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X-rays are a form of ionizing radiation that produces charged particles when passing through matter. The goals of radiation protection are to protect persons from both short-term and long-term effects of radiation by adhering to an established radiation protection program. Effective radiation protection employs measures to safeguard patients, personnel, and the public from unnecessary radiation exposure.
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As a result of the growth in the usefulness of imaging, other, non-radiation-based, imaging techniques have been developed (e.g. ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging), and image-guided interventional means of treating patients have become common place. The benefits to patients from these methods of investigation and treatment have been immeasurable.
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Human Responses to Ionizing Radiation DETERMINISTIC EFFECTS OF RADIATION ON HUMANS
1. Acute radiation syndrome
a. Hematologic syndrome
b. Gastrointestinal syndrome
c. Central nervous system syndrome
2. Local tissue damage
a. Skin
b. Gonads
c. Extremities
3. Hematologic depression
4. Cytogenetic damage
STOCHASTIC EFFECTS OF RADIATION ON HUMANS
. Leukemia
2. Other malignant disease
a. Bone cancer
b. Lung cancer
c. Thyroid cancer
d. Breast cancer
3. Local tissue damage
a. Skin
b. Gonads
c. Eyes
4. Shortening of life span
5. Genetic damage
EFFECTS OF FETAL IRRADIATION
Prenatal death
2. Neonatal death
3. Congenital malformation
4. Childhood malignancy
5. Diminished growth and development
Purpose Of Radiation Protection
The principle purpose of radiation protection are
To minimize patient exposure in medical diagnostic radiology
To ensure adequate protection of person operating or using x ray equipment.(Radiologist, Medical Imaging Technologist, Radiographer)
To ensure adequate protection of the general public in the vicinity areas where diagnostic procedure are in progress.
The three fundamental principles of radiation protection of patients are
Justification
Optimisation
The application of Dose Limit
The International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) is responsible for the development of these principles.
Justification
The justification principle is anecdotally known as the benefit vs risk principle; that is, an individual's exposure to medical radiation should always have a greater benefit to the patient as to outweigh the negative consequences of the proposed examination. For example, the benefit in requesting a CT brain for a patient that has suffered significant head trauma generally outweighs any negative outcomes associated with that radiation exposure.
If the exposure has no justification then it should be avoided regardless of how small the dose might be.
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2. Medical radiation exposure should always be kept as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA) for patients and imaging personnel through dose-reduction methods and use of protective equipment.
3. Proper patient education and obtaining consent are important to ensure highest quality of care while communicating risks and potential benefits of imaging procedures honestly.
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The document discusses radiation safety and protection measures for medical imaging professionals. It covers key topics like:
1. The three principles of radiation protection are time, distance, and shielding which can be applied to patients and radiographers.
2. Medical radiation exposure should always be kept as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA) for patients and imaging personnel through dose-reduction methods and use of protective equipment.
3. Proper patient education and obtaining consent are important to ensure highest quality of care while communicating risks and potential benefits of imaging procedures honestly.
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1. Acute radiation syndrome
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b. Gastrointestinal syndrome
c. Central nervous system syndrome
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b. Gonads
c. Extremities
3. Hematologic depression
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2. Other malignant disease
a. Bone cancer
b. Lung cancer
c. Thyroid cancer
d. Breast cancer
3. Local tissue damage
a. Skin
b. Gonads
c. Eyes
4. Shortening of life span
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4. Childhood malignancy
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The principle purpose of radiation protection are
To minimize patient exposure in medical diagnostic radiology
To ensure adequate protection of person operating or using x ray equipment.(Radiologist, Medical Imaging Technologist, Radiographer)
To ensure adequate protection of the general public in the vicinity areas where diagnostic procedure are in progress.
The three fundamental principles of radiation protection of patients are
Justification
Optimisation
The application of Dose Limit
The International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) is responsible for the development of these principles.
Justification
The justification principle is anecdotally known as the benefit vs risk principle; that is, an individual's exposure to medical radiation should always have a greater benefit to the patient as to outweigh the negative consequences of the proposed examination. For example, the benefit in requesting a CT brain for a patient that has suffered significant head trauma generally outweighs any negative outcomes associated with that radiation exposure.
If the exposure has no justification then it should be avoided regardless of how small the dose might be.
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The document discusses radiation safety and protection measures for medical imaging professionals. It covers key topics like:
1. The three principles of radiation protection are time, distance, and shielding which can be applied to patients and radiographers.
2. Medical radiation exposure should always be kept as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA) for patients and imaging personnel through dose-reduction methods and use of protective equipment.
3. Proper patient education and obtaining consent are important to ensure highest quality of care while communicating risks and potential benefits of imaging procedures honestly.
