Imaging strategies to reduce the risk of radiation in CT studies, including selective substitution with MRI

@article{Semelka2007ImagingST,
  title={Imaging strategies to reduce the risk of radiation in CT studies, including selective substitution with MRI},
  author={R C Semelka and Diane Armao and Jorge Elias and Walter Huda},
  journal={Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging},
  year={2007},
  volume={25}
}
"When one admits that nothing is certain one must, I think, also admit that some things are much more nearly certain than others. [] Key Method" We also searched major reports issued from governmental U.S. and world health-related agencies. Many studies have shown that organ doses associated with routine diagnostic CT scans are similar to the low-dose range of radiation received by atomic-bomb survivors. The FDA estimates that a CT examination with an effective dose of 10 mSv may be associated with an…
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