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Published in: Pediatric Radiology 2/2011

01-09-2011 | ALARA-CT

ALARA (as low as reasonably achievable) CT 2011—executive summary

Authors: Beverley Newman, Michael J. Callahan

Published in: Pediatric Radiology | Special Issue 2/2011

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In August of 2001, under the guidance of Dr. Tom Slovis, the Society for Pediatric Radiology (SPR) organized the first of an ongoing series of multidisciplinary conferences to discuss current dose issues in pediatric imaging. This first meeting was dedicated to ALARA CT in children [1]. Since then there have been several additional, well-attended, SPR-sponsored ALARA conferences including computed/digital radiography [2], fluoroscopy and interventional radiology [3], emergency medicine [4] and oncology [5]. After a decade we have now come full circle back to CT. …
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Metadata
Title
ALARA (as low as reasonably achievable) CT 2011—executive summary
Authors
Beverley Newman
Michael J. Callahan
Publication date
01-09-2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Pediatric Radiology / Issue Special Issue 2/2011
Print ISSN: 0301-0449
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1998
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-011-2154-8

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