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• Title:Practical radiation protection in healthcare / edited by Colin J. Martin and David G. Sutton.
  
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• Other Contributors/Collections:Martin, Colin J., editor.
  
• Published/Created:Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.
  

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  • Call Number: WN110 .P722 2015
    
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• Library of Congress Subjects:Ionizing radiation--Safety measures.
  Radioactive substances--Safety measures.
  Radiation--Dosage.
  
• Medical Subjects: Radiation Protection.
  Health Facilities--standards.
  Occupational Exposure--prevention & control.
  
• Edition:Second edition.
  
• Description:xiii, 536 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
  
• Summary:The application of radiation to medical problems plays an ever-increasing role in diagnosis and treatment of disease. It is essential that medical physicists have the knowledge, understanding and practical skills to implement radiation protection as new techniques are developed. Practical Radiation Protection in Healthcare provides a practical guide for medical physicists and others involved with radiation protection in the healthcare environment. The guidance is based on principles set out in current recommendations of the International Commission for Radiological Protection and methods developed by a variety of professional bodies. Written by practitioners experienced in the field this practical reference manual covers both established techniques and new areas of application. This edition has be fully revised and updated to cover new requirements linked to the increased knowledge of radiation effects, and the development of new technology. Each specialist area is covered in a separate chapter to allow easy reference with individual chapters being assigned to different types of non-ionising radiations. Tabulated data is included to allow the reader to carry out calculations for situations encountered frequently without reference to further texts.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:0199655219 hardcover
  9780199655212 hardcover
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: pt. I Ionizing radiations: hazards, detection, and measurement
  1. development of radiation protection
  2. Interaction of ionizing radiations with matter
  3. Biological effects of ionizing radiation
  4. Radiation measurement
  pt. II Protection against ionizing radiations
  5. Radiation protection legislation
  6. Principles and control methods
  7. Operational radiation protection
  8. Personal monitoring
  9. Control of radioactive substances
  10. Sources of exposure, incidents, and emergencies
  pt. III Ionizing radiation in medicine and research
  11. Risk control in diagnostic medical exposures
  12. Diagnostic radiology equipment
  13. Diagnostic radiology
  -Facility
  14. Diagnostic radiology
  -patient dosimetry
  15. CT dosimetry
  16. Interventional radiology and cardiology
  17. Nuclear medicine, pet, and radionuclide laboratories
  18. nuclear medicine patient
  19. Radiotherapy: external beam radiotherapy
  20. Radiotherapy: brachytherapy and unsealed radionuclide therapy
  pt. IV Non-ionizing radiation
  21. Lasers
  22. Non-coherent optical radiation sources
  23. Electromagnetic fields
  24. Magnetic resonance imaging
  25. Ultrasound.