Recommendation For Pediatricians To Reduce Radiation During CT Scans

Computed Tomography (CT) scans has been one of the significantly important medical imaging techniques. The procedure provides highly-detailed images that help doctors in diagnosing a wide range of diseases. However, there are concerns about the safety of CT scans as they include delivering radiation to patients in order to generate the required images. Realizing the risks of radiation exposure, state Health Commissioner Dr. Richard Daines and Dr. Howard A. Freed, director of the department's Center for Environmental Health has recently sent mails to 16,000 pediatricians in New York. The mails included recommendations on how to reduce radiation exposure during CT scans carried out on children.

DMG Highlights The Risks Of Radiation Exposure During CT Scans

Computed tomography (CT) has been one of the powerful medical imaging techniques, the procedure produces highly-detailed images that aid doctors in diagnosis of several diseases. However, there are concerns about the safety of the technique since CT scans include delivering high doses of radiation to the patients. Realizing this, physicians at DuPage Medical Group (DMG) are working to develop new ways to decrease radiation exposure for their patients. Dr. Juliet Fallah, DMG diagnostic radiologist, explained "A couple of years ago these papers started coming out calculating the increased risk to patients when they get a CT scan, I was becoming very alarmed because I do CT scans all day on patients and I always assumed the benefits far outweighed the risks every time."

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CT Brain Perfusion And High Radiation Doses

CT scans have been one of the most important diagnostic tools. They generate high detailed images that aid doctors while they detect diseases and disorders. However, CT is associated with delivering high doses of radiation to patients, which raised many concerns about the safety profile of the technique. Doctors in the Uinted States have been asking for guidelines to manage the radiation doses delivered during CT procedures.

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Guidelines Needed For CT Scans

Digital Radiography: Computed Tomography (CT) has been one of the most important diagnostic imaging modalities. However, the use of CT has been raising concerns regarding its side effects, such as radiation ove ....Read More

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