Canadian data is current through March 2018. All of the data comes from Health Canada, except for the categories Manufacturer Parent Company and Product Classification.
The Parent Company and the Product Classification were added by ICIJ.
The parent company information is based on 2017 public records. The device classification information comes from FDA’s Product Classification by Review Panel, based on matches of recall data from the U.S. and Canada.
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Siemens healthcare became aware of possible incorrect tube current calculations by the care dose4d algorithm for head scans based on p.A. (posterior-anterior) or a.P. topograms. depending on the geometrical shape of the skull bone it may happen in rare cases that the calculated dose distribution is not appropriate and could lead to unnecessary radiation exposure.