Highlights
- •The GATE MC toolkit was used to model and validate the multislice helical GE BrightSpeed Elite CT model.
- •An organ dose database for individuals (2.1–14 years age range), undergoing CT examinations was created.
- •Dependency of absorbed dose and the anatomical characteristics was researched for several organs.
- •Effective doses-normalized-to-DLP were estimated and correlated with the total body weight.
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