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Safety Registry Review Flashcards

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Ionizing radiation

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radiation that possess the ability to remove electrons from atoms by a process called ionization

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Somatic effects

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effects of radiation on the body being irradiated

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Genetic effects

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effects of radiation on the genetic code of a cell; affects the next generation

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Natural background radiation

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radiation contained in the unpolluted environment

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Artificially produced radiation

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also called man-made radiation (e.g., medical x-rays)

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Primary radiation

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radiation exiting the tube

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Exit radiation (remnant radiation; image producing radiation)

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x-rays that emerge from the patient and strike the image receptor

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Attenuation

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absorption and scatter (loss of intensity) of the x-ray beam as it passes through the patient

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Heterogeneous beam

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x-ray beam that contains photons of many different energies

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Photoelectric effect

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absorption of x-ray photons in the atoms of the body

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Compton effect

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scatter of x-ray photons from the atom of the body

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Air kerma

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unit of exposure

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Gray

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unit of absorbed dose, measured in joules per kilogram (j/kg); 1 Gy = 1 J/kg

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Gray(a)

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unit of radiation absorbed in air

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Gray (t)

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unit of radiation absorbed in tissue

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Sievert

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unit of effective dose

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Sievert

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unit of equivalent dose

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Becquerel

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unit of activity

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National academy of sciences/national research council committee on the biological effects of ionizing radiation (NAS/NRC-BEIR)

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organization that studies biological effects of ionizing radiation and publishes resulting data

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International commission on radiologic protection

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organization that publishes international radiation protection guidelines

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National council on radiation protection and management (NCRP)

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organization that publishes radiation protection guidelines for the United States

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Nuclear regulatory commission (NRC)

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organization that enforces radiation protection standards at the federal level related to use of radioactive material

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NCRP Report #102

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makes recommendations on equipment design and protection regarding lead shielding and fluoroscopic and mobile exposure rates

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NCRP Report #116

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defines annual exposure limits; makes recommendations pertaining to risk-benefit analysis of radiation exposure; states that somatic and genetic effects should be kept to a minimum when radiation is used for diagnostic imaging

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Effective dose limit

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upper boundary dose that can be absorbed, either in a single exposure or annually, with a negligible risk of somatic or genetic damage to the individual; effective dose implies whole-body radiation exposure

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Cumulative effective dose

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lifetime occupational exposure must not exceed the radiographer’s age multiplied by 10 mSv

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Equivalent dose

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equal to the effective dose multiplied by the radiation weighting factor

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As low as reasonably achievable (ALARA)

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concept of radiologic practice that encourages radiation users to adopt measures that keep the dose to the patient and themselves at minimum levels

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Dose-response curves

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graphs that illustrate the relationship between radiation dose and the response of the organism to exposure; may be linear or nonlinear, threshold or nonthreshold

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Probablistic (stochastic) effects

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randomly occurring effects of radiation; the probability of such effects is proportional to the dose (increased dose equals increased probability, not severity, of effects)

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Deterministic effects

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effects of radiation that become more severe at high level of radiation exposure and do not occur below a certain threshold dose

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Genetically significant dose (GSD)

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average annual gonadal dose of radiation to individuals of childbearing age; addresses the relationship of gonadal doses to individuals versus an entire population and the overall effects

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Linear energy transfer (LET)

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amount of energy deposited by radiation per unit length of tissue

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Relative biological effectiveness (RBE)

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ability to produce biological damage; varies with the LET

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Direct effect

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effect that occurs when radiation directly strikes DNA in the cellular nucleus

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Indirect effect

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effect that occurs when radiation strikes the water molecules in the cytoplasm of the cell

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Radiolysis of water

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effect that occurs as radiation energy is deposited in the water of the cell: a positively charged water molecule (HOH+) and a free electron

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Mutation

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erroneous information passed to subsequent generations via cell division

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Law of Bergonie and Tribondeau

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cells are most sensitive to radiation when they are immature, undifferentiated, and rapidly dividing

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Early somatic effects of radiation

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hematopoietic syndrome; gastrointestinal syndrome; central nervous system syndrome

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Late somatic effects of radiation

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carcinogenesis; cataractogenesis; embryologic effects; thyroid dysfunction; life span shortening

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Cardinal principles of radiation protection

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distance, time, shielding

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Distance

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best protection against radiation exposure

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Personnel monitoring devices

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optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) badge, film badge, thermoluminescent dosimeter (TLD)

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Mean marrow dose

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average dose of radiation to the bone marrow

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