Patient and Staff Safety with Focus on Radiation Dose Reduction-CT Safety: Nov. 28, 8:30am-10am

This mini-course emphasizes technical and practical aspects of CT dose reduction and also reviews regulations and policies related to CT dose reduction. Other topics to be addressed include CT protocols, software tracking and FDA activities supporting dose reduction.

When: Monday, Nov. 28, 8:30am to 10:00am
Where: S405AB

Speaker Information:
Mahadevappa Mahesh, MD, PhD, chief physicist, department of radiology, Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore
Dianna D. Cody, PhD, professor, imaging physics, MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston
Stanley H. Y. Stern, PhD, health physicist, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, FDA in Silver Spring, Md.

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