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. 2023 Apr 11;13(4):990. doi: 10.3390/life13040990
ACR American College of Radiology
AEC Automatic exposure control
AHA American Heart Association
ALARA As low as reasonably achievable
BEIR Committee Biologic Effects of Ionizing Radiation Committee
BMI Body mass index
CS Calcium score
CT Computed tomography
CTA Coronary tomography angiography
CTCA Computed tomography coronary angiography
CTDI Computed tomography dose index
CTDIvol Volumetric computed tomography dose index
DLP Dose-length product
DLR Deep learning reconstruction
DLIR Deep learning image reconstruction
ED Effective dose
ERD Effective radiation dose
FBP Filtered back projection
ICA Invasive coronarography angiography
IEC International Electrotechnical Commission
IR Iterative reconstruction
LAR Lifetime attributable risk
LET Linear energy transfer
MOSFET Metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor
RDSR Radiation dose structured report
SSCT Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
TAVI Transcatheter aortic valve implantation
TAVR Transcatheter aortic valve implantation replacement
UNSCEAR United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation