How Safe Are Radiation Doses in Diagnostic Radiology? A Historical Perspective and Review of Current Evidence

The “no dose is safe” linear no-threshold (LNT) model forms the basis for radiation safety in radiology practice. This model has its origins in observations of germline mutations in fruit flies exposed to X-rays. After World War II, quantitative risk estimates of radiation injury are primarily deriv...

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Autor principal: Srikanth Moorthy
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Publicado: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2021
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