Radiation protection in medical radiography / Mary Alice Statkiewicz Sherer, Paula J. Visconti, E. Russell Ritenour, Kelli Welch Haynes.

Previous edition: 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Radiation: types, sources, and doses received -- Interaction of X-radiation with matter -- Radiation quantities and units -- Radiation monitoring -- Overview of cell biology -- Molecular and cellular radiation biiology -- Early tissue reactions and their effects on organ systems -- Stochastic effects and late tissue reactions of radiation in organ systems -- Dose limits for exposure to ionizing radiation -- Equipment design for radiation protection -- Management of patient radiation dose during X-ray procedures -- Special considerations on safety in computed tomography -- X-ray breast imaging: methods fand radiation safety aspects -- Management of imaging personnel radiation dose during diagnostic X-ray procedures -- Radioisotopes and radiation protection -- Appendices: Relationships between systems of units; Image gently pledge and image wisely pledge; Standard designations for metric system lengths, electron volt energy levels, and frequency spectrum ranges; Periodic table of elements; Relationship among photons, electromagnetic waves, wavelength, and energy; Electron shell structure of the atom; Compton interaction; NCRP 10CFR part 35.50 training for radiation safety officer and associate radiatin safety officer; & Consumer-patient radiation health and safety act of 1981.