ACR–AAPM–SPR PRACTICE PARAMETER FOR DIAGNOSTIC REFERENCE LEVELS AND ACHIEVABLE DOSES IN MEDICAL X-RAY IMAGING

PREAMBLE

I. INTRODUCTION

II. QUALIFICATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PERSONNEL

A. Physician

II. QUALIFICATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PERSONNEL

B. Qualified Medical Physicist

III. DIAGNOSTIC REFERENCE LCEVELS AND ACHIEVABLE DOSES FOR X-RAY IMAGING

A. Radiography

III. DIAGNOSTIC REFERENCE LCEVELS AND ACHIEVABLE DOSES FOR X-RAY IMAGING

B. Fluoroscopy

III. DIAGNOSTIC REFERENCE LCEVELS AND ACHIEVABLE DOSES FOR X-RAY IMAGING

C. CT

IV. PATIENT-SPECIFIC DOSIMETRY

V. DOCUMENTATION

VI. RADIATION SAFETY IN IMAGING

VII. QUALITY CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT, SAFETY, INFECTION CONTROL, AND PATIENT EDUCATION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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