1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910797751203321

Autore

Nass Sharyl J.

Titolo

Assessing and improving the interpretation of breast images : workshop summary / / Institute of Medicine (U.S.) ; Sharyl J. Nass and Margie Patlak, rapporteurs

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, District of Columbia : , : The National Academies Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-309-37838-9

0-309-37836-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (94 p.)

Disciplina

616

Soggetti

Breast - Radiography

Breast - Radiography - Standards

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"National Cancer Policy Forum : Board on Health Care Services"--Cover.

Nota di contenuto

FrontMatter; Reviewers; Acknowledgments; Contents; Boxes, Figures, and Tables; Acronyms; Workshop Summary; Appendix: Statement of Task andWorkshop Agenda



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911006695003321

Titolo

Radiation protection for procedures performed outside the Radiology Department [[electronic resource] ] : recommendations / / of the National Council on Radiation, Protection and Measurements

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bethesda, Md., : The Council, 2000

ISBN

1-61344-817-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (112 p.)

Collana

NCRP report ; ; no. 133

Disciplina

616.9/89705

Soggetti

Diagnosis, Radioscopic - Evaluation

Radiation - Safety measures

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 79-81) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Radiologic Examinations Outside the Radiology Department""; ""2.1 Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory""; ""2.2 Operating Room""; ""2.3 Miscellaneous Examinations and Location""; ""2.4 Summary""; ""3. Sources of Exposure to Workers""; ""3.1 Total Radiation Exposure During the Procedure""; ""3.2 Personal Protection Techniques""; ""3.3 Equipment Evaluation, Maintenance and Monitoring""; ""4. Personal Monitoring""; ""4.1 Rationale""; ""4.2 Who Should Be Monitored?""; ""4.3 Methods of Monitoring Workers""

""4.4 Individual Responsibility for Personal Monitoring Devices""""4.5 Where Should Personal Dosimeters be Worn?""; ""4.6 Personal Monitoring Records""; ""4.7 Periodic Evaluation of Workers� Doses""; ""5. Administrative Responsibilities""; ""Appendix A Medical X Rays, Their Biological Effects, and Philosophy of Radiation Protection""; ""A.1 Interactions of Medical X Rays with Tissue""; ""A.2 Quantities and Units Relevant to Ionizing Radiation""; ""A.3 Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation""; ""A.4 Sources and Magnitude of Ionizing Radiation Exposure""; ""A.5 Risk and Risk Assessment""

""A.6 Philosophy of Radiation Protection""""A.7 Dose Limits and Their Bases""; ""Appendix B The X-Ray Imaging Process""; ""B.1 Image Production""; ""B.2 Image Receptors""; ""Glossary""; ""References""; ""The NCRP""; ""NCRP Publications""; ""NCRP Reports""; ""NCRP



Commentaries""; ""Proceedings of the Annual Meeting""; ""Lauriston S. Taylor Lectures""; ""Symposium Proceedings""; ""NCRP Statements""; ""Other Documents""; ""Index""