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Effective radiation dose in adults - Following are comparisons of effective radiation dose in adults with
in adults with background ... PatientInfo #Radiology #Background ... #Imaging #ChestXRay ... Nuclear #Comparison #Table ... #Risks
Estimated Medical Radiation Doses for 5 Year-Old Child

3-view ankle	0.0015 mSv	1/14th CXRs
2-view chest	0.02 mSv	1 CXRs
Anteroposterior and lateral
PatientInfo #Radiology #Background ... #Imaging #ChestXRay ... Nuclear #Comparison #Table ... #Risks #Testing ... #Study #Peds #Pediatrics
How much radiation is used in paediatric radiology examinations compared to other exposures?

Estimated dose - Days
How much radiation ... #Imaging #ChestXRay ... Nuclear #Comparison #Table ... #Risks #Testing ... #Study #Peds #Pediatrics
Medical Imaging - Radiation Dose
#PatientInfo #Radiology #Procedures #Imaging #Radiation #Doses #ChestXRay #CT #Nuclear #Stress #Comparison #Table
Medical Imaging ... - Radiation Dose ... #ChestXRay #CT ... Stress #Comparison #Table ... #Risks
Radiation Dose to Adults from Common Imaging Examinations
ABDOMINAL REGION
 - Computed Tomography (CT) — Abdomen and
Radiation Dose to ... PatientInfo #Radiology #Background ... #Imaging #ChestXRay ... Nuclear #Comparison #Table ... #Risks #Testing
Figure 2. - Effective radiation doses associated with common cardiovascular imaging tests. The average effective radiation
cardiovascular imaging ... cardiovascular imaging ... to the average background ... Radiology #Cardiac #Imaging ... Stress #Comparison #Risks
The chart below (from the FDA) shows radiation exposure with a variety of procedures and how
compares to the background ... PatientInfo #Radiology #Background ... #Imaging #ChestXRay ... CT #Comparison #Table ... #Risks
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease algorithm.
 
For those patients with NAFLD or liver disease of unknown aetiology,
liver disease algorithm ... signifying a low risk ... such as ELF and imaging ... ARFI, acoustic radiation ... Disease #NAFLD #algorithm
Alcohol-related liver disease algorithm. 

In patients in whom alcohol is suspected to be the main injurious
liver disease algorithm ... early decision-making ... for the higher-risk ... ARFI, acoustic radiation ... #LiverDisease #algorithm
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
are typically able ... and the Troponin rises ... patient before making ... #diagnosis #algorithm