Excess Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Medical Imaging Related to Environmental Exposures

Omar Taboun; Michael N Patlas; Anish Kirpalani; Birgit Ertl-Wagner; Julien Aguet; Heidi Schmidt; Ania Kielar; Maura J Brown; Kate Hanneman

doi:10.1177/08465371241309821

Excess Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Medical Imaging Related to Environmental Exposures

Can Assoc Radiol J. 2024 Dec 29:8465371241309821. doi: 10.1177/08465371241309821. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Omar Taboun^{1

2

3}, Michael N Patlas^{1

2}, Anish Kirpalani^{1

4}, Birgit Ertl-Wagner^{1

5}, Julien Aguet^{1

5}, Heidi Schmidt^{1

2}, Ania Kielar^{1

2}, Maura J Brown⁶, Kate Hanneman^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medical Imaging, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
² Joint Department of Medical Imaging, University Medical Imaging Toronto, University Health Network and Sinai Health System, Toronto, ON, Canada.
³ Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
⁴ Department of Medical Imaging, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁵ Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁶ Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

PMID: 39733367
DOI: 10.1177/08465371241309821

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Letter