Radiation Protection in Medical Radiography
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Sherer, Mary Alice / Sherer / Statkiewicz-Sherer, Mary Alice, PUBLISHER: Mosby, This new full-color edition has been revised and expanded to present the most accurate and up-to-date information on the subject of radiation protection. This third edition continues to offer instruction to the student radiographer on the principles of radiation protection and the safe administration of radiation for the purposes of diagnosis and therapy. In addition to providing the most current facts available regarding personnel and patient safety procedures, new information includes shielding requirements, more data on high-dose fluoroscopy and CT and CT doses, more historical examples of radiation testing, and an update on Chernobyl and Hiroshima survivors, plus more.