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Effective radiation dose in adults - Following are comparisons of effective radiation dose in adults with
Effective radiation ... with background radiation ... #PatientInfo #Radiology ... Imaging #ChestXRay #CXR ... #CT #Nuclear #Comparison
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
Estimated Medical Radiation ... Pediatrics 2008 #PatientInfo ... #Radiology #Background ... #Radiation #Doses ... #CT #Nuclear #Comparison
Medical Imaging - Radiation Dose
#PatientInfo #Radiology #Procedures #Imaging #Radiation #Doses #ChestXRay #CT #Nuclear #Stress #Comparison #Table
Medical Imaging - Radiation ... Dose #PatientInfo ... #Radiology #Procedures ... #Imaging #Radiation ... ChestXRay #CT #Nuclear
Radiation Dose to Adults from Common Imaging Examinations
ABDOMINAL REGION
 - Computed Tomography (CT) — Abdomen and
Radiation Dose to ... mSv 7 weeks #PatientInfo ... #Radiology #Background ... #Radiation #Doses ... Imaging #ChestXRay #CXR
Figure 2. - Effective radiation doses associated with common cardiovascular imaging tests. The average effective radiation
. - Effective radiation ... average effective radiation ... #PatientInfo #Cardiology ... #Radiology #Cardiac ... #Angiography #Nuclear
How much radiation is used in paediatric radiology examinations compared to other exposures?

Estimated dose - Days
How much radiation ... in paediatric radiology ... 4-6 years #PatientInfo ... Imaging #ChestXRay #CXR ... #CT #Nuclear #Comparison
Cicacitration atelectasis
Atelectasis can be the result of fibrosis of lungtissue.
This is seen after radiotherapy and in
#Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Radiation
Pulmonary complications of targeted therapy
-Immune checkpoint inhibitors (e.g. pembrolizumab)
-Pneumonitis is uncommon (~5% of patients) but can
pnuemonitis, as well as radiation ... associated with a clinical ... pneumonitis, but it’s unclear ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #Honc
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
runner presents to clinic ... pedal edema, and clear ... 50% respiratory variation ... Echocardiogram #a4c #pocus #clinical ... #cardiology
The chart below (from the FDA) shows radiation exposure with a variety of procedures and how
the FDA) shows radiation ... the background radiation ... abdomen is the radiation ... #PatientInfo #Radiology ... Imaging #ChestXRay #CXR