Open AccessDose Optimization in Coronary CTA
Author(s) -
Pat Zanzonico
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
jacc. cardiovascular imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.79
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1936-878X
pISSN - 1876-7591
DOI - 10.1016/j.jcmg.2010.09.010
Subject(s) - coronary angiography , cardiology , medicine , environmental science , myocardial infarction
The annual number of computed tomography (CT) procedures in the U.S. has increased 20-fold (from 3 to 60 million) between 1985 and 2005 ([1][1]), and as a result, the average (i.e., per capita) annual background dose in the U.S. has nearly doubled from 3.0 to 5.6 mSv ([2][2]). This has precipitated
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