IAEA Flashcards

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1
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No practices or source within a practice should be authorized unless the practice produces sufficient benefit to the exposed individuals or to society to offset the radiation harm that it might cause

A

Justification of practices

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In relation to exposures from any particular source within a practice except for therapeutic and medical exposures protection and safety shall be optimized in order that the magnitude of individual doses the number of people exposed and the likelihood of incurring exposures all be kept as low as reasonably achievable

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Optimization of protection and safety

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If the reading corresponds to a dosimeter worn outside a lead apron of a pregnant worker there is approximately over estimation of fetal dose to a factor of

A

100

10 if inside

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Personal monitoring badges should be issued every _ number of weeks four general radiology and __ for dental radiology

A

four weeks
8 weeks for dental

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All lead apron should be tested approximately for shielding integrity every

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8 to 12 months interval

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6
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What is the limit of equivalent dose to the lenses of the eye per year

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150 mSv

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Those reduction in ct can be accomplished through the judicious use of three factors

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Kvp mas and slice spacing

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What is the primary cause for high doses in ct

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Failure to adjust the ms based on the size of the patient or the body part being image

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