Researchers find a way to reduce patient radiation dose during pulmonary CT angiography
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - 13:56
in Health & Medicine
While screening for possible pulmonary emboli using pulmonary CT angiography, a new study shows that radiologists can effectively lower the patient radiation dose by approximately 44% and improve vascular enhancement without deterioration of image quality, according to a study performed at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.