Journal
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ROENTGENOLOGY
Volume 200, Issue 5, Pages W431-W436Publisher
AMER ROENTGEN RAY SOC
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.12.9895
Keywords
computed radiography; digital radiography; direct radiography; exposure creep; exposure reduction; International Electrotechnical Commission; quality assurance
Funding
- Carestream, Inc
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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.
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