Radiation Exposure

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • 2018 ACC/HRS/NASCI/SCAI/SCCT Expert Consensus Document on Optimal Use of Ionizing Radiation in Cardiovascular Imaging-Best Practices for Safety and Effectiveness, Part 1: Radiation Physics and Radiation Biology: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Task Force on Expert Consensus Decision Pathways Developed in Collaboration With Mended Hearts. 
  • 2018 ACC/HRS/NASCI/SCAI/SCCT Expert Consensus Document on Optimal Use of Ionizing Radiation in Cardiovascular Imaging-Best Practices for Safety and Effectiveness, Part 2: Radiological Equipment Operation, Dose-Sparing Methodologies, Patient and Medical Personnel Protection. 
  • 2018 ACC/HRS/NASCI/SCAI/SCCT Expert Consensus Document on Optimal Use of Ionizing Radiation in Cardiovascular Imaging: Best Practices for Safety and Effectiveness. 
  • 2018 ACC/HRS/NASCI/SCAI/SCCT Expert Consensus Document on Optimal Use of Ionizing Radiation in Cardiovascular Imaging-Best Practices for Safety and Effectiveness, Part 2: Radiological Equipment Operation, Dose-Sparing Methodologies, Patient and Medical Personnel Protection: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Task Force on Expert Consensus Decision Pathways. 
  • 2018 ACC/HRS/NASCI/SCAI/SCCT Expert Consensus Document on Optimal Use of Ionizing Radiation in Cardiovascular Imaging: Best Practices for Safety and Effectiveness: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Task Force on Expert Consensus Decision Pathways. 
  • 2018 ACC/HRS/NASCI/SCAI/SCCT Expert Consensus Document on Optimal Use of Ionizing Radiation in Cardiovascular Imaging-Best Practices for Safety and Effectiveness, Part 1: Radiation Physics and Radiation Biology: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Task Force on Expert Consensus Decision Pathways. 
  • A real-time Monte Carlo tool for individualized dose estimations in clinical CT. 
  • An Introduction to Radiation Sensibilities. 
  • An interlaboratory comparison of dosimetry for a multi-institutional radiobiological research project: Observations, problems, solutions and lessons learned. 
  • Awareness of medical radiation exposure among patients: A patient survey as a first step for effective communication of ionizing radiation risks. 
  • Balancing the benefits and harms of thyroid cancer surveillance in survivors of Childhood, adolescent and young adult cancer: Recommendations from the international Late Effects of Childhood Cancer Guideline Harmonization Group in collaboration with the PanCareSurFup Consortium. 
  • Bridging the gaps: using an NHP model to predict single dose radiation absorption in humans. 
  • Buccal mucosa micronuclei counts in relation to exposure to low dose-rate radiation from the Chornobyl nuclear accident and other medical and occupational radiation exposures. 
  • CT evaluation of the renal donor and recipient. 
  • Cath Lab Robotics: Paradigm Change in Interventional Cardiology? 
  • Children, medical radiation and the environment: An important dialogue. 
  • Commentary to 'in-hospital resource utilization, outcome analysis and radiation exposure in children undergoing appendicostomy vs cecostomy tube placement'. 
  • Comparison of Radiation Exposure from Fixed Table Fluoroscopy to a Portable C-Arm During Ureteroscopy. 
  • Comparison of Transradial and Transfemoral Approaches for Coronary Angiography and Percutaneous Intervention in Patients with Coronary Bypass Grafts. 
  • Computer-Assisted Instrument Navigation Versus Conventional C-Arm Fluoroscopy for Surgical Instrumentation: Accuracy, Radiation Time, and Radiation Exposure. 
  • Contrast Administration in CT: A Patient-Centric Approach. 
  • Coronary artery calcium: A technical argument for a new scoring method. 
  • Current worldwide nuclear cardiology practices and radiation exposure: results from the 65 country IAEA Nuclear Cardiology Protocols Cross-Sectional Study (INCAPS). 
  • Do You Want to Hear the Bad News? The Value of Diagnostic Tests for Alzheimer's Disease. 
  • Dose surveys and DRLs: critical look and way forward. 
  • Dual-Source Single-Energy Multidetector CT Used to Obtain Multiple Radiation Exposure Levels within the Same Patient: Phantom Development and Clinical Validation. 
  • Effect of Vascular Access Site Choice on Radiation Exposure During Coronary Angiography: The REVERE Trial (Randomized Evaluation of Vascular Entry Site and Radiation Exposure). 
  • Effect of the CT table strap on radiation exposure and image quality during cervical spine CT. 
  • Estimating radiation exposure during paediatric cardiac catheterisation: a potential for radiation reduction with air gap technique. 
  • Evaluation of Low-Contrast Detectability of Iterative Reconstruction across Multiple Institutions, CT Scanner Manufacturers, and Radiation Exposure Levels. 
