IAEA Flashcards
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
Justification of practices
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
Optimization of protection and safety
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
100
10 if inside
Personal monitoring badges should be issued every _ number of weeks four general radiology and __ for dental radiology
four weeks
8 weeks for dental
All lead apron should be tested approximately for shielding integrity every
8 to 12 months interval
What is the limit of equivalent dose to the lenses of the eye per year
150 mSv
Those reduction in ct can be accomplished through the judicious use of three factors
Kvp mas and slice spacing
What is the primary cause for high doses in ct
Failure to adjust the ms based on the size of the patient or the body part being image