Imaging Diagnostic Systems, Inc., (OTC Bulletin Board: IMDS) a pioneer in laser optical breast imaging systems, announced that Professor Eric Milne, M.D., IDSI Director of Clinical Research, has contributed to a comprehensive new book, "Cancer Imaging: Lung and Breast Carcinomas," edited by Professor M.A. Hayat.
Professor Milne's chapter, "Breast Dose in Thoracic Computed Tomography," examines the risks of inducing breast cancer as a result of the ionizing radiation received during CT exams of the thorax and upper abdomen. Citing results stemming from his original 1992 study, which demonstrated that large doses of ionizing radiation, equivalent to the dose from 15 to 60 mammograms, are absorbed by the female breast as a result of each chest CT exam.
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