IOMP and IAEA have been working together on this project.
Please see the following resources:
Multinational Data on Cumulative Radiation Exposure of Patients from Recurrent Radiological Procedures: Call for Action
Overview: Patients undergoing recurrent CT scans: assessing the magnitude
Full text: Patients undergoing recurrent CT scans: assessing the magnitude
Overview: Patients undergoing recurrent CT exams: Assessment of patients with non-malignant diseases, reasons for imaging and imaging appropriateness
Full text: Patients undergoing recurrent CT exams: Assessment of patients with non-malignant diseases, reasons for imaging and imaging appropriateness
Is it possible to kill the radiation risk issue in computed tomography?
Patient doses from image-guided radiation therapy
CT is still not a low-dose imaging modality
Overview: Estimates of the number of patients with high cumulative doses through recurrent CT exams in 35 OECD countries
Multicentric study of patients receiving 50 or 100 mSv in a single day through CT imaging—frequency determination and imaging protocols involved
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