Image Gently: Providing Practical Educational Tools and Advocacy to Accelerate Radiation Protection for Children Worldwide

Goske, Marilyn J.; Applegate, Kimberly E.; Bell, Coreen; Boylan, Jennifer; Bulas, Dorothy; Butler, Penny; Callahan, Michael J.; Coley, Brian D.; Farley, Shawn; Frush, Donald P.; McElveny, Ceela; Hernanz-Schulman, Marta; Johnson, Neil D.; Kaste, Sue C.; Morrison, Gregory; Strauss, Keith J.

doi:10.1053/j.sult.2009.09.007

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Image Gently: Providing Practical Educational Tools and Advocacy to Accelerate Radiation Protection for Children Worldwide

Marilyn J. Goske, MD
- Department of Radiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
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Kimberly E. Applegate, MD, MS
- Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
Coreen Bell, AA
- Department of Radiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Jennifer Boylan, MA
- Society for Pediatric Radiology, Reston, VA
Dorothy Bulas, MD
- Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Radiology, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC
Penny Butler, MS
- American College of Radiology, Reston, VA
Michael J. Callahan, MD
- Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
Brian D. Coley, MD
- Department of Radiology, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH
Shawn Farley, BS
- Department of Public Affairs, American College of Radiology, Reston, VA
Donald P. Frush, MD
- Division of Pediatric Radiology, McGovern Davison Children's Health Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Ceela McElveny, BA
- Department of Marketing and Communications, American Society of Radiologic Technologists, Albuquerque, NM
Marta Hernanz-Schulman, MD
- Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Vanderbilt Children's Hospital, Nashville, TN
Neil D. Johnson, MD
- Department of Radiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Sue C. Kaste, DO
- Radiologic Science Division of Diagnostic Imaging, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
Gregory Morrison, CAE, MA, RT(R), CNMT
- American Society of Radiologic Technologists, Albuquerque, NM
Keith J. Strauss, MS
- Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA

The Alliance for Radiation Safety in Pediatric Imaging is an organization of over 45 international professional societies and agencies with the goal of promoting radiation safety for children. The Alliance, through the Image Gently campaign, uses social marketing techniques and critical partnerships with vendors, government agencies, and not-for-profit organizations, to advocate best practices in radiation use and safety. Advocacies include improving education regarding radiation risk to patients from medical imaging for radiologists, technologists, and referring physicians; promoting standardization of dose measurements and display across vendor equipment; and improving medical literacy for parents.