Image gently campaign back to basics initiative: Ten steps to help manage radiation dose in pediatric digital radiography

Steven Don; Robert MacDougall; Keith Strauss; Quentin T. Moore; Marilyn J. Goske; Mervyn Cohen; Tracy Herrmann; Susan D. John; Lauren Noble; Greg Morrison; Lois Lehman; Bruce R. Whiting

doi:10.2214/AJR.12.9895

Image gently campaign back to basics initiative: Ten steps to help manage radiation dose in pediatric digital radiography

Steven Don, Robert MacDougall, Keith Strauss, Quentin T. Moore, Marilyn J. Goske, Mervyn Cohen, Tracy Herrmann, Susan D. John, Lauren Noble, Greg Morrison, Lois Lehman, Bruce R. Whiting

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Abstract

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this review is to summarize 10 steps a practice can take to manage radiation exposure in pediatric digital radiography. CONCLUSION. The Image Gently campaign raises awareness of opportunities for lowering radiation dose while maintaining diagnostic quality of images of children. The newest initiative in the campaign, Back to Basics, addresses methods for standardizing the approach to pediatric digital radiography, highlighting challenges related to the technology in imaging of patients of widely varying body sizes.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	W431-W436
Journal	American Journal of Roentgenology
Volume	200
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2214/AJR.12.9895
State	Published - May 2013

Keywords

Computed radiography
Digital radiography
Direct radiography
Exposure creep
Exposure reduction
International Electrotechnical Commission
Quality assurance

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Don, S., MacDougall, R., Strauss, K., Moore, Q. T., Goske, M. J., Cohen, M., Herrmann, T., John, S. D., Noble, L., Morrison, G., Lehman, L., & Whiting, B. R. (2013). Image gently campaign back to basics initiative: Ten steps to help manage radiation dose in pediatric digital radiography. American Journal of Roentgenology, 200(5), W431-W436. https://doi.org/10.2214/AJR.12.9895

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Image gently campaign back to basics initiative: Ten steps to help manage radiation dose in pediatric digital radiography

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