Radiation Exposure and Image Quality in X-Ray Diagnostic Radiology

X-ray diagnostic radiology is a major world-wide activi­ All doses due to medical exposure for radiological purposes ex­ cept radiotherapeutic procedures . . . shall be kept as low as rea­ ty. In Europe approximately 250 million X-ray examina­ sonably achievable consistent with obtaining the required diag­ tions are performed annually, and in the United States of nostic information, taking into account economic and social fac­ America a similar level of radiological activity is under­ tors taken