Radiation Protection in Medical Physics

Preface. List of Participants. Photographs. General Radiation Protection Principles. Internal Safety Standards.- Radiation Units, Limits & Dose Constraints.- Radiobiology Principles. Molecular Aspects of Radiation Biology.- Radiobiology in Radiotherapy.- Radiation Protection Application in Hospital Medical Physics. General Principles of Risk Assessment for Ionising Radiation.- Radiation Protection of the Workers and the Public from Exposed Patients.- Installation Shielding in Diagnostic Radiology and Computed Tomography.- Acceptability Criteria, Justification and Ethical Issues in Using Ionising Radiation.- Dosimetry of Ionizing Radiation – In Search of an Ideal Detector.- Dose Assessment (for Patients).- Patient Dose Assessment in Nuclear Medicine.- Radiation Protection of Pregnant Women.- Optimization of Dose Distribution.- Optimisation of Radiation Protection in Diagnostic Radiology; C. Lewis.- Installation Shielding in Cyclotron Facilities.- Shielding and Facility Design in Nuclear Medicine.- Installation Shielding in Radiotherapy.- Air Contamination Control in Radiochemistry Labs.- Optimisation of Patient and Staff Exposure in Interventional Radiology.- Optimization of Radioprotection in Gynecology Brachytherapy.- Radiation Protection Optimisation in Interventional Procedures.- Radiation Protection Optimisation in Diagnostic Nuclear Medicine.- Appendix 1: Colour Section.