The American College of Radiology (ACR), founded in 1923, is a professional medical society representing nearly 40,000 diagnostic radiologists, radiation oncologists, interventional radiologists, nuclear medicine physicians and medical physicists.
The ACR has 54 chapters in the United States, Canada and the Council of Affiliated Regional Radiation Oncology Societies (CARROS).
[1] The ACR has accredited more than 39,000 medical imaging facilities[2] in 10 imaging modalities since 1987, including: The ACR provides patient information through the website Radiologyinfo.org,[7] co-produced by the Radiological Society of North America, to help patients understand how various radiology procedures and radiation therapy are performed.
ACR's Imaging 3.0 initiative is a roadmap to transition the practice of radiology from volume-based to value-based care.
Four main focus areas of Imaging 3.0 include;[8]