Radiation can be reduced without harming image quality

Steps can be taken by cardiologists to reduce radiation without sacrificing image quality, according to a presentation from the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology Annual Meeting.

James A. Case, PhD, chief scientific officer of Cardiovascular Imaging Technologies in Kansas City, Missouri, and the department of nuclear cardiology at the University of Missouri, said during his presentation that physicians should make radiation exposure as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA), but the word “reasonably” is something that is often overlooked.

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