Large medical center reduces cumulative radiation exposure and CT scans through imaging algorithm
Monday, June 21, 2010 - 12:32
in Health & Medicine
A large, academic medical center implemented an imaging algorithm that allowed radiologists to successfully reduce the cumulative radiation exposure and number of computed tomography (CT) angiography (CTA) and CT perfusion studies performed on patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhages (a form of stroke), according to a study published in the July issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.