{"id":163,"date":"2019-03-14T09:00:48","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T09:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journals.myesr.org\/eur-radiol-exp\/2019\/03\/14\/dna-breaks-induced-iodine-containing-contrast-medium-radiodiagnostics-problem-tungsten\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T13:03:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T12:03:32","slug":"dna-breaks-induced-iodine-containing-contrast-medium-radiodiagnostics-problem-tungsten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journals.myesr.org\/eur-radiol-exp\/blog\/dna-breaks-induced-iodine-containing-contrast-medium-radiodiagnostics-problem-tungsten\/","title":{"rendered":"DNA breaks induced by iodine-containing contrast medium in radiodiagnostics: a problem of tungsten?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-866 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/journals.myesr.org\/eur-radiol-exp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/10\/Fig-1a-Ferlazzo-et-al-Jan-2019.jpg\" alt=\"Fig 1a Ferlazzo et al Jan 2019\" width=\"340\" height=\"284\" \/>Iodine-containing contrast media (ICM) are often used to improve image quality and information content in x-ray-based examinations. There is, hovewer, increasing evidence that the use of ICM during CT sessions is associated with deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) breaks that may influence the estimation of the risks linked to x-ray exposure. The authors of this study tried to answer the questions \u201cWhy has iodine been preferred to any other heavy elements to enhance contrast in radiodiagnostics?\u201d and \u201cHow to understand such DNA breaks effect?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Article<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/eurradiolexp.springeropen.com\/articles\/10.1186\/s41747-018-0050-9\" target=\"_blank\">DNA breaks induced by iodine-containing contrast medium in radiodiagnostics: a problem of tungsten?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Authors<\/strong>: M\u00e9lanie L. Ferlazzo, Clement Devic, Adeline Granzotto, Anne-Marie Charvet, Franck Pilleul, Catherine Colin, Marie-Claude Biston, Aur\u00e9lie Joubert, Michel Bourguignon and Nicolas Foray<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iodine-containing contrast media (ICM) are often used to improve image quality and information content in x-ray-based examinations. There is, hovewer, increasing evidence that the use of ICM during CT sessions is associated with deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) breaks that may influence the estimation of the risks linked to x-ray exposure. 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