South Carolina radiologist defies ‘Rad Scare’

December 3, 2008 DiagnosticImaging.com. South Carolina radiologist defies ‘Rad Scare’ By H.A. Abella Radiologists should aggressively contest otherwise scientifically sound information on cardiac CT radiation risks that is taken out of context or blown out of proportion, fomenting unreasonable fears of medical imaging among patients. Dr. Joseph Schoepf addressed this issue during a cardiac imaging session Tuesday at the RSNA meeting. Schoepf is an associate professor of radiology at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston.

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