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Foreword: Radiology Select Vol. 5 – Radiation Dose and Dose Reduction (PDF)
Deborah Levine, MD, Series Editor, Radiology Select
Herbert Y. Kressel, MD, Editor, Radiology

Introducing Radiology Select: Radiation Dose and Dose Reduction (PDF)
Denis Tack, MD, PhD
Cynthia H. McCollough, PhD

SECTIONS:
Challenges Associated with the Safe Use of Ionizing Radiation in Medical Imaging
Quantifying Radiation Exposure and Patient Dose from Medical Imaging
Quantifying Radiation Risk from the Low Doses Used in Medical Imaging
Quantifying Radiation Risk in a Medical Population
Dose Optimization in CT of the Abdomen
Dose Optimization in CT of the Heart and Lungs
Dose Management in Interventional Radiology and Neuroradiology
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Cardiac Radiology
Computed Tomography
Gastrointestinal Radiology
Health Policy & Practice
Interventional Radiology
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Physics and Basic Science
Research and Statistical Methods
Chest Radiology
Digital Mammography
Genitourinary Radiology
Informatics
Leadership and Management
Pediatric Radiology
Quality Assurance/Quality Improvement
Challenges Associated with the Safe Use of Ionizing Radiation in Medical Imaging
Managing Radiation Use in Medical Imaging: A Multifaceted Challenge

Hedvig Hricak, David J. Brenner, S. James Adelstein, Donald P. Frush, Eric J. Hall, Roger W. Howell, Cynthia H. McCollough, Fred A. Mettler, Mark S. Pearce, Orhan H. Suleiman, James H. Thrall, and Louis K. Wagner
Radiology 2011; 258: 889–905
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Radiation Exposure from CT Scans: How to Close Our Knowledge Gaps, Monitor and Safeguard Exposure—Proceedings and Recommendations of the Radiation Dose Summit, Sponsored by NIBIB, February 24–25, 2011

John M. Boone, William R. Hendee, Michael F. McNitt-Gray, and Steven E. Seltzer
Radiology 2012; 265: 544–554
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Achieving Routine Submillisievert CT Scanning: Report from the Summit on Management of Radiation Dose in CT

Cynthia H. McCollough, Guang Hong Chen, Willi Kalender, Shuai Leng, Ehsan Samei, Katsuyuki Taguchi, Ge Wang, Lifeng Yu, and Roderic I. Pettigrew
Radiology 2012; 264: 567–580
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The Federal Government’s Oversight of CT Safety: Regulatory Possibilities

H. Benjamin Harvey and Pari V. Pandharipande
Radiology 2012; 262: 391–398
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Quantifying Radiation Exposure and Patient Dose from Medical Imaging
Effective Doses in Radiology and Diagnostic Nuclear Medicine: A Catalog

Fred A. Mettler Jr, Walter Huda, Terry T. Yoshizumi, and Mahadevappa Mahesh
Radiology 2008; 248: 254–263
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Automated Data Mining of Exposure Information for Dose Management and Patient Safety Initiatives in Medical Imaging

Cynthia H. McCollough
Radiology 2012; 264: 322–324
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CT Dose Index and Patient Dose: They Are Not the Same Thing

Cynthia H. McCollough, Shuai Leng, Lifeng Yu, Dianna D. Cody, John M. Boone, and Michael F. McNitt-Gray
Radiology 2011; 259: 311–316
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Size-specific Dose Estimates for Adult Patients at CT of the Torso

Jodie A. Christner, Natalie N. Braun, Megan C. Jacobsen, Rickey E. Carter, James M. Kofler, and Cynthia H. McCollough
Radiology 2012; 265: 841–847
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Size-specific Dose Estimation for CT: How Should It Be Used and What Does It Mean?

