Structural shielding design for medical X-ray imaging facilities [electronic resource].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements.

Series:

NCRP report ; no. 147.

NCRP report ; no. 147

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical radiology--Safety measures.

Medical radiology.

Shielding (Radiation).

Hospitals--Radiological services--Shielding (Radiation).

Hospitals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (205 p.)

Place of Publication:

Bethesda, MD : National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurement, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

""Cover ""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""1. Introduction and Recommendations""; ""1.1 Purpose and Scope""; ""1.2 Quantities and Units""; ""1.3 Controlled and Uncontrolled Areas""; ""1.4 Shielding Design Goals for Medical X-Ray Imaging Facilities and Effective Dose""; ""1.4.1 Controlled Areas""; ""1.4.2 Uncontrolled Areas""; ""1.4.3 Shielding Design Assumptions""; ""1.4.4 Air-Kerma Limits for Radiographic Films""; ""1.5 General Concepts""; ""2. Fundamentals of Shielding for Medical X-Ray Imaging Facilities""; ""2.1 Basic Principles""; ""2.2 Types of Medical X-Ray Imaging Facilities""

""2.2.1 Radiographic Installations""""2.2.2 Fluoroscopic Installations""; ""2.2.3 Interventional Facilities""; ""2.2.4 Dedicated Chest Installations""; ""2.2.5 Mammographic Installations (Permanent and Mobile)""; ""2.2.6 Computed Tomography Installations""; ""2.2.7 Mobile Radiography and Fluoroscopy X-Ray Units""; ""2.2.8 Dental X-Ray Facilities""; ""2.2.9 Bone Mineral Measurement Equipment""; ""2.2.10 Veterinary X-Ray Facilities""; ""2.2.11 Other X-Ray Imaging Systems""; ""2.3 Shielding Design Elements""; ""2.3.1 Interior Walls""; ""2.3.2 Exterior Building Walls""; ""2.3.3 Doors""

""2.3.4 Windows""""2.3.5 Floors and Ceilings""; ""2.3.6 Floor-to-Floor Heights""; ""2.3.7 Interstitial Space""; ""2.4 Shielding Design Considerations""; ""2.4.1 Penetrations in Protective Barriers""; ""2.4.2 Joints""; ""2.5 Construction Standards""; ""2.6 Dimensions and Tolerances""; ""3. Elements of Shielding Design""; ""3.1 Strategic Shielding Planning""; ""3.2 Project Development Process""; ""3.2.1 Strategic Planning and Budgeting""; ""3.2.2 Programming""; ""3.2.3 Schematic (Preliminary) Design""; ""3.2.4 Design Development""; ""3.2.5 Construction Document Preparation""

""3.3 Documentation Requirements""""4. Computation of Medical X-Ray Imaging Shielding Requirements""; ""4.1 Concepts and Terminology""; ""4.1.1 Shielding Design Goals""; ""4.1.2 Distance to the Occupied Area""; ""4.1.3 Occupancy Factors""; ""4.1.4 Workload and Workload Distribution""; ""4.1.5 Use Factor""; ""4.1.6 Primary Barriers""; ""4.1.7 Secondary Barriers""; ""4.2 Shielding Calculation Methods""; ""4.2.1 General Shielding Concepts""; ""4.2.2 Shielding for Primary Barriers""; ""4.2.3 Shielding for Secondary Barriers""

""4.2.4 Additional Method for Representative Radiographic Rooms, and Radiographic and Fluoroscopic Rooms""""4.3 Uncertainties""; ""5. Examples of Shielding Calculations""; ""5.1 Cardiac Angiography""; ""5.2 Dedicated Chest Unit""; ""5.3 The Radiographic Room""; ""5.3.1 The Floor of the Radiographic Room""; ""5.3.2 The Ceiling of a Radiographic Room""; ""5.3.3 Wall Containing the Chest Image Receptor in the Radiographic Room""; ""5.3.4 Darkroom Wall in the Radiographic Room""; ""5.3.5 The Cross-Table Wall in the Radiographic Room""; ""5.3.6 Control Wall in the Radiographic Room""

""5.4 Radiographic and Fluoroscopic Room""

Notes:

"Recommendations of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements; issued November 19, 2004."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 160-163) and index.

ISBN:

1-60119-854-X

1-4294-7993-0