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Safety Information about Personal Safety
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Patients A. 2 The physician is responsible for protecting the patient from
unnecessary radiation.
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✧ Always use a gonadal shield, if possible.
✧ Use the pediatric mode for children.
✧ Use CARE products.
Reduction of the radiation load
A. 2 You can avoid repeating a measurement and so reduce the radi-
ation load on the patient by taking certain precautions.
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✧ Inform the patient sufficiently. The patient must move as
little as possible during scanning and follow the breathing
instructions (to avoid motion artifacts).
✧ Ask the patient to remove all jewelry, hair clips etc. (to
avoid metal artifacts).
✧ Make sure that the system is clean. Residual contrast
medium can cause artifacts.
✧ Observe the calibration and maintenance instructions in
the manual.