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Center for Devices and Radiological Health US Food and Drug Administration (2010) White Paper: Initiative to Reduce Unnecessary Radiation Exposure from Medical Imaging.
http://www.fda.gov/Radiation-EmittingProducts/RadiationSafety/RadiationDoseReduction/ucm199994.htm

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• TITLE: Temporal Trends in Radiation Dose Associated with Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography

  AUTHORS: Paolo Marraccini, Alessandro Mazzarisi, Clara Carpeggiani, Mathis Schluter, Marco Brambilla, Massimiliano Bianchi, Lorenzo Faggioni, Giuseppe Coppini, Carlo Bartolozzi, Eugenio Picano

  KEYWORDS: Ischemic Heart Disease; X Ray; Cardiac Computed Tomography; Cardiovascular Imaging; Radiation Dosing

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Radiology, Vol.4 No.1, March 5, 2014

  ABSTRACT: Background: In 2010, the International Atomic Energy Agency launched the “3A’s campaign” as an effective tool for primary cancer prevention. In 2011, the American Association of Physicists in Medicine recommended the size specific dose estimate (SSDE). Objectives: To audit doses of Coronary CT Angiography (Coronary CTA) in tertiary care referral center. Methods: We reviewed 998 consecutive Coronary CTA (from 2007 to 2012). Doses (CTDIvol mGy), DLP (mGy*cm), effective dose (DLP*0.014, mSv) were on-line archived. SSDE was estimated retrospectively. Appropriateness score was evaluated for exams performed from the 2010. Results: Overall median dose per Coronary CTA was 49.7 mGy for CTDIvol, 55.5 mGy for SSDE, 994.96 mGy*cm for DLP, 13.9 mSv for effective dose. Median DLP decreased over time (1452.94 in 2007, 1605.56 in 2008, 1113.49 in 2009, 759.99 in 2010, 448.61 in 2011 and 497.88 mGy*cm in 2012, p 1 (88%) CTDIvol underestimated SSDE (48.49 vs 57.19 mGy), whilst in patients with SDF