Key Journals and Their Focus

Introduces journals that publish CT research and clinical guidance such as Radiology, AJR, JACR, and European Radiology. Explains article types: technical evaluations, dose optimization studies, clinical outcome research, and protocol comparison studies.

How to Read CT Research

A practical checklist for appraising CT studies: note scanner model and detector configuration, reconstruction method, dose metrics reported (CTDIvol, DLP), clinical endpoints, and statistical methods. Explains common biases and how to judge external validity.

Using Articles for Projects

Advice on extracting methods and dose data from papers to support protocol proposals and quality improvement projects. Provides a sample table format for summarizing study aims, methods, dose metrics, and main findings for departmental review.