• DocumentCode
    1428051
  • Title

    Medical imagers lower the dose

  • Author

    Savage, Neil

  • Volume
    47
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    3/1/2010 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    14
  • Lastpage
    16
  • Abstract
    Recent research documenting that CT scans increase the risk of cancer has biomedical engineers looking for new ways to reduce patients´ exposure to ionizing radiation.
  • Keywords
    Biomedical computing; Biomedical engineering; Biomedical imaging; Cancer; Computed tomography; Heart; Image reconstruction; Ionizing radiation; Medical services; Space technology;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Spectrum, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9235
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MSPEC.2010.5421885
  • Filename
    5421885