title: Introduction to the special issue: radiation dose optimization--improving the safety of CT.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California. Electronic address: rebecca.smith-bindman@ucsf.edu.
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Smith-Bindman
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
authors.forename: John M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Boone
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D061214:Patient Safety; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000379:methods*; D017751:Safety Management / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*