Title: Radiation dose in CT are meeting the challenge
Abstract:Despite comprising only2%of all examinations,CT contributed around20%of the collective dose to the popu-lation from diagnostic imaging.An abdominal examination in an adult with an effective dose of10m...Despite comprising only2%of all examinations,CT contributed around20%of the collective dose to the popu-lation from diagnostic imaging.An abdominal examination in an adult with an effective dose of10mSv has been estimated to increase the lifetime risk of fatal cancer by1in2000.Children are10times more sensitive to the effects of radiation than middleaged adults.Girls are more sensitive than boys.Variations in CT practice,ease of using,urgency in multislice CT,unawaring of the“uncoupling effect”in CT may be contributing to increasing in radiation dose.We must train.An awareness of emerging and the implied changes in practice,with revision of protocols to take account of advances.The“as low as reasonably achievable(ALARA)”principle applies just as much to CT as it does to conventional radiography.Read More
Publication Year: 2003
Publication Date: 2003-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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