It was reported to siemens that an adverse event occurred while operating the somatom definition flash ct system.During a scan of a 4-year-old female patient, the operator reported artifacts on the head images.As a result, the clinical staff made the decision to conduct a rescan of the patient.No negative health consequences were reported for the child associated with the reported event.Therefore, this report is submitted with an abundance of caution as siemens considers children as a vulnerable patient group.
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