. Cor Vasa. 2026;68(2):179-187. doi: 10.33678/cor.2025.127.
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