The role of the radiographer in paediatric imaging.

Abstract

Paediatric radiography is the imaging of young children. The objective of this study was to evaluate the radiographer's role in paediatric imaging. Good communication and full cooperation from the young patient help a lot in an X-ray examination. The child may feel more at ease and no repeats will be needed since the child will remain still during the examination and there will not be motion blur. These may be encouraged by having a good environment and good paediatric radiographers. The role of play and distraction techniques helps furthermore to make the child feel comfortable. Sometimes, immobilization techniques may be used to immobilize the young patient. Furthermore, digital radiography systems may help the radiographer to get a better image with more diagnostic information than conventional imaging. These digital systems even help the radiographer to reduce the amount of repeat X-rays, since image manipulation can be done with digital radiography.