Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Volume 20, Issue 7, Supplement , Pages S263-S273 , July 2009

Guidelines for Patient Radiation Dose Management

  • Michael S. Stecker, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Angiography & Interventional Radiology, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to M.S.S., c/o Debbie Katsarelis, 3975 Fair Ridge Dr, Ste 400, North Fairfax, VA 22033
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  • Stephen Balter, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine and Radiology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York
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  • Richard B. Towbin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona
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  • Donald L. Miller, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology and Radiologic Sciences, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland
    • Department of Radiology, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland
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  • Eliseo Vañó, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Radiology Department, Medicine School, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain
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  • Gabriel Bartal, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Meir Medical Center, Kfar Saba, Israel
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  • J. Fritz Angle, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia
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  • Christine P. Chao, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Kaiser Medical Center, San Rafael, California
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  • Alan M. Cohen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular/Interventional Radiology, University of Texas, Houston, Texas
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  • Robert G. Dixon, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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  • Kathleen Gross, MSN, RN-BC, CRN

      Affiliations

    • Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Owings Mills, Maryland
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  • George G. Hartnell, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Cooley Dickinson Hospital, Northampton, Massachusetts
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  • Beth Schueler, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Medical Physics Division, Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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  • John D. Statler, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Mary Washington Hospital, Fredericksburg, Virginia
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  • Thierry de Baère, MD

      Affiliations

    • Radiologie Interventionnelle, Institut Gustave Roussy, Chevilly–Larue, France
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  • John F. Cardella, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of System Radiology, Geisinger Health System, Danville, Pennsylvania
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  • SIR Safety and Health Committee and the CIRSE Standards of Practice Committee

Received 24 February 2009 ,Revised 1 April 2009 ,Accepted 2 April 2009.

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 From the 2009 SIR annual meeting.

 The opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the United States Navy, the Department of Defense, or the Department of Health and Human Services. None of the authors have identified a conflict of interest.

 Research funded wholly or in part by Rex Medical for M.S.S. J.F.A. has been a speaker for Siemens.

PII: S1051-0443(09)00344-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jvir.2009.04.037

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Volume 20, Issue 7, Supplement , Pages S263-S273 , July 2009

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