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DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2403060698
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The ALARA (As Low As Reasonably Achievable) Concept in Pediatric Interventional and Fluoroscopic Imaging: Striving to Keep Radiation Doses as Low as Possible during Fluoroscopy of Pediatric Patients—A White Paper Executive Summary1

Keith J. Strauss, MD and Sue C. Kaste, MD

1 From the Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital, Boston, Mass (K.J.S.), and Division of Diagnostic Imaging, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, 332 N Lauderdale St, Memphis, TN 38105-2794 (S.C.K.). Received April 19, 2006; final version accepted April 24. Address correspondence to S.C.K.


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  		Managing of patient radiation dose involves both the equipment design, which determines the amount of radiation required per image, and the control of the image device by the operator, who determines the total number of images created during the procedure.

 




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