James A. Brink and Richard L. Morin
Radiology 2012; 265: 666–668
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Through the Looking Glass Revisited: The Need for More Meaning and Less Drama in the Reporting of Dose and Dose Reduction in CT

Alexander A. Bankier and Herbert Y. Kressel
Radiology 2012; 265: 4–8
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Quantifying Radiation Risk from the Low Doses Used in Medical Imaging
Risks Associated with Low Doses and Low Dose Rates of Ionizing Radiation: Why Linearity May Be (Almost) the Best We Can Do

Mark P. Little, Richard Wakeford, E. Janet Tawn, Simon D. Bouffler, and Amy Berrington de Gonzalez
Radiology 2009; 251: 6–12
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The Linear No-Threshold Relationship Is Inconsistent with Radiation Biologic and Experimental Data

Maurice Tubiana, Ludwig E. Feinendegen, Chichuan Yang, and Joseph M. Kaminski
Radiology 2009; 251: 13–22
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Radiation Risks of Medical Imaging: Separating Fact from Fantasy

William R. Hendee and Michael K. O’Connor
Radiology 2012; 264: 312–321
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Policy Statement of the International Organization for Medical Physics

William R. Hendee and International Organization for Medical Physics
Radiology 2013; 267: 326–327
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Cancer Risks from CT Scans: Now We Have Data, What Next?

David J. Brenner and Eric J. Hall
Radiology 2012; 265: 330–331
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Radiation Exposure in CT Scanning and Risk: Where Are We?

James H. Thrall
Radiology 2012; 264: 325–328
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Quantifying Radiation Risk in a Medical Population
Patients with Testicular Cancer Undergoing CT Surveillance Demonstrate a Pitfall of Radiation-induced Cancer Risk Estimates: The Timing Paradox

Pari V. Pandharipande, Jonathan D. Eisenberg, Richard J. Lee, Michael E. Gilmore, Ekin A. Turan, Sarabjeet Singh, Mannudeep K. Kalra, Bob Liu, Chung Yin Kong, and G. Scott Gazelle
Radiology 2013 266: 896–904
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Body CT Scanning in Young Adults: Examination Indications, Patient Outcomes, and Risk of Radiation-induced Cancer

Robert L. Zondervan, Peter F. Hahn, Cheryl A. Sadow, Bob Liu, and Susanna I. Lee
Radiology 2013; 267: 460–469
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Impact of Reduced Patient Life Expectancy on Potential Cancer Risks from Radiologic Imaging

David J. Brenner, Igor Shuryak, and Andrew J. Einstein
Radiology 2011; 261: 193–198
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Risk of Radiation-induced Breast Cancer from Mammographic Screening

Martin J. Yaffe and James G. Mainprize
Radiology 2011; 258: 98–105
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Falling Prey to the Sunk Cost Bias: A Potential Harm of Patient Radiation Dose Histories

Jonathan D. Eisenberg, H. Benjamin Harvey, Donald A. Moore, G. Scott Gazelle, and Pari V. Pandharipande
Radiology 2012; 263: 626–628
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Dose Optimization in CT of the Abdomen
Acute Appendicitis in Young Adults: Low- versus Standard-Radiation-Dose Contrast-enhanced Abdominal CT for Diagnosis

So Yeon Kim, Kyoung Ho Lee, Kyuseok Kim, Tae Yun Kim, Hye Seung Lee, Seung-sik Hwang, Ki Jun Song, Heung Sik Kang, Young Hoon Kim, and Joong Eui Rhee
Radiology 2011; 260: 437–445
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Attenuation-based Automatic Tube Voltage Selection and Tube Current Modulation for Dose Reduction at Contrast-enhanced Liver CT

Kyung Hee Lee, Jeong Min Lee, Sung Kyoung Moon, Jee Hyun Baek, Ji Hoon Park, Thomas G. Flohr, Kyung Won Kim, Soo Jin Kim, Joon Koo Han, and Byung Ihn Choi
Radiology 2012; 265: 437–447
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Filtered Back Projection, Adaptive Statistical Iterative Reconstruction, and a Model-based Iterative Reconstruction in Abdominal CT: An Experimental Clinical Study

Zsuzsanna Deák, Jochen M. Grimm, Marcus Treitl, Lucas L. Geyer, Ulrich Linsenmaier, Markus Körner, Maximilian F. Reiser, and Stefan Wirth
Radiology 2013; 266: 197–206
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Targeted Delayed Scanning at CT Urography: A Worthwhile Use of Radiation?

