TY - BOOK AU - Statkiewicz-Sherer,Mary Alice AU - Visconti,Paula J. AU - Ritenour,E.Russell AU - Haynes,Kelli TI - Radiation protection in medical radiography SN - 9780323825030 AV - RC78.3 .S54 2022 U1 - 616.07/570289 23 PY - 2022///] CY - St. Louis, Missouri PB - Elsevier KW - Radiography, Medical KW - Safety measures KW - Complications KW - Radiation KW - Radiation Protection KW - methods KW - Radiography KW - adverse effects KW - Radiation Monitoring KW - Mesures KW - Rayonnement KW - fast N1 - 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 ER -