JAMA Internal Medicine: PET/SPECT Imaging Topic Collection http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/ en-us Mon, 11 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Fri, 15 Feb 2013 16:02:01 GMT Silverchair editor@archinte.jamanetwork.com webmaster@archinte.jamanetwork.com Patient Knowledge and Understanding of Radiation From Diagnostic Imaging http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleID=1487286 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Busey JM, Soine LA, Yager JR, et al. <span class="paragraphSection">Health risk from medical radiation exposure has generated controversy in recent lay and professional publications. Data examining what patients know about radiation from commonly performed imaging, such as computed tomography (CT) and single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), are limited. The purpose of this study was to survey patient knowledge and understanding of radiation from CT and SPECT scans.</span> 173 3 239 241 10.1001/2013.jamainternmed.1013 http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleID=1487286