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Journal Article 
Radiation overdose in 200 patients undergoing brain scans leads to FDA safety notice 
Gould, P 
2009 
Yes 
British Medical Journal (International Edition)
ISSN: 0959-8146
EISSN: 0959-535X 
339 
7726 
884-885 
The article reports on the investigation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on how stroke patients at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California were exposed to ionising radiation while having brain scans. It states that more than 200 patients who underwent computed tomography (CT) brain perfusion received about eight times the anticipated dose of radiation. An internal investigation showed that between February 2008 and August 2009, stroke patients were being irradiated with 3-4 dose of gray to the head of the patients. 
UNITED States. Food & Drug Administration; CEREBROVASCULAR disease -- Patients; IONIZING radiation; BRAIN -- Imaging; TOMOGRAPHY; PERFUSION (Physiology); RADIATION -- Physiological effect; LOS Angeles (Calif.); CALIFORNIA