Radiation Protection in Medical Radiography 5e

• Readability of text -- major concepts are concisely stated, and physics material is very easy to understand.
• Full-color text and art program enhances and reinforces important elements.
• Student-friendly features includes objectives, key terms, chapter outlines, review questions, discussion questions, chapter summaries, and a glossary.
• Hundreds of illustrations, graphs, tables, and boxes convey critical information.
• Historical perspective provides photos and text on Hiroshoma, Chernobyl, and Three-Mile Island, explaining the effects of low-level ionizing radiation and demonstrating the link between radiation and cancer and other diseases.
• Timely coverage of radiation protection regulations covers world, federal, and organizational guidelines and regulations for radiation protection.
• Coverage of guidelines, regulations, and radiation quantities and units includes the most up-to-date information available from the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP) and the International Commission of Radiological Protection (ICRP).

• New chapter on protection from radioactive materials present in the medical environment, including a discussion of implications for medical personnel of treating victims of a "dirty bomb."
• Implications of direct and computed radiography for overexposure of patients to ionizing radiation.
• Updated discussion about radiation protection for PET/CT and C-arm fluoroscopy.
• Discussion questions supplement multiple-choice review questions.
• Improved readability with text sections adding more subheadings.

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