CT scanners : US experts weigh how to reduce radiation from scans

Category Health | Thursday, June 24th, 2010

(Reuters) – The Food and Drug Administration should step in to protect patients from radiation from CT scanners, according to one expert in the ongoing debate over the safe use of medical imaging.
Others say doctors should stop ordering so many scans, which often find conditions that might have been better left untreated. But they argue against FDA regulation, which may keep companies from investing in new innovations.

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