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IMAGING Management

Dose Management: Radiologists Don’t Face Cancer Risk

2016 26 Jul

Thanks to improved dose management protocols, present-day radiologists who graduated from medical school after 1940 do not face an increased risk of dying from radiation-related causes like cancer, according to a new study appearing online in the Radiological Society of North America journal Radiology .   The study compared cancer incidence... Read more

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CT Scans At NYU Detect Fractures Even At Ultra Low-Dose Levels

2016 05 Mar

Researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center are reporting in a new study that they successfully performed CT scans for joint fractures with one-fourteenth the amount of normal computed tomography radiation — without compromising image quality or a surgeon’s ability to effectively diagnose an injury. The NYU study showed that reduced the... Read more