Image Gently vendor summit: Working together for better estimates of pediatric radiation dose from CT

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 192, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1169-1175

  Strauss, Keith J ^a   Goske, Marilyn J ^b   Frush, Donald P ^c   Butler, Priscilla F ^d   Morrison, Gregory ^e  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY   (United States)

^e USA   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; Image Gently vendor summit; Pediatrics; Radiation dosage; Radiation protection

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NOTE; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOLOGIST; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION;

CHILD; COMMERCE; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 65649136577     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.08.2172     Document Type: Note

References (13)

1. Slovis TL. The ALARA concept in pediatric CT: myth or reality? Radiology 2002; 223:5-6
2. Berdon WE, Slovis TL. Where we are since ALARA and the series of articles on CT dose in children and risk of long-term cancers: what has changed? (editorial) Pediatr Radiol 2002; 32:699 (Pubitemid 36067722)
3. Slovis TL. The ALARA (as low as reasonably achievable) concept in pediatric CT intelligent dose reduction: multidisciplinary conference organized by the Society of Pediatric Radiology, August 18-19, 2001. (editorial) Pediatr Radiol 2002; 32:217-317
4. Linton OW, Mettler FA. National conference on dose reduction in CT, with an emphasis on pediatric patients. AJR 2003; 181:321-329 (Pubitemid 36909472)
5. Goske MJ, Applegate KE, Boylan J, et al. The Image Gently campaign: working together to change practice. (editorial) AJR 2008; 190:273-274
6. IMV Medical Information Division. Benchmark report: CT 2006. Des Plaines, IL: IMV, 2006
7. Birnbaum S. Radiation safety in the era of helical CT: a patient-based protection program currently in place in two community hospitals in New Hampshire. J Am Coll Radiol 2008; 5:714-718
8. Kalra MK, Saini S. Standardized nomenclature and description of CT scanning techniques. Radiology 2006; 241:657-660 (Pubitemid 46190530)
9. Hall EJ. Lessons we have learned from our children: cancer risks from diagnostic radiology. Pediatr Radiol 2002; 32:700-706 (Pubitemid 36067723)
10. Feigal DW. FDA Public Health Notification: reducing radiation risk from CT for pediatric and small adult patients. CDRH/FDA 2001. www.fda.gov/cdrh/ safety/110201-ct.html. Accessed October 15, 2008
11. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Website. Deciding when to submit a 510(k) for a change to an existing device. CDRH/FDA 1997. www.fda.gov/cdrh/ode/510kmod.pdf. Accessed October 15, 2008
12. Image Gently Website. www.imagegently.org. Accessed February 23, 2009
13. Kramer R, Khoury HJ, Vieira JW. CALDose-X: a software tool for the assessment of organ and tissue absorbed doses, effective dose, and cancer risks in diagnostic radiology. Phys Med Biol 2008; 53:6437-6459