New clinical decision instruments can and should reduce radiation exposure.
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Abstract
In this Perspective linked to Rodriguez and colleagues, Emmanuel Lagarde discusses the importance of decision instruments that can help physicians avoid subjecting patients to radiation exposure from unnecessary CT scans.
Medical subject headings
- Decision Support Techniques
- Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced
- Radiation Exposure
- Radiation, Ionizing
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed