Radiation Protection in Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Herausgeber: Vetter, Richard J; Stoeva, Magdalena S

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book focuses on the professional, operational, and regulatory aspects of radiation protection. It summarizes evidence supporting changes in consensus recommendations, regulations, and health physics practices associated with recent advances in radiology, nuclear medicine, and radiation oncology. The book is based on current recommendations

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 454
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 816g
• ISBN-13: 9780367575212
• ISBN-10: 0367575213
• Artikelnr.: 66557519

Autorenporträt

Edited by Richard J. Vetter, professor emeritus, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA Magdalena S. Stoeva, chair, IOMP Medical Physics World Board

Inhaltsangabe

INTRODUCTION. International Organization for Medical Physics Statement.
International Radiation Protection Association Statement. THE SYSTEM OF
RADIATION PROTECTION. The ICRP (International Commission on Radiological
Protection) System of Radiation Protection . OVERVIEW OF MEDICAL PHYSICS
(RADIATION PROTECTION IN MEDICINE). Radiation Protection in Medicine
(Medical Health Physics). RADIATION PROTECTION IN DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY.
Radiation Protection in Diagnostic Radiology. RADIATION PROTECTION IN
NUCLEAR MEDICINE. Radiation Protection in Nuclear Medicine. RADIATION
PROTECTION IN RADIATION ONCOLOGY. Radiation Protection in Radiation
Oncology. REGULATORY PHILOSOPHY AND CONTROL. Regulatory Structures and
Issues in Africa. Regulatory Structures and Issues in Asia and Oceania.
Regulatory Structures and Issues in the European Union. Regulatory
Structures and Issues in the Middle East. Regulatory Structures and Issues
in North America. Regulatory Structures and Issues in Latin America . ROLE
OF THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS IN WORLDWIDE MEDICAL RADIATION
PROTECTION. Role and Activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
The World Health Organization Global Initiative on Radiation Safety in
Healthcare Settings. The Medical Physicists and the International
Organization for Medical Physics. The International Union for Physical and
Engineering Sciences in Medicine. Education and Training in Radiation
Protection. Medical Exposures: Adverse Consequences and Unintended
Exposures. ETHICAL USE OF HUMAN SUBJECTS IN MEDICAL RESEARCH. Informed
Consent in Radiation Medicine Practice and Research. GLOSSARY.