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Feb 20, 2024
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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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