Alliance for Radiation Safety in Pediatric Imaging (Image Gently)

Statement of Purpose

The Alliance for Radiation Safety in Pediatric Imaging is a coalition of health care

organizations dedicated to providing safe, high quality pediatric imaging nationwide.

The primary objective of the Alliance is to raise awareness in the imaging community of

the need to adjust radiation dose when imaging children. The ultimate goal of the Alliance
is to change practice.

The Alliance has chosen to focus first on computed tomography (CT) scans. The

dramatic increase in the number of pediatric CT scans performed in the United States in

the past five years and the rapid evolution, change and availability of CT technology and

equipment well justify this Alliance strategy.

Founding Members

The founding members of the Alliance include the Society of Pediatric Radiology, the

American Society of Radiologic Technologists, the American College of Radiology and

the American Association of Physicists in Medicine. The founding members aim to:

• Develop educational resources for radiologists and technologists who perform

CT scans in children in the United States.

• Craft messages to communicate the availability of these educational resources

using a wide variety of electronic and print media and through networking

with Alliance affiliate organizations, vendor partners, health care

organizations, educational institutions and government agencies.

• Designate public spokespersons from the founding member organizations to

present unified messages to the media and the public.

Affiliate Organizations

The founding members of the Alliance are joined in these efforts by affiliate

organizations. Affiliates invited to join the Alliance show support by agreeing to:

• Endorse the primary objective of raising awareness in the imaging

community of the need to adjust radiation dose when imaging children and

the ultimate goal of changing practice.

• Communicate Alliance messages through their organizations’ electronic

and print media on specified release dates.

• Communicate the Alliance’s goals to their members and constituents

through mail, email, conferences, and meetings

• Contribute to the body of knowledge contained on the Alliance Web site.

• Refer questions and media queries to the designated public spokespersons

from the founding member organizations.

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Read and AJR Article about the Alliance: click here