Screening patients with multi-detector computed axial tomography (MDCT): when will we inform patients about the risk of radiation?
Baskerville
Jerry R
JR
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555-1173, USA. jerry@jrbaskerville.com
D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / Q000209:etiology; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*