Radiation risks of diagnostic imaging
Diagnostic radiation is an effective tool that can save lives. The higher the dose of radiation delivered at any one time, however, the greater the risk for long-term damage. If a patient receives repeated doses, harm can also occur as the cumulative effect of those multiple doses over time...
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES
Questions and Answers
Radiation Protocol Committee Requirements for
Fluoroscopically-Guided Interventional and Computed Tomography Procedures
in 25 Texas Administrative Code, §289.227
(relating to Use of Radiation Machines in the Healing Arts)
March 1, 2013...
BMJ: Megastudy links pediatric CT to higher cancer rates
May 22, 2013 - The largest study to probe the effects of ionizing radiation since the atomic bomb survivor studies shows that cancer incidence does rise among younger patients - although only in small amounts - in the years following...
Bon Secours Press Release
Scottsdale, Ariz., February 8, 2013 – PHS Technologies Group LLC, a division of PACSHealth
LLC and developer of an innovative software solution that records and analyzes ionizing
radiation data from medical imaging procedures, has announced that multi-state healthcare...