October 21, 2011

Estimated Radiation Dose Associated With Low-Dose Chest CT of Average-Size Participants in the National Lung Screening Trial

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Abstract

Acceptable chest CT screening can be accomplished at an overall average effective dose of approximately 2 mSv as compared with an average effective dose of 7 mSv for a typical standard-dose chest CT examination.

Estimated Radiation Dose Associated With Low-Dose Chest CT of Average-Size Participants in the National Lung Screening Trial

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