Radiation dose management in medical imaging presents a number of challenges. Image quality must be optimized to aid diagnosis while minimizing the risk of patient or healthcare workers exposure to ...

A worldwide benchmarking study reports on radiation dose in coronary artery disease (CAD) diagnostic imaging across diverse healthcare settings. Results show marked variation in radiation dose by ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Mid-treatment imaging helped guide de-escalation of radiation for certain patients with oropharynx cancer, ...

When a medical imaging exam provides a clinical benefit, the only risk that should be considered is the exam itself rather than a patient's previous radiation exposure, according to a statement by ...

Radiation doses during coronary artery disease testing varied widely based on global region, with patients in lower-income ...

Imaging procedures utilizing ionizing radiation continue to advance rapidly and offer unprecedented benefits in health care. Even so, the potential harm from the associated radiation exposure has ...

Optimization of protection remains one of the fundamental principles of radiological protection. The definition of optimization is rather straightforward but comprises several aspects of the imaging ...

Low-dose stress 99m technetium tetrofosmin CZT imaging 4.2 Rubidium stress/rest PET 2.3 CT: Computed tomography; CZT: Cadmium zinc telluride; PA: Posteroanterior; SPECT: Single-photon emission ...

Median exposure reduced to 0 versus lead apron during LAAO, with possible broader applicab ...

Medical imaging is as central to patient care as are labs or pathology, and concern for radiation safety is as old as the field itself. These concerns have generated multiple mandates related to dose ...