March 9th, 2004, 00:18
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Radiation Effects of Medical Imaging - a Need for Caution
this article is an excellent overview of the amount of radiation involved in medical imaging studies (see especially the table located at http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/cont...8/7439/578/TBL1) and issues that we need to think about when ordering, or undergoing a study involving radiation. Currently, the amount of radiation from natural sources every year equals the amount of radiation exposure from medical imaging (when averaged across the entire population).
REF: BMJ 2004;328:578-580 (6 March), doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7439.578
URL: http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/cont...mj;328/7439/578
TITLE: Sustainability of medical imaging |
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