Radiation hazard and safety measure of radiation hazard.pptxDeathhunter009
The document discusses radiation safety and protection measures for medical imaging professionals. It covers key topics like:
1. The three principles of radiation protection are time, distance, and shielding which can be applied to patients and radiographers.
2. Medical radiation exposure should always be kept as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA) for patients and imaging personnel through dose-reduction methods and use of protective equipment.
3. Proper patient education and obtaining consent are important to ensure highest quality of care while communicating risks and potential benefits of imaging procedures honestly.
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2. What Are X-rays?
• A form of ionizing radiation
• Ionizing radiation is radiation that produces positively and negatively
charged particles (ions) when passing through matter.
• The production of these ions is the event that may cause injury in
normal biologic tissue.
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3. Goals of Radiation Protection
• Protect persons from both short-term and long-term effects of
radiation.
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4. Concept of Radiation Protection
• Ongoing responsibility of diagnostic imaging professionals to ensure
radiation safety during all medical radiation procedures
• Obligation is fulfilled by adhering to an established radiation
protection program.
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5. Radiation Protection
• Effective measures employed by radiation workers to safeguard
patients, personnel, and the general public from unnecessary
exposure to ionizing radiation.
• Unnecessary radiation
• Any radiation exposure that does not benefit a person in terms of diagnostic
information obtained for the clinical management of medical needs.
• Any radiation exposure that does not enhance the quality of the study.
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6. Introduction to Radiation Quantities and
Units of Measure
• Exposure: amount of radiation produced in air when ionizing radiation
is present. Measured in coulomb per kilogram [C/kg], or milliroentgen
[mR]
• Absorbed dose: the amount of energy that is deposited in a material
per unit mass of the material. Measured in milligray [mGy].
• Effective dose: a quantity that is a measure of general harm in
humans. Measured in millisievert [mSv].
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7. Need to Safeguard Against Adverse Biologic
Effects of Ionizing Radiation
• Based on evidence of harmful biologic effects
• Damage to living tissue of animals and humans exposed to radiation
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8. Justification and Responsibility for Imaging
Procedures
• Benefit versus risk
• Patient can elect to assume the
relatively small risk of exposure to
ionizing radiation.
• To obtain essential diagnostic medical
information when illness or injury
occurs.
• When a specific imaging procedure
for health screening purposes is
prudent.
• Example: When women elect to
undergo screening mammography to
detect breast cancer in its early
stages.
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9. Diagnostic Efficacy
• The degree to which the
diagnostic study accurately
reveals the presence or absence
of disease in the patient.
• Maximized when essential
images are produced under
recommended radiation
protection guidelines
• Provides the basis for
determining whether an imaging
procedure or practice is justified
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10. ALARA Concept
• The best way for radiologists and radiographers to do this is
to conscientiously employ all appropriate radiation-control
procedures, such as
• Whenever applicable, applying the basic principles of time,
distance, and shielding
• Always adequately collimating the radiographic beam
• Because continual use of such radiation protection awareness
procedures ensures a high degree of safety from most radiation
exposure, radiography is not considered a hazardous profession.
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11. As Low as Reasonably Achievable (ALARA)
Principle
• An acronym for as low as reasonably achievable
• Synonymous with the term optimization for radiation protection
(ORP)
• Intention behind these concepts of radiologic practice is to keep
radiation exposure and consequent dose to the lowest possible level.
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12. Cardinal Rules of Radiation Protection
• The three basic principles of radiation protection
• Time
• Distance
• Shielding
• These principles can be applied to the
• Patient
• Radiographer
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14. Patient Protection and
Patient Education
• Educating patients about imaging
procedures helps to ensure the
highest quality of service.
• Use appropriate and effective
communication.
• Answer questions about the
potential risk of radiation exposure
honestly
• Inform patients of what needs to
be done, if anything, as a follow-up
to their examination
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Figure 1-4. (A) Patient protection. (B) Radiographer
protection. Medical radiation exposure should always be
kept as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA) for the patient
and for imaging personnel.
15. Risk of Imaging Procedure Versus Potential
Benefit
• Risk (in general terms)
• The probability of injury, ailment, or death resulting from an activity
• Risk (in the medical industry) with reference to the radiation sciences
• The possibility of inducing a radiogenic cancer or genetic defect after
irradiation
• Willingness to accept risk
• Perception that the potential benefit to be obtained is greater than the risk
involved.
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16. Background Equivalent
Radiation Time (BERT)
• A method that can be used to improve understanding and reduce fear
and anxiety for the patient.
• Compares the amount of radiation received with natural background
radiation received over a given period of time (see Table 1-1 in
textbook)
• Based on an annual U.S. population exposure of approximately 3 mSv
per year
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17. Advantages of the BERT Method When It
Is Used Appropriately
• BERT does not imply radiation risk; it is simply a means for
comparison.
