Radiation dose management of pregnant patients, pregnant staff and paediatric patients : diagnostic and interventional radiology /: diagnostic and interventional radiology. ([2020])

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Diagnostic and interventional radiology
• Further Information: Note: Edited by John Damilakis.
• Editors: Damilakis, J (John)
• Other Names: Institute of Physics (Great Britain), publisher.
• Contents: 1. Dosimetry -- 1.1. Physical phantoms simulating pregnancy and children -- 1.2. Thermoluminescence dosimeters (TLDs) and optically stimulated luminescence dosimeters (OSLDs) -- 1.3. Optically stimulated luminescence dosimeters (OSLDs) -- 1.4. Computational phantoms simulating pregnancy and children -- 1.5. Monte Carlo simulations and computational phantoms 2. Biological effects of exposure to ionizing radiation during gestation and childhood -- 2.1. Biological effects to conceptus from ionizing radiation -- 2.2. Biological effects to children from ionizing radiation 3. Parameters that influence conceptus and paediatric patient radiation dose from radiodiagnostic procedures -- 3.1. Radiography and fluoroscopy parameters that influence conceptus and paediatric dose / by A. Papadakis -- 3.2. CT parameters that influence conceptus and paediatric dose 4. Amount of dose absorbed by the conceptus and paediatric patients from diagnostic and interventional radiology -- 4.1. Conceptus dose and radiation-induced risk associated with diagnostic and interventional X-ray examinations -- 4.2. Paediatric dose and radiation-induced risk associated with diagnostic and interventional X-ray examinations 5. Methods to calculate conceptus and paediatric dose -- 5.1. Methods to calculate conceptus dose from diagnostic and interventional procedures -- 5.2. Methods to calculate paediatric dose from diagnostic and interventional procedures 6. Optimization of radiological examinations performed during pregnancy -- 6.1. Radiography/fluoroscopy during pregnancy : methods for dose optimization -- 6.2. CT during pregnancy : methods for dose optimization 7. Optimization of examinations performed on paediatric patients -- 7.1. Optimization of radiographic and fluoroscopic examinations performed on paediatric patients -- 7.2. Methods of dose optimization in CT 7-18 8. The management of (a) pregnant patients and (b) pregnant employees -- 8.1. The management of pregnant patients -- 8.2. The management of pregnant employees.
• Publisher Details: Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 PDF (various pagings), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 614.8/39; Fetus -- Effect of radiation on; Pregnant women -- Radiography -- Safety measures; Pediatric radiography -- Safety measures; Radiation -- Dosage -- Safety measures; Fetus -- radiation effects; Pregnant Women; Radiography; Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; Diagnostic Imaging -- methods; Child; Safety; Medical physics; SCIENCE / Radiation
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780750313179; 9780750313193; 0750313196
• Related ISBNs: 075031317X; 9780750313186; 9780750317856
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Title from PDF title page (viewed on January 6, 2020).
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