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• AMCLC 2008 Adopted Guidelines

The following practice guidelines and technical standards were adopted at the May 2008 ACR Annual Meeting and Chapter Leadership Conference (AMCLC). These guidelines/standards are being reviewed, edited, and reformatted in preparation for publication.

The guidelines/standards will be mailed to all ACR members in CD format and put on the ACR Website before they become effective on October 1, 2008.

• New: Practice Guideline for Radioembolization with Microsphere Brachytherapy Device (RMBD) for Treatment of Liver Malignancies (collaborative with ASTRO & SIR)
• New: Practice Guideline for the Performance of Non-Breast Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Guided Procedures (collaborative with ASNR)
• New: ACR Practice Guideline for the Performance of Renal Artery Duplex Sonography (collaborative with AIUM)
• New: ACR Practice Guideline for the Performance of Quantitative Computed Tomography (QCT) Bone Densitometry
• New: Practice Guideline for the Performance of Pediatric Computed Tomography (CT) (collaborative with SPR)
• New: ACR Practice Guideline for Imaging Pregnant or Potentially Pregnant Adolescents and Women with Ionizing Radiation
• New: ACR Practice Guideline for the Performance of Screening and Diagnostic Mammography
• ACR Practice Guideline for the Performance of Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of the Breast
• Practice Guideline for the Performance of Myelography and Cisternography (collaborative with ASNR)
• ACR Practice Guideline for the Performance of Esophagrams and Upper Gastrointestinal Examinations in Adults
• Practice Guideline for the Performance of Adult and Pediatric Hepatobiliary Scintigraphy (collaborative with SPR)
• Practice Guideline for the Performance of Adult and Pediatric Renal Scintigraphy (collaborative with SPR)
• ACR Practice Guideline for Diagnostic Reference Levels in Medical X-Ray Imaging
• ACR Technical Standard for Medical Nuclear Physics Performance Monitoring of PET-CT Imaging Equipment
• ACR Technical Standard for Medical Nuclear Physics Performance Monitoring of Gamma Cameras

• ACR Technical Standard for Management of the Use of Radiation in Fluoroscopic Procedures
• ACR Practice Guideline for the Performance of the Ultrasound Examination for Detection and Assessment of Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip (collaborative with AIUM)
• ACR Practice Guideline for the Performance of Barium Small Bowel Examinations in Adults
• ACR Practice Guideline for the Performance of Pediatric and Adult Thoracic Computed Tomography (CT)
• Practice Guideline for the Performance of Radiography of the Extremities in Adults and Children (collaborative with SSR & SPR)
• Practice Guideline for the Performance of Pediatric Contrast Examinations of the Small Bowel (collaborative with SPR)
• ACR Practice Guideline for the Performance of Barium Enema Examinations in Adults
• ACR Practice Guideline for Radiologist Coverage of Imaging Performed on Hospital Emergency Department Patients
• Practice Guideline for General Radiography (collaborative with SPR)
• Practice Guideline for Specifications and Performance of Image-Guided Percutaneous Drainage/Aspiration of Abscesses and Fluid Collections (PDAFC) in Adults (collaborative with SIR)
• Practice Guideline for the Performance of Image-Guided Percutaneous Needle Biopsy (PNB) in Adults (collaborative with SIR)
• Practice Guideline for the Performance of Diagnostic Infusion Venography (collaborative with SIR)
• Practice Guideline for the Performance of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of the Brain (collaborative with ASNR)
• Practice Guideline for the Performance of Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry (DXA) (collaborative with SSR)
• Practice Guideline for the Performance of Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy of the Central Nervous System (collaborative with ASNR)