Minimization of radiation exposure due to computed tomography in inflammatory bowel disease

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dc.contributor.authorMcLaughlin, Patrick D.
dc.contributor.authorO'Connor, Owen J.
dc.contributor.authorO'Neill, Siobhán B.
dc.contributor.authorShanahan, Fergus
dc.contributor.authorMaher, Michael M.
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-13T11:50:43Z
dc.date.available2016-07-13T11:50:43Z
dc.date.issued2012-04
dc.date.updated2012-09-26T15:55:56Z
dc.description.abstractPatient awareness and concern regarding the potential health risks from ionizing radiation have peaked recently (Coakley et al., 2011) following widespread press and media coverage of the projected cancer risks from the increasing use of computed tomography (CT) (Berrington et al., 2007). The typical young and educated patient with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) may in particular be conscious of his/her exposure to ionising radiation as a result of diagnostic imaging. Cumulative effective doses (CEDs) in patients with IBD have been reported as being high and are rising, primarily due to the more widespread and repeated use of CT (Desmond et al., 2008). Radiologists, technologists, and referring physicians have a responsibility to firstly counsel their patients accurately regarding the actual risks of ionizing radiation exposure; secondly to limit the use of those imaging modalities which involve ionising radiation to clinical situations where they are likely to change management; thirdly to ensure that a diagnostic quality imaging examination is acquired with lowest possible radiation exposure. In this paper, we synopsize available evidence related to radiation exposure and risk and we report advances in low-dose CT technology and examine the role for alternative imaging modalities such as ultrasonography or magnetic resonance imaging which avoid radiation exposure.en
dc.description.statusNot peer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.articleid790279
dc.identifier.articleid790279
dc.identifier.citationMc Laughlin P. D., O'Connor, O. J., O'Neill, S. B., Shanahan F. and Maher, M. M. (2012) 'Minimization of radiation exposure due to computed tomography in inflammatory bowel disease' ISRN Gastroenterology, 790279. http://dx.doi.org/10.5402/2012/790279en
dc.identifier.doi10.5402/2012/790279
dc.identifier.endpage790279 (7)en
dc.identifier.issn2090-4398
dc.identifier.issn2090-4401
dc.identifier.journaltitleISRN Gastroenterologyen
dc.identifier.startpage790279 (1)en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/2868
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherHindawi Publishing Corporationen
dc.rights© 2012 Patrick D. Mc Laughlin et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/en
dc.subjectInflammatory bowel diseaseen
dc.subjectIonizing radiationen
dc.subjectComputed tomography (CT)en
dc.subjectInflammatory bowel diseaseen
dc.subjectIBDen
dc.subjectUltrasonographyen
dc.subjectRisken
dc.titleMinimization of radiation exposure due to computed tomography in inflammatory bowel diseaseen
dc.typeArticle (non peer-reviewed)en
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