radiation_and_other_safety_practices

Radiation and other safety practices

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Improving Patient Safety: Effects of a Safety Program on Performance and Culture in a Department of Radiology AJR 2009; 193:165-171; DOI:10.2214/AJR.08.2086
National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements Report Shows Substantial Medical Exposure Increase Radiology 2009 November 253, 293-296. doi:10.1148/radiol.2532090494
The AAPM/RSNA Physics Tutorial for Residents Radiation Safety Considerations for Diagnostic Radiology Personnel Radiographics 1999 Jul-Aug;19(4):1037-55. PMID: 10464807
Radiation Exposure and Pregnancy: When Should We Be Concerned? Radiographics 2007 Jul-Aug;27(4):909-17; discussion 917-8. PMID: 17620458
Radiation protection awareness in non-radiologists BJR 70(1997),102–106
Recurrent CT, Cumulative Radiation Exposure, and Associated Radiation-induced Cancer Risks from CT of Adults Radiology April 2009 , 251, 175-184. doi:10.1148/radiol.2511081296
ACR Guidance Document for Safe MR Practices: 2007 AJR 2007; 188:1447-1474 DOI:10.2214/AJR.06.1616
MRI Safety Update 2008: Part 1, MRI Contrast Agents and Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis AJR 2008; 191:1129-1139 DOI:10.2214/AJR.08.1038.1
MRI Safety Update 2008: Part 2, Screening Patients for MRI AJR 2008; 191:1140-1149 DOI:10.2214/AJR.08.1038.2

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