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This study aimed to evaluate the contribution of selective head CT scanning optimization towards the overall reduction of radiation exposure.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Materials and methods<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>We retrospectively assessed 1227 and 1352 head CT examinations acquired before and after the introduction of the HDM, respectively, in children aged 0\u201315\u00a0years. The radiation exposure was evaluated using the CT dose index volume (CTDI-vol), dose-length product (DLP), rate of HDM introduction, and effect of reducing in-hospital radiation dose before and after the introduction of the HDM. For an objective evaluation of the image quality, head CT scans acquired with HDM and full-dose method (FDM) were randomly selected, and the image noise standard deviation (SD) was measured for each scan. In addition, some HDM images were randomly selected and independently reviewed by two radiologists.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>The HDM was introduced in 27.9% of all head CTs. The mean CTDI-vol of all head CTs was 21.5\u2009\u00b1\u20096.9\u00a0mGy after the introduction, a 14.9% reduction. The mean DLP was 418.4\u2009\u00b1\u2009152.9\u00a0mGy.cm after the introduction, a 17.2% reduction. Compared to the FDM images, the noise SD of the HDM ones worsened by almost 0.9; however, none of the images were difficult or impossible to evaluate.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>The HDM yielded diagnostically acceptable images. In addition, a change in protocol for only two diseases successfully reduced the patients\u2019 overall radiation exposure by approximately 15%. 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