Reference levels and achievable doses in medical and dental imaging [electronic resource] : recommendations for the United States / recommendations of the National Council On Radiation Protection And Measurements ; [prepared by Scientific Committee 4-3 on Diagnostic Reference Levels and Achievable Doses, and Reference Levels in Medical Imaging: Recommenations for Applications in the United States].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements. Scientific Committee 4-3 on Diagnostic Reference Levels and Achievable Doses, and Reference Levels in Medical Imaging: Recommendations for Applications in the United States.

Contributor:

National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements.

Series:

NCRP report ; no. 172

NCRP report Reference levels and achievable doses in medical and dental imaging

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Diagnostic imaging--United States.

Diagnostic imaging.

Radiation--Dosage--United States.

Radiation.

Radiation--Safety measures--Standards--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (144 p.)

Place of Publication:

Bethesda, Md. : National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, [2012]

Language Note:

English

Contents:

""Cover ""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""1. Executive Summary""; ""2. Introduction""; ""2.1 Historical Background""; ""2.1.1 Diagnostic Reference Levels and Reference Levels""; ""2.1.2 Achievable Doses""; ""2.2 Phantom Versus Patient Doses""; ""2.3 Approach for Use of Diagnostic Reference Levels and Achievable Doses, and Reference Levels in the United States""; ""2.3.1 Radiography and Fluoroscopy""; ""2.3.2 Computed Tomography""; ""2.3.3 Fluoroscopically-Guided Interventional Procedures""; ""2.3.4 Nuclear Medicine""; ""2.3.5 Types of Examinations Excluded""

""2.4 Implementing Diagnostic Reference Levels and Achievable Doses, and Reference Levels in Clinical Practice""""2.5 Future Methodology""; ""3. Phantoms for Determination of Diagnostic Reference Levels""; ""3.1 Phantoms for Radiographic Projections of the Chest, Abdomen, and Lumbosacral Spine""; ""3.2 Phantoms for Fluoroscopic Imaging""; ""3.3 Phantoms for Computed Tomography""; ""3.4 Phantoms for Fluoroscopic Equipment""; ""3.5 Phantoms for Fluoroscopically-Guided Interventional Procedures""; ""4. Methods for Characterizing Patient Dose""; ""4.1 Units of Measure""

""4.1.1 Fundamental Units""""4.1.2 Clinical Dosimetry""; ""4.2 Computed Tomography Dosimetry""; ""5. Data Sources""; ""5.1 Adult Radiography and Fluoroscopy""; ""5.2 Pediatric Chest Radiography""; ""5.3 Pediatric Fluoroscopy""; ""5.4 Pediatric Computed Tomography""; ""5.5 Digital Radiography""; ""5.6 Dental Radiography""; ""5.6.1 Intraoral Radiography""; ""5.6.2 Cephalometric Radiography""; ""5.6.3 Panoramic Radiography""; ""5.6.4 Cone-Beam Computed Tomographic Imaging""; ""6. Recommended Diagnostic Reference Levels and Achievable Doses""; ""6.1 Radiographic and Fluoroscopic Examinations""

""6.1.1 Chest Examinations""""6.1.2 Abdomen and Lumbosacral Spine Examinations""; ""6.1.3 Fluoroscopic Examinations""; ""6.2 Computed Tomography Examinations""; ""6.2.1 U.S. Diagnostic Reference Levels for Computed Tomography""; ""6.2.2 Non-U.S. Diagnostic Reference Levels for Computed Tomography""; ""6.2.3 Recommended Diagnostic Reference Levels and Achievable Doses for Computed Tomography""; ""6.3 Fluoroscopically-Guided Interventional Procedures""; ""6.3.1 U.S. Diagnostic Reference Levels for Fluoroscopically-Guided Interventional Procedures""

""6.3.2 Non-U.S. Reference Levels for Fluoroscopically-Guided Interventional Procedure""""6.3.3 Recommended RLs for Fluoroscopically-Guided Interventional Procedures""; ""6.3.4 Recommendations on Analyzing Data from Fluoroscopically-Guided Interventional Procedures""; ""6.4 Dental Radiography""; ""6.4.1 Dental Intraoral Radiographic Examinations""; ""6.4.2 Dental Cephalometric Radiographic Examinations""; ""6.4.3 Dental Panoramic Radiographic Examinations""; ""6.5 Nuclear Medicine Procedures""

""6.5.1 U.S. Reference Levels for Nuclear Medicine Examinations Compared with SNM Minimum and Maximum Doses""

Notes:

"August 2012."

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-62198-313-7