Abstract
Medical diagnostic examinations, although delivering low doses of ionizing radiation, are the main man-made source of ionizing radiation exposure for the general population. The number of procedures performed has grown dramatically in high-income countries in recent decades.1 Among these examinations, the use of computed tomography (CT), a highly informative medical imaging technique, has dramatically increased, partly as a result of the ease and speed of image acquisition improvements over the years. These trends are also observed in paediatric CT, which currently represents approximately 11% of all CT examinations.1
Details
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1-10 |
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Number of pages | 10 |
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Journal | International Journal of Epidemiology (Advance Access published July 31,2007) |
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Volume | 2018 |
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DOIs | |
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Publication status | Published - 2 Nov 2018 |
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