The Use of Computerized Tomography Scans in Elective Knee and Hip Arthroplasty—What Do They Tell Us and at What Risk?
The average background radiation exposure in the United States has nearly doubled over the previous quarter century, with almost all the increase derived from medical imaging. Nearly 2% of all cancers in the United States may be attributable to radiation from computerized tomography (CT) scans. Give...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2022-06-01
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Series: | Arthroplasty Today |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352344122000784 |