Kalesha Hack, Patricia A. Pinto, and Marc J. Gollub
Radiology 2012; 265: 143–150
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Dose Optimization in CT of the Heart and Lungs
Children Suspected of Having Pulmonary Embolism: Multidetector CT Pulmonary Angiography—Thromboembolic Risk Factors and Implications for Appropriate Use

Edward Y. Lee, Sunny K. S. Tse, David Zurakowski, Victor M. Johnson, Nam Ju Lee, Donald A. Tracy, and Phillip M. Boiselle
Radiology 2012; 262: 242–251
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Submillisievert Median Radiation Dose for Coronary Angiography with a Second-Generation 320–Detector Row CT Scanner in 107 Consecutive Patients

Marcus Y. Chen, Sujata M. Shanbhag, and Andrew E. Arai
Radiology 2013; 267: 76–85
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Abandoning Daily Routine Chest Radiography in the Intensive Care Unit: Meta-Analysis

Yuji Oba and Tareq Zaza
Radiology 2010; 255: 386–395
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Radiation Dose Reduction with Hybrid Iterative Reconstruction for Pediatric CT

Sarabjeet Singh, Mannudeep K. Kalra, Anuradha S. Shenoy-Bhangle, Aashna Saini, Debra A. Gervais, Sjirk J. Westra, and James H. Thrall
Radiology 2012; 263: 537–546
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Reduced-Dose Low-Voltage Chest CT Angiography with Sinogram-affirmed Iterative Reconstruction versus Standard-Dose Filtered Back Projection

François Pontana, Julien Pagniez, Alain Duhamel, Thomas Flohr, Jean-Baptiste Faivre, Colm Murphy, Jacques Remy, and Martine Remy-Jardin
Radiology 2013; 267: 609–618
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Dose Management in Interventional Radiology and Neuroradiology
Fluoroscopically Guided Interventional Procedures: A Review of Radiation Effects on Patients’ Skin and Hair

Stephen Balter, John W. Hopewell, Donald L. Miller, Louis K. Wagner, and Michael J. Zelefsky
Radiology 2010; 254: 326–341
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Optimal Scan Parameters for CT Fluoroscopy in Lung Interventional Radiologic Procedures: Relationship between Radiation Dose and Image Quality

Yoshikazu Yamao, Koichiro Yamakado, Haruyuki Takaki, Tomomi Yamada, Shuichi Murashima, Junji Uraki, Hiroshi Kodama, Naoki Nagasawa, and Kan Takeda
Radiology 2010; 255: 233–241
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Radiation Dose and Cataract Surgery Incidence in Atomic Bomb Survivors, 1986–2005

Kazuo Neriishi, Eiji Nakashima, Masazumi Akahoshi, Ayumi Hida, Eric J. Grant, Naomi Masunari, Sachiyo Funamoto, Atsushi Minamoto, Saeko Fujiwara, and Roy E. Shore
Radiology 2012; 265: 167–174
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Bismuth Shielding, Organ-based Tube Current Modulation, and Global Reduction of Tube Current for Dose Reduction to the Eye at Head CT

Jia Wang, Xinhui Duan, Jodie A. Christner, Shuai Leng, Katharine L. Grant, and Cynthia H. McCollough
Radiology 2012; 262: 191–198
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Radiation Dose Reduction Strategy for CT Protocols: Successful Implementation in Neuroradiology Section

Alice B. Smith, William P. Dillon, Benison C. Lau, Robert Gould, Francis R. Verdun, Edward B. Lopez, and Max Wintermark
Radiology 2008; 247: 499–506
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