… a radiation dose that is as low as reasonably achievable. In keeping with the main theme of
… current issue of Cardiology Clinics, this article focuses on cardiac computed tomography (CT…

… ), and the effective dose (E) are the most useful parameters to describe and compare radiation
doses received from cardiac CT examinations. When comparing radiation doses between …

… of multi-slice coronary computed tomography for evaluation of … Cardiac computed tomography
angiography (CCTA) can accurately diagnose coronary artery disease, but radiation dose …

… Whilst controversy still remains about the interpretation of the data, it is generally accepted
that a linear no threshold risk for radiation exposure exists and, as radiologists, our aim …

… radiation dose … radiation dose from X-ray computed tomography (CT) has been underscored
recently by the attention given in the popular media and scientific literature to issues of dose …

… from ubiquitous background radiation (ie, terrestrial radioactivity, cosmic radiation, and …
exposure. About half of the medical radiation dose is a result of the use of computed tomography (…

… radiation exposure associated with cardiac computed tomography (CT). Traditional …
reviews currently available strategies for successfully reducing radiation dose in cardiac CT. …

… , the doses reported in previous publications on cardiac CT … the current concepts of radiation
dose measurement and … estimates for radiation doses received during cardiac examinations …

… of the magnitude of the radiation dose received from coronary CT scanning and to realize …
the radiation exposure “as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA)”. Furthermore, cardiac CT …

… ACCF/ACR/SCCT/SCMR/ASNC/NASCI/SCAI/SIR 2006 appropriateness criteria for cardiac
computed tomography and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging: a report of the American …