American College of Radiology

The American College of Radiology (ACR ) is a company incorporated in 1923, non- profit association of physicians, consisting of radiologists, radiation specialists and doctors. His seat has the college in Reston (Virginia), USA. Other offices exist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Washington, DC The journal The Journal of the American College of Radiology ( JACR ) is published by the College.

The Association is the certification body for mammography in the USA. The Mammography Quality Standards Act of 1992 requires that all persons who perform mammograms in the United States, can prove certification.

ACR also certifies devices for magnetic resonance imaging, are appropriate guidelines out. Since outside the U.S. does not exist anywhere standards, the guidelines of the ACR also be applied in other countries.

Currently the association has over 35,000 members. President John A. Patti.