![]() ![]() Additional higher dose epidemiological studies of cohorts exposed to radiation in the context of medical treatment are described and found to be generally compatible with these cardiac-dose-level studies, albeit with exceptions. These include studies of atomic bomb survivors, nuclear industry workers, and children exposed in utero to x-rays, all of which have evidenced increased cancer risks at low doses. After classifying radiation effects, explaining terminology used to quantify the radiation received by patients, and describing typical doses from cardiac imaging procedures, I address the major epidemiological studies having bearing on radiation effects at doses comparable to those received by patients undergoing cardiac imaging. This article summarizes the evidence base undergirding concerns about radiation exposure in cardiac imaging. ![]() This forum at the ADMR.Concerns about medical exposure to ionizing radiation have become heightened in recent years due to rapid growth in procedure volumes and the high radiation doses incurred from some procedures. Allen, Co-Author, ‘Code-Name Downfall’ Fred Bock, WWII Veteran, B-29 crew member Hodding Carter III,Journalism Professor, Univ.of Maryland Norman Polmar, Co-Author, ‘Code-Name Downfall’ Kai Bird,Author, ‘The Chairman’ Thomas B. The plane that dropped the second bomb on Nagasaki was nicknamed Bock’s Car. Fred Bock, who flew the instrument plane on the Nagasaki mission on August 9, 1945, participated in the panel discussion. They talked about the historical and cultural controversies surrounding the decision to use nuclear weapons on Japan. ![]() Nimitz Museum,Fredericksburg,TX of The Atomic Bomb: Decision and Implementation discussed was the decision by President Truman and military leaders to use the atomic bomb on Japan to end World War II and the controversy over whether Japan would have surrendered without dropping the first two atomic bombs. ![]()
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