Suggested dose-reduction strategies
| Roles of radiologists and imaging center staff |
| Imaging pediatric patients in a dedicated pediatric imaging department with dedicated pediatric team including |
| Pediatric radiologists |
| Certified CT technologists with experience in pediatric populations |
| Qualified medical physicists to help manage complex equipment |
| Child life specialists to work with families of patients |
| Frequent use of information created by the Image Gently Alliance regarding radiation dose reduction |
| Referring clinician role |
| Careful consideration of evidence-based clinical algorithms that can help assess the risk versus benefit of not obtaining a CT scan and choosing an imaging modality that provides necessary diagnostic information and does not use ionizing radiation |
| Considering referring children to pediatric facilities when available |