Managing radiation use in medical imaging: A multifaceted challenge

Radiology

Volumn 258, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 889-905

  Hricak, Hedvig ^a   Brenner, David J ^b   Adelstein, S James ^c   Frush, Donald P ^d   Hall, Eric J ^b   Howell, Roger W ^e   McCollough, Cynthia H ^f   Mettler, Fred A ^g   Pearce, Mark S ^h   Suleiman, Orhan H ⁱ   Thrall, James H ^j   Wagner, Louis K ^k  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^j MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOSENSITIVITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARDIZATION;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 79952299747     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.10101157     Document Type: Review

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