Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
AND
RADIATION
PROTECTION
(RT 106)
COURSE OUTLINE:
l.Review of Basic
Radiation Concepts
al.Radiation Biology
lll. Radiation Protection
SOURCES OF
IONIZING RADIATION
Many types of radiation are
harmless,
but
IONIZING
RADIATION
can
INJURE
HUMANS. We are exposed to
many types of
IONIZING
RADIATION in our
daily lives from
multiple sources.
NATURAL
ENVIRONMENTAL
RADIATION results in ANNUAL
DOSE
of
approximately
3
millisieverts
(mSv).
MAN-MADE
RADIATION
results
in
3.2
millisieverts (mSv) annually. A mSv
is the unit of EFFECTIVE DOSE. It
is used to express radiation
exposure
of
populations
and
radiation risk in those populations.
SUN
STARS
COSMIC RAYS
TERRESTRIAL
RADIATION
Radioactive
NATURAL
Element
ENVIRONMENTAL
RADIATION
2.) TERRESTRIAL
RADIATION
K)
4
0
2.) MAN-MADE
RADIATION
From RADIOLOGIC MEDICAL
DIAGNOSTIC
IMAGING
PROCEDURES and
RADIOLOGIC
THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES.
Radiography
Radiotherapy
Fluoroscopy
Radiography
Radiotherapy
By
far,
most
manmade/artificial
radiation
exposure is received from
MEDICAL
RADIOGRAPHIC
PROCEDURES.
Radiography
Fluoroscopy
CT Scanning
DIAGNOSTIC
X-RAYS
constitute the LARGEST MANMADE SOURCE of IONIZING
RADIATION
(3.2
mSv/year).
This estimate was made in
2006
by
the
NATIONAL
COUNCIL
ON
RADIATION
PROTECTION
and
MEASUREMENTS
(NCRP).
Radiography
Radiography
CT Scanning
RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGIST
Watch Dials
CLM
ASS
COURSE OUTLINE:
l.Review of Basic
Radiation Concepts
al.Radiation Biology
lll. Radiation Protection
RADIATION QUANTITIES
AND UNITS
INTERNATIONAL
SYSTEM
CUSTOMARY UNIT
Quantity
Exposure
Name
Symbol
Symbol
Name
rad
Coulomb/ C/kg
kilogram
air kerma Gy a
gray
Gy t
rem
sievert
Sv
Ci
becquerel
Bq
Radioactivity
roentgen R
OF UNITS (SI)
curie
NON-INTERNATIONAL
SYSTEM OF UNITS
(CUSTOMARY UNIT)
FOUR (4) UNITS
ARE USED TO MEASURE
RADIATION
Roentgen
the unit
Exposure
Radiation
Exposure is the
amount of ionization in air
produced by X-ray or Gamma
Ray
during
radiologic
procedures.
X-rays
Gamma rays
RADIATION QUANTITIES
AND UNITS
INTERNATIONAL
SYSTEM
CUSTOMARY UNIT
Quantity
Exposure
Name
Symbol
Symbol
Name
rad
Coulomb/ C/kg
kilogram
air kerma Gy a
gray
Gy t
rem
sievert
Sv
Ci
becquerel
Bq
Radioactivity
roentgen R
OF UNITS (SI)
curie
RADIATION QUANTITIES
AND UNITS
INTERNATIONAL
SYSTEM
CUSTOMARY UNIT
Quantity
Exposure
Name
Symbol
Symbol
Name
rad
Coulomb/ C/kg
kilogram
air kerma Gy a
gray
Gy t
rem
sievert
Sv
Ci
becquerel
Bq
Radioactivity
roentgen R
OF UNITS (SI)
curie
RADIATION
Biologic
is
the
unit
ABSORBED
effects
usually
of
DOSE.
are
the
radiation quantity
received
by
patient
(PATIENT DOSE).
The
SI unit for RADIATION
ABSORBED DOSE is Gray (Gy t).
RADIATION ABSORBED
DOSE Dose, was named
RADIATION QUANTITIES
AND UNITS
INTERNATIONAL
SYSTEM
CUSTOMARY UNIT
Quantity
Exposure
Name
Symbol
Symbol
Name
rad
Coulomb/ C/kg
kilogram
air kerma Gy a
gray
Gy t
rem
sievert
Sv
Ci
becquerel
Bq
Radioactivity
roentgen R
OF UNITS (SI)
curie
quantity
of
radiation received
by RADIATION
WORKERS.
REM
Personnel
monitoring
devices
such as film badges, TLD, and
OSL
are analysed
in terms of
REMS.
The
SI unit for EFFECTIVE
DOSE is Sievert (Sv).
ProfessorRolf
Maximilian
Sievertwas
a
Swedish
MedicalPhysicist whose major
contribution was in the study of
the
biological
effects
ofradiation.
RADIATION QUANTITIES
AND UNITS
INTERNATIONAL
SYSTEM
CUSTOMARY UNIT
Quantity
Exposure
Name
Symbol
Symbol
Name
rad
Coulomb/ C/kg
kilogram
air kerma Gy a
gray
Gy t
rem
sievert
Sv
Ci
becquerel
Bq
Radioactivity
roentgen R
OF UNITS (SI)
curie
The
SI unit for
RADIOACTIVITY is Becquerel (Bq).
RADIATION QUANTITIES
AND UNITS
INTERNATIONAL
SYSTEM
CUSTOMARY UNIT
Quantity
Exposure
Name
Symbol
Symbol
Name
rad
Coulomb/ C/kg
kilogram
air kerma Gy a
gray
Gy t
rem
sievert
Sv
Ci
becquerel
Bq
Radioactivity
roentgen R
OF UNITS (SI)
curie