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An overview of radiation safety regulatory recommendations and requirements
Author(s) -
Balter Stephen
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1522-726X
pISSN - 1522-1946
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1522-726x(199908)47:4<469::aid-ccd18>3.0.co;2-x
Subject(s) - medicine , legislature , radiation protection , engineering ethics , radiation exposure , process (computing) , political science , law , nuclear medicine , engineering , computer science , operating system
This article reviews the formal basis of radiation protection programs. It also reviews the application of these programs in the cardiac catheterization laboratory. Radiation protection rules are based on epidemiology, radiobiology, and radiation physics. Applicable scientific results are periodically reviewed by committees reporting to the United States National Academy of Science and to the United Nations. National and international expert committees convert science to recommendations. The legislative process enacts enforceable regulations. These regulations need to be interpreted in relation to the actual risks experienced by the fluoroscopist. Cathet. Cardiovasc. Intervent. 47:469–474, 1999. © 1999 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.