Evaluating the Necessity and Radiation Risk of Brain CT Scans Requested by the Trauma Emergency Department

Evaluating the Necessity and Radiation Risk of Brain CT Scans Requested by the Trauma Emergency Department

Background: Numerous Computed Tomography (CT) scan requests for trauma patients have raised serious concern about the impacts of radiation such as radiation-induced cancers.Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the necessity rate of requested head CT scans for traumatic patients and to ultimately...

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Main Authors: Hadi Moradi, Hossein Chehre, Behzad Ghaderi, Faranak Saghatchi, Masoud Najafi, Parisa Karami, Hamed Rezaeejam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences 2023-12-01
Series:Journal of Biomedical Physics and Engineering
Subjects:
neoplasms, radiation-induced
trauma
tomography, x-ray computed
diagnostic imaging
Online Access:https://jbpe.sums.ac.ir/article_47786_e329b94857b215b44dd09f03d4acb48f.pdf

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