Federal organizations and healthcare providers are growing increasingly concerned about the harmful effects of cumulative radiation doses. In August, The Joint Commission released a Sentinel Event ...

Cases exceeding the 90th percentile for dose, though infrequent, resulted in greater cumulative exposures for all cath lab staff.

Clinicians are doing a good job of keeping radiation doses for cardiac CT angiography (CTA) much lower today than they were in the past, according to a survey of practices around the world. “The ...

Relaxing radiation safety standards could place women and children at higher risks of health issues Get an x-ray, and you get a small dose of radiation to visualize your bones and body structures to ...

Potassium iodide is a salt made up of the minerals potassium (K) and iodine (I). Its chemical formula is “KI.” Potassium iodide is a medication and, when used properly, it can help protect the thyroid ...

A Nuclear Medicine technologist monitors a patient going through a nuclear medicine scan in a positron emission tomography (PET) at the Molecular Radiotherapy Service at University College London ...

Pancreatic cancer is notoriously difficult to treat, partly because surgery is not possible or is ineffective. MSK has developed a high-dose form of radiation therapy that can give safe, effective ...