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American College of Radiology/Radiological Society of North America. RadiologyInfo. Accessed at www.radiologyinfo.org on January 6, 2012.

American College of Radiology/Radiological Society of North America. Patient Safety: Radiation Exposure in X-ray and CT Examinations. Accessed at www.radiologyinfo.org/en/safety/index.cfm?pg=sfty_xray on January 6, 2012.

Fenton JJ, Taplin SH, Carney PA, et al. Influence of computer-aided detection on performance of screening mammography. N Engl J Med. 2007;356:1399-1409.

Hricak H, Akin O, Bradbury MS, et al. Advanced imaging methods: Functional and metabolic imaging. In: DeVita VT, Hellman S, Rosenberg SA, eds. Cancer: Principles & Practice of Oncology. 7th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2005:589-720.

Kleinerman RA. Cancer risks following diagnostic and therapeutic radiation exposure in children. Pediatr Radiol. 2006;36 Suppl 2:121-125.

Levin B, Lieberman DA, McFarland B, et al. Screening and Surveillance for the Early Detection of Colorectal Cancer and Adenomatous Polyps, 2008: A Joint Guideline from the American Cancer Society, the US Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer, and the American College of Radiology. CA Cancer J Clin. 2008;58:130-160.

Little JB, Grdina DJ. Ionizing radiation. In: Kufe DW, Bast RC, Hait WN, et al, eds. Cancer Medicine. 7th ed. Hamilton, Ontario: BC Decker; 2006:270-282.

Pisano E, Gatsonis C, Hendrick E, et al. Diagnostic Performance of Digital Versus Film Mammography for Breast Cancer Screening - The Results of the American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN) Digital Mammographic Imaging Screening Trial (DMIST). N Engl J Med. 2005;353(17):1773-1783.

Smith-Bindman R, Lipson J, Marcus R, et al. Radiation Dose Associated With Common Computed Tomography Examinations and the Associated Lifetime Attributable Risk of Cancer. Arch Intern Med. 2009;169(22):2078-2086.

US Department of Energy. Radiation in Perspective. Accessed at www.hss.energy.gov/HealthSafety/WSHP/radiation/Radiation-final-6-20.pdf on January 6, 2012.

US Food and Drug Administration. Reducing Radiation from Medical X-rays. Accessed at www.fda.gov/downloads/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm095824.pdf on January 6, 2012.


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Last Revised: 01/31/2012

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