  • Eye dose assessment and management: overview. 
  • Gender Differences in Radiation Dose From Nuclear Cardiology Studies Across the World: Findings From the INCAPS Registry. 
  • Genomic characterization of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) in radiation-exposed Chornobyl cleanup workers. 
  • ICRP Publication 135: Diagnostic Reference Levels in Medical Imaging. 
  • Image Gently Have-A-Heart Campaign. 
  • Image Gently: Getting It Right. 
  • Imaging Advances in Urolithiasis. 
  • Imaging for urolithiasis: standards, trends, and radiation exposure. 
  • Impact of active dose management on radiation exposure and image quality in computed tomography: An observational study in 1315 patients. 
  • Internally Randomized Control Trial of Radiation Exposure Using Ultra-low Radiation Imaging Versus Traditional C-arm Fluoroscopy for Patients Undergoing Single-level Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion. 
  • Late Effects of Exposure to Ionizing Radiation and Age on Human Thymus Morphology and Function. 
  • Metoclopramide Reduces Fluoroscopy and Procedure Time during Gastrojejunostomy Tube Placement: A Placebo-Controlled Trial. 
  • Minimizing radiation exposure during percutaneous nephrolithotomy. 
  • New approaches to reduce radiation exposure. 
  • Noncanonical autophagy in dermal dendritic cells mediates immunosuppressive effects of UV exposure. 
  • Nuclear Cardiology Practice in Asia: Analysis of Radiation Exposure and Best Practice for Myocardial Perfusion Imaging　- Results From the IAEA Nuclear Cardiology Protocols Cross-Sectional Study (INCAPS). 
  • Nuclear cardiology practices and radiation exposure in Africa: results from the IAEA Nuclear Cardiology Protocols Study (INCAPS). 
  • Opportunities for improvement on current nuclear cardiology practices and radiation exposure in Latin America: Findings from the 65-country IAEA Nuclear Cardiology Protocols cross-sectional Study (INCAPS). 
  • Overview of ICRP Committee 3: protection in medicine. 
  • Patient Exposure from Radiologic and Nuclear Medicine Procedures in the United States: Procedure Volume and Effective Dose for the Period 2006-2016. 
  • Patient Radiation Dosage During Lower Extremity Endovascular Intervention. 
  • Patient Radiation Exposure During Fluoro-Assisted Direct Anterior Approach Total Hip Arthroplasty. 
  • Pediatric providers and radiology examinations: knowledge and comfort levels regarding ionizing radiation and potential complications of imaging. 
  • Practices and attitudes towards radiation risk disclosure for computed tomography: survey of emergency medicine residency program directors. 
  • Radiation Dosimetry for Ureteroscopy Patients: A Phantom Study Comparing the Standard and Obese Patient Models. 
  • Radiation Exposure during the Evaluation and Management of Nephrolithiasis. 
  • Radiation Safety in Children With Congenital and Acquired Heart Disease: A Scientific Position Statement on Multimodality Dose Optimization From the Image Gently Alliance. 
  • Radiation effects and risks: overview and a new risk perception index. 
  • Radiation exposure in relation to the arterial access site used for diagnostic coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 
  • Radiation- and Age-Associated Changes in Peripheral Blood Dendritic Cell Populations among Aging Atomic Bomb Survivors in Japan. 
  • Radiologic Aspects of the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism in Pregnancy. 
  • Reduced radiation exposure in the cardiac catheterization laboratory with a novel vertical radiation shield. 
  • Reducing Patient Radiation Exposure From CT Fluoroscopy-Guided Lumbar Spine Pain Injections by Targeting the Planning CT. 
  • Robotic Assisted Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Hype or Hope? 
  • Robotic-assisted transradial diagnostic coronary angiography. 
  • Safety of coronary CT angiography and functional testing for stable chest pain in the PROMISE trial: A randomized comparison of test complications, incidental findings, and radiation dose. 
  • The American College of Radiology Fluoroscopy Dose Index Registry Pilot: Technical Considerations and Dosimetric Performance of the Interventional Fluoroscopes. 
  • The Value of Value. 
  • Tracking of examination and dose: overview. 
  • Treatment of Pregnant Patients With Orthopaedic Trauma. 
  • Unintended and accidental medical radiation exposures in radiology: guidelines on investigation and prevention. 
  • Use of a Noise Optimized Monoenergetic Algorithm for Patient-Size Independent Selection of an Optimal Energy Level During Dual-Energy CT of the Pancreas. 
  • Variability in Radiation Dose From Repeat Identical CT Examinations: Longitudinal Analysis of 2851 Patients Undergoing 12,635 Thoracoabdominal CT Scans in an Academic Health System. 
  • Variability in radiation dose and image quality: A comparison across fluoroscopy-system vendors, generations of equipment and institutions.