As a professional radiographer, the practice of ALARA requires you to
a. employ high ratio grids.
b. use low mAs , high kVp exposure techniques.
c. use the largest receptor possible in order to get a higher-quality image.
d. restrict the x-ray beam to the clinical area of interest.
d. restrict the x-ray beam to the clinical area of interest.
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What will be an ideal response?