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The ‘Image Gently’ campaign: increasing CT radiation dose awareness through a national education and awareness program

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This work was supported by an unrestricted education grant from GE Healthcare. The statements made in this commentary are the opinions of the authors and are not necessarily shared by the members or leadership of the Alliance for Radiation Safety in Pediatric Imaging.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, MLC 5031, 3333 Burnet Ave., Cincinnati, OH, 45229-3039, USA

    Marilyn J. Goske & Neil D. Johnson

  2. Department of Radiology, Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, IN, USA

    Kimberly E. Applegate

  3. Society for Pediatric Radiology, Reston, VA, USA

    Jennifer Boylan

  4. American College of Radiology, Reston, VA, USA

    Penny F. Butler & Shawn Farley

  5. Department of Radiology, Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA, USA

    Michael J. Callahan & Keith J. Strauss

  6. Department of Radiology, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA

    Brian D. Coley

  7. Division of Pediatric Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA

    Donald P. Frush

  8. Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital, Nashville, TN, USA

    Marta Hernanz-Schulman

  9. Department of Radiology, Children’s Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Diego Jaramillo

  10. St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Radiologic Science, Division of Diagnostic Imaging, Memphis, TN, USA

    Sue C. Kaste

  11. American Society of Radiologic Technologists, Albuquerque, NM, USA

    Gregory Morrison & Nora Tuggle

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Goske, M.J., Applegate, K.E., Boylan, J. et al. The ‘Image Gently’ campaign: increasing CT radiation dose awareness through a national education and awareness program. Pediatr Radiol 38, 265–269 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-007-0743-3

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