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PREAMBLE

I. INTRODUCTION

II. INDICATIONS AND CONTRAINDICATIONS

III. QUALIFICATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PERSONNEL

A. Physician [38-40]

III. QUALIFICATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PERSONNEL

B. Radiologic and Nuclear Medicine Technologist

III. QUALIFICATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PERSONNEL

C. Physicist

IV. SPECIFICATIONS OF THE EXAMINATION

V. DOCUMENTATION

VI. EQUIPMENT SPECIFICATIONS

A. Equipment Performance and Monitoring

VI. EQUIPMENT SPECIFICATIONS

B. Equipment Quality Control

VII. RADIATION SAFETY IN IMAGING

VIII.

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

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Writing Committee – members represent their societies in the initial and final revision of this practice parameter

ACR
Chang, Connie Y MD, Co-Chair
Mercer, Ronald MD, Co-Chair
Einstein, Samuel A PhD
Garner, Hillary W MD
Shah, Summit MD

SSR
Atinga, Angela MD
Bredella, Miriam A MD
McGill, Kevin MD, PhD
Samim, Mohammad MD

SPR
Drake, Mary MD
Naffa, Lena MD

Committee on Musculoskeletal Imaging – Body Imaging

(ACR Committee responsible for sponsoring the draft through the process)

Committee on Practice Parameters – Pediatric Imaging

(ACR Committee responsible for sponsoring the draft through the process)

Barth, Richard MD, Chair, Commission on Pediatric Radiology

Larson, David B MBA, MD, Chair, Commission on Quality and Safety

Rosenkrantz, Andrew MD, Chair, Commission on Body Imaging

Comments Reconciliation Committee

Kagetsu, Nolan MD - CSC, Chair	Winsor, Kimberly MD - CSC, Co-Chair	Amodio, John B MD	Atinga, Angela MD
Barth, Richard MD	Bredella, Miriam A MD	Chang, Connie Y MD	Crummy, Timothy MD, MHA - CSC
Drake, Mary MD	Einstein, Samuel A PhD	Garner, Hillary W MD	Larson, David B MBA, MD
Levin, Terry L MD	McGill, Kevin MD, PhD	Mercer, Ronald MD	Naffa, Lena MD
Rosenkrantz, Andrew MD	Samim, Mohammad MD	Schoppe, Kurt MD - CSC	Shah, Summit MD
Subhas, Naveen MD, MPH

REFERENCES

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