Image Gently And Image Wisely. What does it mean to image wisely. In recognition of your commitment the alliance for radiation safety in pediatric imaging has developed an image gently pledge logo available to you and your practice department.
At northwest radiology we pledge. What does it mean to image wisely. To put our patients safety health and welfare first by optimizing imaging examinations to use only.
The efficacy of an image gently image wisely radiology departmental campaign consisting of the optimization of ct protocols to reduce dose while maintaining quality and an educational effort to alter the ordering patterns of referring physicians at a multihospital academic center was evaluated.
We follow a set of guidelines specifying that we may image only when there is a clear medical benefit using the lowest amount of radiation in the correct area of the body. What does it mean to image wisely. To put my patients safety health and welfare first by optimizing imaging examinations to use only the radiation necessary to produce diagnostic quality images. Imaging technologist s imaging physicians medical physicists and nuclear medicine tech s.