Contribution of modern medical imaging technology to radiation health effects in exposed populations
Conference
·
OSTI ID:6786434
The introduction of technically-advanced imaging systems in medicine carries with it potential health hazards, particularly from ionizing and nonionizing radiation exposure of human populations. This paper will discuss what we know and what we do not know about the health effects of low-level radiation, how the risks of radiation-induced health effects may be estimated, the sources of the scientific data, the dose-response models used, the uncertainties which limit precision of estimation of excess health risks from low-level radiation, and what the implications might be for radiation protection in medicine and public health policy.
- Research Organization:
- California Univ., Berkeley (USA). Lawrence Berkeley Lab.; California Univ., San Francisco (USA). School of Medicine
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 6786434
- Report Number(s):
- LBL-11728; CONF-801103-18
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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