DTS Imaging Improves Lung Nodule Detection with Minimal Dose Increase Compared with CXR

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    Case Management (Further Imaging) ROC

    Tomosynthesis requires (P < .01) a smaller dose than CT and the samea (P < .01) minimal relative radiation level (< 0.1 mSv) as 2-view CXR.ACR, American College of Radiology; CT, computed tomography; CXR, chest x-ray; DTS, digital tomosynthesis; ROC, receiver operating characteristic; VolumeRAD, GE VolumeRAD tomosynthesis. aACR Appropriateness Criteria® Radiation Dose Assessment Introduction, 2012.Reproduced with permission from JM Sabol, PhD.