August 19, 2019 An open letter to the x-ray imaging community from the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Since April of 2019, there has been considerable discussion about the use of patient gonadal and fetal shielding in diagnostic x-ray imaging, prompted primarily by the publication of a position statement on this topic by […]
AnthonyAizer MD, MSc; Jessica K. Qiu BS; Austin V.Cheng BS; Patrick B. Wu MD; Douglas S. Holmes MD; Steven R. Wagner MS; Scott A. Bernstein MD; David S. Park MD, PhD; Barbara Cartolano RN; Chirag R. Barbhaiya MD; Larry A. Chinitz MD Abstract Objectives This study sought to determine whether a radiation safety time-out reduces […]
M. Abuzaid; A. Abdelrazig; A. Sulieman; M. Alkhorayef; E. Babikir; B. Alonazi; D. A. Bradley Highlights •Pediatric radiation dose is a critical issue and should be optimized. •Radiation dose benchmark guideline should be available to achieve ALARA. •Monitoring of radiation dose and awareness improvement among healthcare workers. Abstract Successful diagnostic and clinical outcomes in use […]
Beatrix Hyemin Choi, Kamalou Yaya, Vinay Prabhu, Nancy Fefferman, Beverly Mitchell, Keith A Kuenzler, Howard B Ginsburg, Jason C Fisher, Sandra Tomita Abstract Purpose The purpose of this study was to reduce radiation exposure during pediatric central venous line (CVL) placement by implementing a radiation safety process including a radiation safety briefing and a job-instruction […]
S. Ted Treves, MD; Michael Gelfand, MD; Marguerite Parisi, MD, MS Ed; Michael Lassmann, PhD; Marilyn Goske, MD; Briana Sexton-Stallone; and Frederic Fahey, DSc Nuclear medicine offers well-established and valuable clinical diagnostic instrumentation and techniques in several disciplines, including urology, neurology, orthopedics, and oncology (1). Although radiation exposure from nuclear medicine studies is on par […]
David N. Naumann, David Raven, Arvind Pallan, Douglas M. Bowley Abstract Introduction Concerns exist about radiation exposure during medical imaging. Comprehensive computerised tomography (CT) dose standards exist for adults, but are incomplete for children. We investigated paediatric CT radiation doses at a NHS Trust in order to define the extent of the risk. Methods CT […]
