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Be Informed About the Safe Use of Ionizing Radiation in Medicine

Information to help health professionals achieve safer use of radiation in medicine for the benefit of patients

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Ford, E.C., Gaudette, R., Myers, L., Vanderver, B., Engineer, L., Zellars, R., Song, D.Y., Wong, J., Deweese, T.L.,
Evaluation of safety in a radiation oncology setting using failure mode and effects analysis, Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 74 3 (Jul. 2009) 852-858.

Law, M., Liu, R., Ng, S., Luk, M.Y., Leung, T.W., Au, G.K.,
Radiation dose measurements for personnel performing 90Y-ibritumomab tiuxetan administration: A comparison between two injection methods for dose reduction, Br. J. Radiol. 82 978 (Jun. 2009) 491-496.

Einstein, A.J.,
Medical imaging: The radiation issue, Nat. Rev. Cardiol. 6 6 (Jun. 2009) 436-438.

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Proton therapy promises reduced risk of second cancer in paediatric patients

Children receiving radiation therapy for cancer have great improvements in survival rates

Training material on Radiation Protection in PET/CT online now

The approved training material on Radiation Protection in PET/CT is now available online for free download

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Upcoming Events

Addressing Overutilization of Medical Imaging, Washington, 6-7 August 2009

American Board of Radiology Foundation in collaboration with ABR & NIBIB is holding a summit

International Workshop on Justification of Medical Exposure in Diagnostic Imaging, Brussels, Belgium, 2-4 September 2009

A workshop on justification of Medical Exposure in Diagnostic Imaging

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