Reducing Radiation Exposure Without Compromising Image Quality for Lumbar Spine CT
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Department of RadiologyDocument Type
Journal ArticlePublication Date
2016-07-01Keywords
Radiology
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In light of the heightened awareness of radiation’s cancer-causing potential and the dramatic increase in the number of CT studies, minimizing radiation exposure is a paramount objective in radiology. An issue that complicates this goal is that image quality is a function of the dose of radiation. In other words, larger doses result in higher quality images. The goal then is to strike a balance to maximize patient safety: reduce radiation without compromising the quality of the image.Source
J Am Coll Radiol. 2016 Jul;13(7):825-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jacr.2015.10.011. Epub 2016 Jan 20. Link to article on publisher's siteDOI
10.1016/j.jacr.2015.10.011Permanent Link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/48121PubMed ID
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10.1016/j.jacr.2015.10.011