How Worrying Is the Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Population Radiation Risk from Increased Number of CT-Scans?

0569683 - ÚJF 2024 RIV IR eng J - Journal Article
Mortazavi, S. M. J. - Taleinejad, F. - Haghani, M. - Sihver, Lembit
How Worrying Is the Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Population Radiation Risk from Increased Number of CT-Scans?
Journal of Biomedical Physics and Engineering. Roč. 13, č. 1 (2023), s. 1-2. ISSN 2251-7200
Institutional support: RVO:61389005
Keywords : COVID-19 * radiation risk * CT-scan
OECD category: Atomic, molecular and chemical physics (physics of atoms and molecules including collision, interaction with radiation, magnetic resonances, Mössbauer effect)
Method of publishing: Open access
https://doi.org/10.31661/jbpe.v0i0.2212-1575

More than a decade before the COVID-19 crisis, it was reported that the rapid growth in ionizing radiation-based imaging procedures had caused a significant increase in the collective dose by more than 700% and an increase in the annual per-capita dose by almost 600%, as estimated by the US NCRP. Scientist around the globe discussed that such a rapid growth could be associated with significant effect on public health.
Permanent Link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0341055