Preventable exposure in routine chest CT examinations: evaluation of effective dose beyond prescribed anatomical landmarks

Bárbara, Ana Rita; Ferreira, Joana; Lança, Luís

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Bárbara, Ana Rita

Ferreira, Joana

Lança, Luís

Abstract(s)

Objective - Evaluate preventable exposure dose in routine chest CT examinations beyond prescribed anatomical landmarks and estimate extra dose delivered to the patient. Background/rationale - Recent technical advances have greatly increased the clinical applications of CT; developments in multidetector-row CT (MDCT) technology have occurred; the major disadvantage with the increased use of MDCT is associated radiation exposure.

Keywords

Radiology Chest Computorized tomography

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/5435

Citation

Barbara A, Ferreira J, Lança L. Preventable exposure in routine chest CT examinations: evaluation of effective dose beyond prescribed anatomical landmarks. In European Congress of Radiology, Vienna (Austria), 6th to 10th March 2014. Insights Imaging. 2014;5(1 Suppl):S270.