Radiation Safety in Abdominal Computed Tomography

The rapid technological developments in computed tomography (CT) have enabled many new clinical applications in the abdominal region. Abdomen CT is considered as a high radiation dose examination due to the large number of radiosensitive organs in the field of view. CT radiation dose has received a...

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Published in:Seminars in ultrasound, CT, and MRI CT, and MRI, 2010-02, Vol.31 (1), p.29-38
Main Authors: Tsapaki, Virginia, MSc, PhD, Rehani, Madan, PhD, Saini, Sanjay, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Humans
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Radiation Dosage
Radiation Protection - instrumentation
Radiography, Abdominal - methods
Radiography, Abdominal - standards
Radiology
Safety
Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods
Tomography, X-Ray Computed - standards
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Summary:The rapid technological developments in computed tomography (CT) have enabled many new clinical applications in the abdominal region. Abdomen CT is considered as a high radiation dose examination due to the large number of radiosensitive organs in the field of view. CT radiation dose has received a lot of attention not only by the medical specialties and researchers, but also by patients and media. This article reviews the situation on radiation dose and risk and provides practical guidelines to effectively manage the radiation dose without losing the benefits and maintaining diagnostic confidence in CT procedures.
ISSN:0887-2171
1558-5034
DOI:10.1053/j.sult.2009.09.004