Low Radiation X-rays: Benefiting People Globally by Reducing Cancer Risks
| Autor: | Luan Fujun, Jun Zhang, Zhi-Heng Liu, Hai-Qiang Wang, Kin-Cheung Mak |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent Radiography Radiation imaging Idiopathic scoliosis radiation exposure Review Radiation Dosage Global Burden of Disease 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Neoplasms medicine Medical imaging cancer Humans Age of Onset Intensive care medicine Modalities business.industry X-Rays Age Factors Cancer General Medicine medicine.disease mortality Spine Radiation exposure Radiation x Scoliosis adolescent idiopathic scoliosis 030211 gastroenterology & hepatology business |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Medical Sciences |
| ISSN: | 1449-1907 |
| Popis: | Modern medical imaging facilitates the diagnosis and treatment of human diseases. However, few people are aware of the cons of radiation exposure from medical imaging. Emerging evidence reveals that cumulative doses of radiation exposure will increase the morbidity and mortality of pertaining cancer. As a special young population, patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) suffer more radiation harms from repeated diagnostic imaging, most of which can be avoided in clinical practice. Accumulating evidence highlights reduced cancer risks of radiation exposure for AIS patients with low/zero radiation imaging modalities proposed, amongst which easy conversion from anterior-posterior (AP) to posterior-anterior (PA) projection for whole-spine radiographs should be stressed. It can greatly reduce radiation doses without compromising the quality of diagnostic imaging. Tight collimation combined with PA projection can further reduce radiation harms, and need to be spread to benefit people globally. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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