Patient Safety

Ensuring you’re undergoing the safest possible MRI begins with selecting the professional team who will do your imaging. What should you look for in a reliable imaging institution?

In the UCSF Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, we don’t ignore the facts. The fact is there are risks to medical imaging.

At UCSF we take great care to protect patients from radiation. UCSF is a leader in adopting practices for the reduction of radiation in all of our patients.

UCSF Radiology’s Dr. Rebecca Smith-Bindman and her team of investigators were recently awarded a $1.9 million grant to fund the UCSF CT Radiation Dose Registry and ensure a patient-centered approach to imaging!

A recent study at UCSF finds powerful CT scanners used for high-end imaging may also pose radiation risks.