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Fifth Edition
By
Mary Alice Statkiewicz Sherer, AS, RT(R), FASRT, Radiography Instructor, High-Tech Institute, Nashville, TN
Paula Visconti, PhD, Director of Medical Physics, Radiation Safety Officer, Memorial Hospital of Burlington County, Mount Holly, NJ
E. Russell Ritenour, PhD, Professor and Director of Physics Section, Department of Radiology, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis, MN
Description
This easy-to-read text offers essential information on radiation protection and the biological effects of ionizing radiation, to ensure
its safe medical use. Building from basic to more complex concepts, this book also presents radiation physics, cell structure, effects
of radiation on humans at the cellular and systemic levels, regulatory and advisory limits for human exposure to radiation, and the implementation
of patient and personnel radiation protection practices.
Contents
1. Introduction to Radiation Protection
2. Interaction of X-Radiation with Matter
3. Radiation Quantities and Units
(includes new content on Human Genome Project)
4. Overview of Cell Biology
5. Molecular and Cellular Radiation Biology
6.
Radiation Effects on Organ Systems
7. Dose Limits for Exposure to Ionizing Radiation
8. Protection of the Patient During
Diagnostic X-Ray Procedures
(includes new information on the potential for overexpose of patient in computed and direct radiography,
PET/CT and C-arm fluoroscopy)
9. Protection for Imaging Personnel During Diagnostic X-Ray Procedures
10. Radiation Monitoring
11.
NEW! Radioisotopes and Radiation Protection
Bibliography
Appendix A 50 KeV photon interaction with tissue
Appendix
B Relationship among photons, electromagnetic waves, wavelength, and energy
Appencix C Compton interaction
Appendix D
Periodic table of the elements
Appendix E Metric system equivalents for length
Appendix F Revision of 10 CFR Part 35
Appendix
G Consumer-patient radiation health and safety act of 1981
Answers to Review Questions
Glossary
Index
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Paperback, 384 pages, publication date: MAR-2006
ISBN-13: 978-0-323-03600-9
ISBN-10: 0-323-03600-7
Imprint: MOSBY
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Last update: 30 Nov 2009
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