Radiation Protection in Medical Radiography

E. Russell Ritenour, P.J. Visconti, Mary Alice Statkiewicz-Sherer (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

320 Seiten

1998 | 3rd Revised edition
Mosby (Verlag)
978-0-8151-2896-0 (ISBN)

Infos

Revised and expanded to present accurate and up-to-date information on the subject of radiation protection, this text instructs the student radiographer on the principles of radiation protection and the safe administration of radiation for the purpose of diagnosis and therapy.

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This new full-colour edition has been revised and expanded to present the most accurate and up-to-date information on the subject of radiation protection. This third edition continues to offer instruction to the student radiographer on the principles of radiation protection and the safe administration of radiation for the purposes of diagnosis and therapy. In addition to providing the most current facts available regarding personnel and patient safety procedures, new information includes shielding requirements, more data on high-dose fluoroscopy and CT and CT doses, more historical examples of radiation testing, and an update on Chernobyl and Hiroshima survivors, plus more.

Inhalt

1. Introduction to Radiation Protection 2. Radiation Quantities and Units 3. Basic Interactions of X-Radiation with Matter 4. Overview of Cell Biology 5. Radiation Biology 6. Protection of the Patient During Diagnostic Radiologic Procedures 7. Protecting Occupationally Exposed Personnel During Diagnostic Radiologic Procedures 8. Limits for Exposure to Ionizing Radiation 9. Radiation Monitoring

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.4.1998
• Zusatzinfo: 125 illus
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 191 x 235 mm
• Gewicht: 500 g
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe ► MTA - Radiologie
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft
• ISBN-10: 0-8151-2896-7 / 0815128967
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8151-2896-0 / 9780815128960
• Zustand: Neuware