Quantitative risk in radiation protection standards

Evaluation of Radiation Protection in Nuclear Medicine Department in Namazi Hospital According to Global Accepted Standards

Background & Objective: In the recent years, nuclear medicine has enjoyed remarkable growth thanks to such novel technologies as SPECT-CT and PET, which are utilized for the recognition of new detectable molecules and radiopharmaceutical medicines. Therefore, the current regulations on radiation protection require revision. Namazi Hospital of Shiraz is one of the first nuclear medicine center...

Radiation Protection Standards for Medical Investigations

Large-scale using of ionizing radiation for medical investigations has benefits and risks. Every country has national standards for radiation protection, defining responsibilities of individuals and organizations for radiation control. In spite of the rich legislation, the total cumulated dose absorbed by a patient during medical investigations is not cumulated or established in a unified manne...

The relevance of occupational epidemiology to radiation protection standards.

Large-scale epidemiological studies of U.S. Department of Energy workers have been underway since the 1960s. Despite the increasing availability of information about long-term follow-up of badge-monitored nuclear workers, standard-setting bodies continue to rely on the Life Span Study (LSS) of A-bomb survivors as the primary epidemiological basis for making judgments about hazards of low-level ...

Software for the IAEA Occupational Radiation Protection Standards

Approaches for protection standards for ionizing radiation and combustion pollutants.

The question "can the approach used for radiation protection standards, i.e., to extrapolate dose--response relationships to low doses, be applied to combustion pollutants?" provided a basis for discussion. The linear, nonthreshold model postulated by ICRP and UNSCEAR for late effects of ionizing radiation is described and discussed. The utility and problems of applying this model to the effect...