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The advantages of computed tomography (CT) are immense and have revolutionized the practice of medicine. Since its birth, the applications of CT have extended to different regions and areas of the body, allowing vast advances in the non invasive diagnosis of numerous diseases. Currently, most of the radiation applied for diagnostic purposes arises from the use of CT, nuclear medicine and fluoroscopy. Furthermore, in the last decade with the oncoming of multislice CT (MSCT), there occurred a sustained increase in the utilization of this modality worldwide, with the consequent rise of the radiation dose in the population. This fact has caught the attention of health authorities, the medical community in general and, specially, of radiologists, becoming a topic of high interest and importance around the globe.
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Carrascosa, P., Capuñay, C., Sueldo, C.E., Baronio, J.M. (2014). Radiation Dose. In: CT Virtual Hysterosalpingography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07560-0_14
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