Celebrate the power of imaging: the european day of radiology
Approximately 1.800.000 CT examinations are performed every year in Belgium. With a mean dose 0,5 mSv, the annual collective dose from CT could induce up to 450 cancer. This number has to be compared to the 45 000 observed new cancers yearly. The deleterious effect of scanner radiation is thus undet...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Ubiquity Press
2011-02-01
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| Series: | Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology |
| Online Access: | https://www.jbsr.be/articles/519 |