South Carolina radiologist stands against 'Rad Scare'

January 1, 2009 Diagnostic Imaging. Vol. 31 No. 1 South Carolina radiologist stands against 'Rad Scare' He encourages cardiac imagers to balance clinical risks and benefits of ionizing radiation By H.A. Abella Radiologists were urged at the RSNA meeting to combat distorted reports about cardiac CT radiation exposure that raise unreasonable public anxiety about the risk of medical imaging. Dr. Joseph Schoepf, a professor of radiology at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, addressed the public perception of CT and cancer risks during a cardiac imaging session.

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