UC Davis clinicians and physicists have recommended new strategies to make computed tomography (CT) safer, including adoption of a new metric for dose measurement, ways to manage exposure protocols that differ by CT brand and specific approaches to reduce exposure during needle biopsies. The recommendations are detailed in papers published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR). In response to concerns about the radiation dose in CT, JACR devoted the entire issue to CT safety.
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