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ImpactThe image gently campaign launched 1/22/08. This is a snapshot of what has happened since:
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| Manrita Sidhu, MD, Chair, Seattle Radiologists, Clinical Assistant Professor, Seattle Children’s Hospital, University of Washington |
Keith J. Strauss, MSc, FAAPM, FACR, Clinical Instructor, Harvard Medical School, Director, Radiology Physics and Engineering, Children’s Hospital Boston |
| Brian D. Coley, MD, Clinical Professor, Radiology and Pediatrics, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio |
Tara Utley, MRT, Medical Radiation Technologist, The Hospital for Sick Children , Toronto, Ontario Canada |
| Bairbre Connolly, MB, Division Chief, Image Guided Therapy, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario Canada | Terry T. Yoshizumi, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina |
| John Racadio, MD, Division Chief, Interventional Radiology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center |
Marilyn J. Goske, M.D., Silverman Chair for Radiology Education, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center |
The Alliance for Radiation Safety in Pediatric Imaging leadership is pleased to announce that the image gently campaign has been named to the 2009 Associations Advance America Honor Roll. The award, sponsored by the American Society of Association Executives, recognizes the ways nonprofit associations improve the quality of life in America. Read the press release on the ACR website...
The National Quality Forum (NQF) included in its recently released 2009 Safe Practices for Better Healthcare language advising health care professionals that “when CT imaging studies are undertaken on children, ‘child-size’ techniques should be used to reduce unnecessary exposure to ionizing radiation.” Read more......
Visit the Parents page for resources available for download:
There's no question: CT helps us save kids' lives!But, when we image, radiation matters!
Children are more sensitive to radiation.
What we do now lasts their lifetimes.
So, when we image, let's image gently:
More is often not better.
When CT is the right thing to do:
Child size the kVp and mA
One scan (single phase) is often enough
Scan only the indicated area
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