Background Transradial access for cardiac catheterisation results in lower bleeding and
vascular complications than the traditional transfemoral access route. However, the …

Millions of patients benefit from medical imaging every single day. However, we have
entered an unprecedented era in imaging practices wherein 1 out of 125 patients can be …

Since the publication of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) procedural
guidelines for radionuclide myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) in 2005, many small and …

The current paper details the recommendations arising from an NIH-NHLBI/NCI-sponsored
symposium held in November 2012, aiming to identify key components of a radiation …

OBJECTIVE. This article presents relevant physics, technology, and radiobiology along with
a summary of operational guidelines for radiation management in interventional fluoroscopy …

The new recommendation of the International Commission on Radiological Protection for
occupational eye dose is an equivalent dose limit to the eye of 20 mSv year–1, averaged …

SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging plays a central role in coronary artery disease
diagnosis, but concerns exist regarding its radiation burden. Compared with standard Anger …

Education is a necessary foundation for any efforts to enhance the radiation safety of
medical imaging. Clinicians should have an understanding of the potential benefits and risks …

Objectives This study introduces a method to calculate myocardium blood flow (MBF) and
coronary flow reserve (CFR) using the relatively low-dose dynamic 320-row multi-detector …

Background Estimates of radiation risks following prolonged exposures at low doses and
low-dose rates are uncertain. Medical radiation workers are a major component of the …