Representative values and ranges of effective dose estimates reported in the literature for selected radiological studies[1]
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Reproduced with permission from: Gerber TC, Carr JJ, Arai AE, et al. Ionizing Radiation in Cardiac Imaging: A Science Advisory From the American Heart Association Committee on Cardiac Imaging of the Council on Clinical Cardiology and Committee on Cardiovascular Imaging and Intervention of the Council on Cardiovascular Radiology and Intervention. Circulation 2009; 119:1056-1065. Copyright © 2009 American Heart Association, Inc.