It is time the medical profession became aware of the epidemic of exposure to diagnostic radiation in patients and did something about it, argues radiologist, Steven Birnbaum, in this week's BMJ. And he warns that many doctors, including radiologists, have limited knowledge of the doses and of the potential consequences of the massive increase in diagnostic medical radiation exposure.
He describes his horror as his daughter underwent multiple CT scans after being hit by a car. "I had seen few examples of radiation overexposure in the community hospital setting in which I work and was beginning to act on this," he says. "Now I saw it happen to my own daughter. I was horrified.
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