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|Podcasts|October 13, 2011

Podcast: A Conversation about Lowering Radiation Dose

Diagnostic Imaging spoke with Dr. Johnsey Leef III, a radiologist with Charleston Area Medical Center in Charleston, WV, about how the industry is responding to the call for lower dose imaging and what his department is doing to address the issue.

 

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