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Image Gently, Step Lightly: increasing radiation dose awareness in pediatric interventional radiology

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank Dr. Michael Callahan for donating his lovely photograph of his daughter, and wish to acknowledge the contributions of Shawn Farley, Ceela McElveny, Jennifer Boylan, and Coreen Bell in developing and implementing the campaign.

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  1. Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle Radiologists, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

    Manrita Sidhu

  2. Departments of Radiology and Pediatrics, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, 700 Children’s Dr., Columbus, OH, 43205, USA

    Brian D. Coley

  3. Department of Radiology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA

    Marilyn J. Goske

  4. Division of Image Guided Therapy, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada

    Bairbre Connolly

  5. Division of Interventional Radiology, Departments of Clinical Radiology and Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA

    John Racadio

  6. Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA

    Terry T. Yoshizumi

  7. Department of Radiology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada

    Tara Utley

  8. Harvard Medical School, Radiology Physics and Engineering, The Department of Radiology, Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA, USA

    Keith J. Strauss

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Sidhu, M., Coley, B.D., Goske, M.J. et al. Image Gently, Step Lightly: increasing radiation dose awareness in pediatric interventional radiology. Pediatr Radiol 39, 1135–1138 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-009-1392-5

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