Practical Radiation Protection in Healthcare

ISBN: 9780199655212 出版年：2014 页码：551 Oxford University Press

PART I - IONISING RADIATIONS: HAZARDS, DETECTION AND MEASUREMENT 1. The development of radiation protection 2. Interaction of ionising radiations with matter 3. Biological effects of ionising radiation 4. Radiation measurements PART II - PROTECTION AGAINST IONISING RADIATION 5. Ionising radiation legislation 6. Principles on control methods 7. Operational radiation protection 8. Personal monitoring 9. Control of radioactive substances 10. Intervention, incidents and emergencies PART III - IONISING RADIATIONS IN MEDICINE AND RESEARCH 11. Risk control in medical exposures 12. Diagnostic radiology: equipment 13. Diagnostic radiology: facility 14. Diagnostic radiology: patient dosimetry 15. Nuclear medicine and radionuclide laboratories 16. The nuclear medicine patient 17. Radiotherapy: external beam therapy 18. Radiotherapy: brachytherapy PART IV - NON-IONISING RADIATIONS 19. Lasers 20. Non-coherant optical radiation sources 21. Electromagnetic fields 22. Ultrasound