Newswise — The Society for Pediatric Radiology, which includes physicians from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), has launched a project known as Image Gently, which seeks to decrease unnecessary imaging and radiation levels in children. The American College of Radiology estimates that there are seven million computed tomography (CT) scans performed in children each year in the US, a number that is increasing about 10 percent annually.
While CT is a useful imaging tool that produces quality diagnostic images of underlying conditions, CT scans expose patients to significantly more radiation than standard x-rays. This is an issue of particular importance for children, whose tissues are more sensitive to the larger relative radiation doses they receive, and who have a longer period of time to develop cancers that may result from the radiation exposure.
source: Newswise
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