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51st Annual Meeting & Postgraduate Course
Evaluate the Postgraduate Course and Annual Meeting here.
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The ALARA Concept in Pediatric Imaging - Oncology
Evaluate the ALARA course here.
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John Caffey Awards - SPR 2008
Caffey Award for Best Clinical Science Paper
Evaluating the Effects of Childhood Lead Exposure with Proton MR Spectroscopy & Diffusion Tensor Imaging
Neuroradiology
Kim M Cecil PhD, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Caffey Award for Best Basic Science Paper
Evaluation of Quality Assurance Quality Control Phantom for Digital Neonatal Chest Projection Imaging
Steven Don, MD, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine
John Kirkpatrick Young Investigator Award
Can T2 Relaxation Time Mapping of the Distal Femur Detect Early Alterations of Articular Cartilage in Children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA)? A 3-Year Longitudinal Study
Hee Kyung Kim, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
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image gently Campaign Launches
The Alliance for Radiation Safety in Pediatric Imaging urges all to image gently! This campaign is the Alliance's effort to communicate the opportunities for lowering radiation dose in the CT imaging of children.
The Alliance member organizations are The Society for Pediatric Radiology, American College of Radiology, American Society of Radiologic Technologists, American Association of Physicists in Medicine, the Academy of Radiology Research, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Osteopathic College of Radiology, American Registry of Radiologic Technologists, American Roentgen Ray Society, Association of University Radiologists, Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors, National Council on Radiation Protection, Radiological Society of North America, the Society of Computed Body Tomography and Magnetic Resonance and the the Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound.
Visit www.imagegently.org to learn more. (Photo: CT Committee Chair Mike Callahan's daughter enjoying her moment of fame.)
3/7/2008 Update:
Since the 1/22 launch of the campaign, the Image Gently Web site has received more than 30,000 visits, and more than 700 providers representing more than 500 facilities nationwide have taken the Image Gently pledge.
More than 3,700 providers have downloaded the protocols which aid physicians and facilities adjust their techniques to "image gently."
Society and Foundation News
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