Nuclear Medicine » Doses http://esnms.com Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:09:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Studies Quantify Radiation Doses, Cancer Risks From CT Scans http://esnms.com/studies-quantify-radiation-doses-cancer-risks-from-ct-scans/73/ http://esnms.com/studies-quantify-radiation-doses-cancer-risks-from-ct-scans/73/#comments Mon, 21 Dec 2009 02:39:42 +0000 http://esnms.com/?p=73 Studies Quantify Radiation Doses, Cancer Risks From CT Scans
Doses of radiation from commonly performed computed tomography (CT) scans vary widely, appear higher than generally believed and may contribute to an estimated tens of thousands of future cancer cases, according to two reports in the December 14/28 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. CT scans have become increasingly common in the United States-about 70 …

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