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Communicating radiation dose in medical imaging: How to best inform our patients?

Sergio SalernoCosimo NardiMario PaceLidia RabioloFederica FlammiaFrancesco LoverreDomenica MatrangaClaudio GranataPaolo TomàStefano Colagrande
Published in: Acta radiologica open (2023)
This study demonstrated a high level of interest amongst patients in knowing about radiation dose exposure. Pictorial representations were well understood by patients from a variety of different ages and education levels. However, a universally comprehensible model of communicating radiation dose information remains to be elucidated.
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