| Subject: | FDA Issues Initial Notification Regarding CT Brain Perfusion Scans Safety Investigation |
| Category: | Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
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| Published: | Tue, 13 Oct 2009 - 11:00 am |
| Audience: Radiological, Neurological and emergency medicine healthcare professionals The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is notifying healthcare professionals that it has become aware of radiation overexposures during perfusion CT imaging performed to aid in the diagnosis of stroke at a particular facility, the patients receiving radiation doses that were approximately eight times the expected level. While this event involved a single kind of diagnostic test at one facility, the magnitude of... The full article is available to StayAlert subscribers. Click here for a free trial subscription. |
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