Present and future ICRP guidance for medical uses of radiation

Author

Valentin, Jack

Author_Institution

Int. Comm. on Radiol. Protection, Stockholm, Sweden

Volume

1

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

151

Abstract

Patient doses present a complex mixture of justified increases and non-optimised (or worse) doses; selected exposures of medical staff are problematic. ICRP has issued comprehensive general guidance and is now providing guidance on specific problem areas. Future fundamental recommendations from ICRP, due around 2005, will impact on medical radiation protection. One proposal towards the new recommendations, `Controllable Dose´, is hotly debated; the author feels that the concept may be well adaptable to patient protection

Keywords

dosimetry; health hazards; radiation protection; reviews; comprehensive general guidance; controllable dose; future ICRP guidance; future fundamental recommendations; medical radiation protection; medical radiation uses; medical staff selected exposures; nonoptimised doses; patient doses; patient protection; present ICRP guidance; specific problem areas; Biomedical imaging; Biomedical monitoring; Industrial training; Lead; Lifting equipment; Medical diagnostic imaging; Medical treatment; Proposals; Protection; Uncertainty;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2000. Proceedings of the 22nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

ISSN

1094-687X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6465-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2000.900691

Filename

900691