Provision of MRI can significantly reduce CT collective dose
| Autor: | B E Kelly, P. H. S. Smith, K Bell, J C Clarke, K. Cranley |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Radiation Dosage Ionizing radiation medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Child Aged Aged 80 and over Medical Audit business.industry Radiation dose Age Factors Infant Newborn Cancer Infant General Medicine Middle Aged Collective dose medicine.disease Magnetic Resonance Imaging humanities Child Preschool Female Radiology Nuclear medicine business Tomography X-Ray Computed |
| Zdroj: | The British journal of radiology. 74(886) |
| ISSN: | 0007-1285 |
| Popis: | The purpose of this study was to investigate the proportion of patients currently being investigated by CT that could be investigated by MRI with a potential reduction in exposure to ionizing radiation. The health detriment arising from the radiation dose associated with CT has been quantified in terms of the number of likely cases of serious health effects. The results show that a significant saving in the collective radiation dose is possible, with an associated detriment of between 0.23 and 0.33 cases of cancer or severe hereditary effects averted in one imaging department every year. In selecting the balance of provision of MRI and CT facilities, the health detriment associated with the radiation dose from CT should be considered. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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