Radiation sources & measurement Flashcards
What percentage of death is radiation responsible for?
1%
What percentage of cancer deaths is due to radiation?
4%
How many people are killed by radiation in the UK per year?
6588
What percentage NUMBER of medical radiographic examination are dental?
30%
What of radiation is environmental or artificial?
17% - environmental
83% - artificial
What percentage of medical exposures are due to dental?
3-9%
What percentage of medical and dental doses are avoidable?
45-50%
What affect does additional doses have on the human population?
Additional doses increase the number of cases seen.
Not likely to result in new disease and malformations as we have been exposed to radiation since the beginning.
Why is it important to measure radiation dose?
Hazards result from radiation doses, thus need to assess risk planned doses against benefit from the dose.
What properties of x-rays allow use to measure dose?
- Excitation
- Ionisation
Name the dose meters that measure via the amount of ionisation?
- Free ionisation chamber
- Thimble ionisation chamber
- Chemical conversion (Frickes’ Dose Meter)
- Photographic ionisation
How does a Thimble ionisation chamber work?
Measures the amount of discharge due to ionisation.
How does a chemical conversion (Frickes Dose Meter) work?
Measures chemical changes due to ionisation.
What does a photographic density dose meter work?
Assesses dose through level of black caused by ionisation of Silver Bromide.
How doses a calorimetry dose meter work?
Measures heating due to excitation