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CorrespondenceEstimation of the Radiation Dose From CT in Cystic Fibrosis
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Donadieu and colleagues1 (October 2007) reported the effective dose (ED) of radiation over the past 21 years from chest CT scans in their cystic fibrosis (CF) patients in France. Their findings stress the importance of implementing low-dose protocols in CF. Donadieu and colleagues1 found a relatively high mean ED of 6.5 millisieverts (mSv) [range, 1.5 to 29.3 mSv]. Previously, another center reported 1 mSv (range, 0.5 to 1.9 mSv) for routine biennial inspiratory sequential CT scans in CF
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