© 2008 The British Institute of Radiology
Tailored CT: primum non nocere
E M LAUTIN 1,
M K NOVICK 1,
R JEAN-BAPTISTE 1
1 Department of Radiology, Lenox Hill Hospital, 100 East 77th Street, New York, NY 10021, USA
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Despite its vital diagnostic utility, the ionizing radiation used in CT is not benign. Patients have an increased risk of dying from a radiation-induced cancer for every pass through a CT scanner. One way to reduce this risk is to tailor CT, especially follow-up scans, to specific areas of concern. By doing so, we can help to minimize the small but real risk from this essential technology.
