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Title: Biological risks of medical irradiations: Medical physics monograph 5

Abstract

This book is the fifth in a series of monographs by the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) and is a compendium of papers presented at an AAPM regional symposium conducted in San Antonio in July 1980. The book is divided into three sections: (1) biological fundamentals of ionizing radiation, (2) risk evaluation and reduction in three principle radiologic subspecialties (diagnostic radiology, nuclear medicine and radiation therapy), and (3) medical-legal implications. The first section includes a historical review of radiation biology, including a discussion of somatic and genetic effects and statistical approaches to risk estimates. The section on risk evaluation and reduction includes a good review of the units of exposure and activity including the international (SI) system employing the gray, becquerel, and seivert that respectively replace the rad, Curie, and rem. The unavoidable problem of legal responsibility and liability is the subject of the third, and last, section of the monograph. A chapter summarizing the legal history of medical irradiation also includes a glossary of pertinent legal terms. Recent court decisions that impact upon the clinical use of radiation are presented and discussed as well as proposed changes in federal guidelines that could have a large impact onmore » the practice of medicine in general and radiology in particular. (JMT)« less

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OSTI Identifier:
5657930
Resource Type:
Book
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.; 62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE; BIOMEDICAL RADIOGRAPHY; LEGAL ASPECTS; RADIATION HAZARDS; LOW DOSE IRRADIATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RADIOTHERAPY; PATIENTS; RADIATION DOSES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DOSES; HAZARDS; HEALTH HAZARDS; IRRADIATION; MEDICINE; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; RADIOLOGY; THERAPY; 560151* - Radiation Effects on Animals- Man; 550601 - Medicine- Unsealed Radionuclides in Diagnostics; 550602 - Medicine- External Radiation in Diagnostics- (1980-); 550603 - Medicine- External Radiation in Therapy- (1980-); 550604 - Medicine- Unsealed Radionuclides in Therapy- (1980-); 560161 - Radionuclide Effects, Kinetics, & Toxicology- Man

Citation Formats

Fullerton, G.D., Kopp, D.T., Waggener, R G, and Webster, E W. Biological risks of medical irradiations: Medical physics monograph 5. United States: N. p., 1980. Web.
Fullerton, G.D., Kopp, D.T., Waggener, R G, & Webster, E W. Biological risks of medical irradiations: Medical physics monograph 5. United States.
Fullerton, G.D., Kopp, D.T., Waggener, R G, and Webster, E W. 1980. "Biological risks of medical irradiations: Medical physics monograph 5". United States.
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abstractNote = {This book is the fifth in a series of monographs by the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) and is a compendium of papers presented at an AAPM regional symposium conducted in San Antonio in July 1980. The book is divided into three sections: (1) biological fundamentals of ionizing radiation, (2) risk evaluation and reduction in three principle radiologic subspecialties (diagnostic radiology, nuclear medicine and radiation therapy), and (3) medical-legal implications. The first section includes a historical review of radiation biology, including a discussion of somatic and genetic effects and statistical approaches to risk estimates. The section on risk evaluation and reduction includes a good review of the units of exposure and activity including the international (SI) system employing the gray, becquerel, and seivert that respectively replace the rad, Curie, and rem. The unavoidable problem of legal responsibility and liability is the subject of the third, and last, section of the monograph. A chapter summarizing the legal history of medical irradiation also includes a glossary of pertinent legal terms. Recent court decisions that impact upon the clinical use of radiation are presented and discussed as well as proposed changes in federal guidelines that could have a large impact on the practice of medicine in general and radiology in particular. (JMT)},
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year = {Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1980},
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