X-rays and Children: FDA Issues Guidance to Minimize Dose

In medicine, knowledge is power and the information and knowledge gained from medical imaging have transformed the way medicine is practiced in less than a generation. Advances in X-ray imaging have evolved dramatically and span simple projection X-ray examinations to sophisticated 3-D techniques (computed tomography or ‘CT’) to fluoroscopy, which features dynamic images helpful in both diagnosing and treating certain conditions.

These advances mean that we can find problems earlier, when a treatment is most likely to be successful. As a pediatrician and a cardiologist, I have relied upon these increasingly accurate tests, and seen firsthand their life-saving benefits among my patients.

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