title: Radiation dose in computed tomography.
abstract: Computed tomography exposes patients to higher radiation levels than most other imaging techniques. This article describes factors that affect radiation dose in CT, how CT dose is measured and methods to reduce the dose to patients and health care professionals.
authors.affiliation: British Columbia Institute of Technology.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Seeram
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011835:Radiation Protection; D011874:Radiometry; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed