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when it comes to any form of Pediatric Care the health and well-being of the young patient is always the first priority and that does not change when it comes to radiologic Imaging Radiology as a whole is primarily known for producing really cool x-rays that shows parts of our bodies that we cannot see from the outside this includes our bones brain parts of our organ systems like our kidneys liver and more what a lot of people do not know however are the dangers and risks that come with x-rays the most important thing when it comes to acknowledging the risks of X-rays and CT scans is knowing what makes these machines potentially hazardous these tools work by using ionizing radiation which operate by using particles of light to remove electrons from molecules of materials that we cannot see these materials can be air water and living tissues which include our skin without the proper care and without the proper dosage of radiation a few things can happen one of the major ways that radiation can potentially affect the patient is by changing their DNA by inducing DNA breaks and or single strand breaks from the ionizing radiation if the dosage is too high a patient can be diagnosed with acute radiation syndrome or more commonly known as radiation sickness a patient can also suffer from radiation Burns which in severe cases is usually named radiation dermatitis so with all of these risks when it comes to radiologic Imaging our predecessors realize that the radiologic standards for children should not be the same as adults a big reason being that the thickness of skin compared to an adult is not the same as on a child which means radiation can penetrate the child's game far easier due to it being thinner
our predecessors knew that the dosalara or as low as reasonably achievable dosage of radiation had to be much lower when it comes to radi when it comes to Imaging children this led to radiologies wanting to protect kids as best as they can if they need an x-rays or CT scans or any other procedure involving ionizing radiation because of the innate need to protect image gently was founded and created in 2007 to promote safe Imaging in children their mission statement reads as follows the mission of the Imaging Alliance is through advocacy to improve safe and effective Imaging care of children worldwide image gently was founded by what I like to call the four founding parent organizations these organizations include the society for Pediatric Radiology the American College of radiology the American Society for radiologic Technologies and the American Association of physicists and Medicine even though a lot of these organizations and even image gently itself was founded in America image gently is a global organization with ties in New Zealand Britain Italy Australia India and Argentina just to name a few their main goal is to raise awareness of the multitude of opportunities that are made available to lower the dosage of radiation while Imaging children on the msgently website there's a plethora of information for not only technologies that are entering the Radiology field but for physicists and parents as well this is a great way to help parents understand what exactly is happening during the Imaging process so that there is less concern and they feel a bit more content with knowing what's happening they have specifications for computed
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