Curbing potential radiation-induced cancer risks in oncologic imaging: Perspectives from the 'image gently' and 'image wisely' campaigns

ONCOLOGY (United States)

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Goske, Marilyn J ^a   Frush, Donald P ^b   Brink, James A ^c   Kaste, Sue C ^d   Butler, Priscilla F ^d   Pandharipande, Pari V ^d  

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

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANCER RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LINEAR NO THRESHOLD; MORTALITY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION SAFETY;

EID: 84896460985     PISSN: 08909091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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