title: Some recent steps taken by private organizations and the federal government to increase the safety of medical imaging.
abstract: Both private organizations and the United States government are responding to recent concerns about the exposure of patients to ionizing radiation as the result of medical imaging. Some of the recent actions taken are described in this article.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiological Science, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73126-0901, USA. Jay-Harolds@ouhsc.edu
authors.forename: Jay
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Harolds
authors.forename: Janette
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Merrill
mesh_terms: D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000592:standards*; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D035082:Federal Government; D006801:Humans; D017149:Private Sector; D012449:Safety; D014481:United States; D014486:United States Food and Drug Administration