Radiation Exposure from Chest CT: Issues and Strategies

Overview

Journal J Korean Med Sci

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2004 Apr 15

PMID 15082885

Citations 21

Authors

Mannudeep K Kalra

Michael M Maher

Stefania Rizzo

David Kanarek

Jo-Anne O Shepard

Jo-Anne O Shephard

Affiliations

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Abstract

Concerns have been raised over alleged overuse of CT scanning and inappropriate selection of scanning methods, all of which expose patients to unnecessary radiation. Thus, it is important to identify clinical situations in which techniques with lower radiation dose such as plain radiography or no radiation such as MRI and occasionally ultrasonography can be chosen over CT scanning. This article proposes the arguments for radiation dose reduction in CT scanning of the chest and discusses recommended practices and studies that address means of reducing radiation exposure associated with CT scanning of the chest.

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