radiation dose

(European Society of Cardiology) A reduction by half in the radiation dose to which cardiac patients are exposed during diagnostic perfusion imaging is now "feasible," according to an Israeli study.Results from the study will be presented as a late-breaking trial at the International Conference of Non-Invasive Cardiovascular Imaging in Amsterdam.

ICNC is now one of the world's major scientific events in nuclear cardiology and cardiac CT imaging.

(Elhuyar Fundazioa) Ensuring the optimum radiation dose on the same day as the brachytherapy implant in prostate cancer treatment manages to control the illness in about 95 percent of the cases.

This is the result of research undertaken at the University Hospital of Navarre.

(Thomas Jefferson University) Radiation dose delivered to the prostate and nearby organs in every brachytherapy procedure should be carefully analyzed using post-implant CT or MRI and uniformly documented in every patient, according to a new guideline co-authored by Yan Yu, Ph.D., director of Medical Physics in the department of Radiation Oncology at Thomas Jefferson University.

(American Roentgen Ray Society) Radiologists have discovered that prospective electrocardiogram gating allows them to significantly reduce the patient radiation dose delivered during computed tomography angiography, a common noninvasive technique used to evaluate vascular disease, according to a study published in the October issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

(Radiological Society of North America) The Radiological Society of North America reaffirmed its commitment to patient safety today in responding to a study and accompanying perspective on radiation dose from medical imaging procedures in the New England Journal of Medicine.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- As many as two-thirds of adults underwent a medical test in the last few years that exposed them to radiation and in some cases, a potentially higher risk of cancer, a study in five areas of the U.S. suggests....