title: Where we were, what has changed, what needs doing: a decade of progress.
abstract: In the last decade, there has been recognition of the effects of low-dose radiation in children. A critical mass of scientists, health care providers and manufacturers of radiation-producing imaging equipment has come together to educate ordering physicians to request only indicated examinations and radiologists to achieve low-dose examinations with diagnostic images. The forces that caused these changes will be discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Imaging, Children's Hospital of Michigan, 3901 Beaubien Blvd., Detroit, MI 48201, USA. pedradeditor@med.wayne.edu
authors.forename: Thomas L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Slovis
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D061214:Patient Safety; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends