Commentary

Abstract

AS usual a mixed bag of articles from both sides of the Atlantic. The first two are related to dose reduction and optimisation in computerised tomographic (CT) scans. The first article by Vollmar et al from Erlangan addresses a serious issue in the imaging of women. The very high radiation dose to the female breast and its consequent risk of carcinogenesis, have been identified as a serious limitation multi-detector CT scanning. Vollmar et al highlight a potentially new venue of reducing dose.