Medical Health Physics
Medical Physics Publishing Corporation (Verlag)
978-1-930524-31-6 (ISBN)
This book was prepared for the 2006 Health Physics Society Summer School, held at Brown University in Providence, RI. The objective is to provide practical, concise, and useful information to a health physicist working at a medical institution or looking to be employed by a medical institution. This field incorporates a broad spectrum of disciplines and technologies. Comprehensive in scope, topics for this text were selected to focus on ""everyday"" aspects of medical health physics, its related technology, and on program structure and development.
Beginning with a description of the regulatory foundation and structure of a radiation protection program at a medical institution and followed by a review of the methodology of patient dosimetry, subsequent chapters provide an in-depth review of common diagnostic and therapeutic modalities at a medical institution. In each of these chapters, the author includes an assessment of the health physics issues associated with each modality. The focus then changes to administrative and regulatory aspects of a regulatory program: these are followed by practical applications of these regulations. The text continues in focusing on managerial considerations, including an insightful look into medical program inspections through the eyes of a regulator and important information for developing a performance-based safety program review. The book wraps up with a discourse on the health effects of exposure to ionizing radiation, followed by a concluding chapter on the thoughts and experiences of running an effective medical health physics program.
Radiation Protection in a Medical Institution - Salifu Dakubu
Patient Dosimetry in Diagnostic Imaging - Christopher Martel
An Introduction to Diagnostic Radiographic Equipment - Jason R. Cezeaux
Instrumentation and Radiation Safety Considerations for Nuclear Medicine and Positron Emission Tomography - John A. Correia
Health Physics in Brachytherapy: Applications of Radiological Safety, Clinical Implementation, and Medical Research - Mark J. Rivard
A Guide to Licensing a Medical Facility for the Use of Radioactive Materials - Robert D. Forrest
The Role of the Health Physicist in Human Biomedical Research - Marcia B. Hartman and Sarah Kindrick
Medical Events and the Health Physicist - Victor Evdokimoff
NRC Initiatives on National Source Tracking - P. K. Holahan, P. Goldberg, M. L. Horn, and W. Ward
Radioactive Waste Management in Medical Programs - William A. Lorenzen
Institutional Safety Program for Health Care Laser Systems - Ben E. Edwards
Calculation of Transmission Functions Using NCRP Report No. 147 Methodology - Mark A. Tries
Linear Accelerator Shielding: Thirty Years Beyond NCRP 49 - Peter J. Biggs
Design Elements of a Medical/Radiological Emergency Response Plan - Ian S. Hamilton
Radiation Control Agency Inspections at Medical Facilities - William P. Dundulis, Jr.
Performing Risk-Informed, Performance-Based Radiation Safety Audits at Healthcare Facilities - René Michel
Health Effects of Ionizing Radiation Exposure in Medicine: Current Issues - Kenneth L. Mossman
Running an Effective Hospital Health Physics Program - P. Andrew Karam
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.5.2006 |
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| Verlagsort | Madison, WI |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 178 x 254 mm |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Onkologie |
| Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Radiologie / Bildgebende Verfahren ► Nuklearmedizin | |
| Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Radiologie / Bildgebende Verfahren ► Radiologie | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Angewandte Physik | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-930524-31-5 / 1930524315 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-930524-31-6 / 9781930524316 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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