Probability of receiving a high cumulative radiation dose and primary clinical indication of CT examinations: a 5-year observational cohort study.

Cécile R L P N JeukensHub BoereBart A J M WagemansPatty J NelemansEstelle C NijssenRebecca Smith-BindmanJoachim E WildbergerAnna M Sailer

Published in: BMJ open (2021)

The probability of receiving a high radiation dose from CT examinations is small but not negligible. In the majority (80%) of high effective dose receiving patients, the indication for the initial CT scan was oncology related.

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