Radiation Dose From Computed Tomography Before and After Implementation of a High Pitch Dual Spiral Technique

Completed

Conditions studied: Atherosclerosis of Coronary Artery, Cardiovascular Disease, Pulmonary Embolism, Aortic Aneurysm Without Mention of Rupture Nos

In brief

The purpose of this study is to compare the radiation exposure of a variety of chest CT examinations performed on the current state of the art CT scanners (64 slice, dual source CT scanner) with the radiation exposure for identical chest CT examinations performed on the Siemens Flash CT scanner (high pitch dual source spiral technique).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01111760

Run by

Michael Gallagher

People needed

334

Starts

2010-05-01

Expected to finish

2013-02-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-04-05

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• All patients who undergo chest CT examinations (including cardiac CTA, and non cardiac CT examinations including pulmonary embolism, lung nodule and aortic pathology protocols)

Where it is running

• William Beaumont Hospital-Royal Oak — Royal Oak, Michigan, United States

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