TY - BOOK AU - Sherer,Mary Alice Statkiewicz AU - Visconti,Paula J. AU - Ritenour,E.Russell AU - Haynes,Kelli TI - Radiation protection in medical radiography SN - 9780323825030 PY - 2022/// CY - Philadelphia PB - Elsevier KW - Radiation protection KW - methods KW - Radiography KW - adverse effects KW - Radiation monitoring KW - Problems and exercises N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction to radiation protection -- Radiation: types, sources, and doses recieved -- Interaction of x-radiation with matter -- Radiation quantities and units -- Radiation monitoring -- Overview of cell biology -- Molecular and cellular radiation biology -- Molecular and cellular radiation biology -- Early tissue reactions and their effects on organ systems -- Stochastic effects and late tissue reactions of radiation in organ systems -- Stochastic effects and late tissue reactions of radiation in organ systems -- Dose limits for exposure to ionizing radiation -- Equipment design for radiation protection -- Management of patient radiation dose during x-ray procedures -- Special considerations of safety in computed tomography -- x-ray breast imaging: methods and radiation safety aspects -- Management of imaging personnel radiation dose during diagnostic x-ray procedures -- Radioisotopes and radiation protection ER -