The ‘Image Gently’ campaign: increasing CT radiation dose awareness through a national education and awareness program

Pediatric Radiology - Tập 38 Số 3 - Trang 265-269 - 2008
Marilyn J. Goske1, Kimberly E. Applegate2, Jennifer Boylan3, P Butler4, Michael J. Callahan5, Brian D. Coley6, Shawn Farley4, Donald P. Frush7, Marta Hernanz‐Schulman8, Diego Jaramillo9, Neil Johnson1, Sue C. Kaste10, Gregory Morrison11, Keith J. Strauss5, Nora Tuggle11
1Department of Radiology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, USA
2Department of Radiology, Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, USA
3Society for Pediatric Radiology, Reston, USA
4American College of Radiology, Reston, USA
5Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, USA#TAB#
6Department of Radiology, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, USA
7Division of Pediatric Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, USA
8Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital, Nashville, USA
9Department of Radiology, Children’s Hospital, Philadelphia, USA
10St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Radiologic Science, Division of Diagnostic Imaging, Memphis, USA
11American Society of Radiologic Technologists, Albuquerque, USA

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Pediatric Radiology

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