Description The purpose of ICRP Publication 73 is to clarify how the recommended system of radiological protection as described in the 1990 Recommendations
of the International Commission on Radiological Protection should be applied in medicine. This report is addressed principally to physicians
and physicists directly engaged in medical radiology, including diagnosis in medicine and dentistry, nuclear medicine and radiotherapy;
to those responsible for the management of institutions operating in these fields; and to international regulatory and advisory bodies.
Contents Preface.
Introduction.
The biological basis of the commission's policy. The special application of the commission's policy
to medicine.
The Quantification of Radiation Dose and Risks.
Dosimetric quantities. Risk-based quantities and estimates
of risk from postnatal exposure. Estimates of risk from prenatal exposure.
The Framework of Radiological Protection.
The Justification
of a Practice.
The generic justification of a defined procedure. The justification of a procedure for an individual patient.
The Optimisation of Protection.
General principles. The use of constraints in optimisation. The optimisation of protection
in medical exposure. The optimisation of protection in occupational exposure.
Individual Dose Limits.
Radiation Protection
by Intervention.
Practical Methods of Protection.
Occupational exposure. Public exposure. Exposure of volunteers. Operational
guides and reference levels.
Accidents and Emergencies.
Accident prevention. Emergency plans and the mitigation of consequences.
Institutional Arrangements.
Responsibility and authority. Management requirements. Education and training. Compliance with
the intended standard of protection. References.
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