Radiation Protection in Diagnostic X-Ray Imaging (PDF) 2017

Radiologic protection has become an integral part of the radiologic technology and provides a tools to protect not only the patient, but personnel and members of the public as well. Radiation Protection in Diagnostic X-Ray Imaging covers the recent developments that have been introduced to address the increasing dose to the patient, and new assessment tools for use in dose optimization studies. The purpose of this text is to provide a text that brings together a number of the critical issues in radiologic protection and presents these in an understandable way to individuals such as clinicians,radiographers and other individuals who do not have an in-depth knowledge of medical physics. This text covers a detailed overview of the biological effects of radiation exposure, outlines the fundamental physical principles and technical aspects of radiation protection, outlines the major components of DRL, image quality assessment tools for use in dose-image quality, and explains the role of quality assurance control in optimization of radiation protection.Features:• Covers all topics prescribed by the ARRT for the certification examination• Goes beyond the topics covered in the ARRT specifications and other texts• Includes the most up-to-date topics on Radiation Protection of concern to clinical practice and academia