AAOMR joins the Image Gently campaign

The AAOMR is the first (and presently only) dental affiliate of the The Alliance for Radiation Safety in Pediatric Imaging and supports the Image Gently campaign.

 The Alliance for Radiation Safety in Pediatric Imaging is a coalition of health care organizations dedicated to providing safe, high quality pediatric imaging nationwide.

 The primary objective of the Alliance is to raise awareness in the imaging community of the need to adjust radiation dose when imaging children. The ultimate goal of the Alliance is to change practice.

The Alliance has chosen to focus first on computed tomography (CT) scans. The dramatic increase in the number of pediatric CT scans performed in the United States in the past five years and the rapid evolution, change and availability of CT technology and equipment well justify this Alliance strategy.

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Below are some articles about pediatric radiation safety:

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Working_together_article.pdf