• BERT emphasizes that radiation is an innate part of our environment.
• The answer given in terms of BERT is easy for the patient to
comprehend.
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18. Increased Radiation
Sensitivity of Children
• Children are significantly more radiation sensitive than are adults.
• Studies have shown that the more radiation exposure a child receives
the more likely for them to develop cancer later in life.
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19. Annual Limit for Occupationally Exposed
Personnel (Cont.)
• Allowance for a larger EqD for radiation workers
• Valid reasons exist for allowance of a larger EqD for radiation
workers.
• The workforce in radiation-related jobs is small when compared
with the population as a whole.
• The amount of radiation received by this workforce can be larger
than the amount received by the general public without alteration
in the genetically significant dose (GSD).
• Although the radiographer and other diagnostic imaging
personnel are allowed to absorb more radiation, the EqD
received must be minimized whenever possible to reduce
the potential for
• Somatic damage
• Genetic damage
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20. Personnel Monitoring
• Requirement for personnel monitoring
• Personnel dosimetry—the monitoring of equivalent dose to any person
occupationally exposed on a regular basis to ionizing radiation.
• Ensure that occupational radiation exposure levels are kept well below annual
effective dose (EfD) limits
• Create awareness of various radiation exposure monitoring devices and their
functions
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21. Dose-Reduction Methods
and Techniques
• Avoiding repeat imaging
• Eliminate additional exposure
• The patient as a source of scattered radiation
• During a diagnostic examination, the patient becomes a source of scattered
radiation as a consequence of the Compton interaction process.
• At a 90-degree angle to the primary x-ray beam at a distance of 1 m, the
scattered x-ray intensity is generally approximately 1/1000 of the intensity of
the primary x-ray beam.
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22. Dose-Reduction Methods and Techniques
(Cont.)
• Scattered radiation: occupational hazard
• Scattered radiation poses the greatest occupational hazard in diagnostic
radiology
• Use of any device or appropriate technique that lessens the amount of
scattered radiation significantly reduces occupational exposure of diagnostic
imaging personnel
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23. Dose-Reduction Methods and Techniques
(Cont.)
• Filtration of the diagnostic
x-ray beam
• Removes nonuseful low-
energy photons from the
primary beam; filtration
primarily benefits the
patient
• Without proper filtration,
more nonuseful low-energy
photons would interact with
the patient’s body,
increasing scatter that could
possibly cause an increase
in the radiographer’s EqD
• Protective Apparel
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Figure 14-2. (A) A lead apron protects occupationally
exposed personnel from scattered radiation. (B) A lead
mobile x-ray barrier of 0.5- or 1.0-mm lead equivalent
provides protection from scattered radiation. It may be used
during special procedures, in the operating room, and in
cardiac units.
24. Dose-Reduction Methods and Techniques
(Cont.)
• Protective apparel (cont.)
• Lead aprons and shielded barriers function as gonadal shields for
diagnostic imaging personnel.
• Protect personnel from secondary (scatter and leakage) radiation.
• Available in various thicknesses of lead such as: 0.25 (minimum), 0.5
(standard), and 1 mm. 0.5 lead equivalent is standard for fluoroscopy.
• Higher lead equivalency provides greater protection from radiation, but
the garment will weigh more.
• Wrap-around style apron would afford the best protection.
• Requires special care to prevent damage
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26. Dose-Reduction Methods and
Techniques (Cont.)
• Technical exposure factors
• Influence the quantity of scattered radiation produced and
reaching imaging personnel
• Use of higher kVp, increasing mean energy of photons in the
radiographic beam, and lower mAs, decreasing photon beam
intensity
• As average energy of the beam increases, the percentage of
radiation that is forward-scattered increases. Therefore, less side
scattered radiation is available to strike imaging personnel, and
their EqD is reduced.
• Use of high-speed image receptor systems
• Requiring smaller radiographic exposure (less ma), fewer photons
are available to produce compton scatter, decreasing personnel
exposure
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27. Dose-Reduction Methods and Techniques
(Cont.)
• Repeats in digital imaging
• Almost all repeats as a result of improper technique
selection are eliminated because the image contrast and
overall brightness can be manipulated after image
acquisition.
• Repeats necessitated by mispositioning can still occur,
resulting in the possibility of a repeat examination that can
cause additional radiation exposure for both the patient
and the technologist.
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28. Dose-Reduction Methods and Techniques
(Cont.)
• Patient Restraint
• Radiographers should never stand in the primary (useful) beam
to restrain a patient during a radiographic exposure.
• Use mechanical restraining devices whenever possible when
patient restraint is necessary
• If restraint by people is necessary, select nonoccupationally
exposed persons wearing appropriate protective apparel and
position so that their lead-protected torsos are not struck by the
primary, or direct, beam.
• Pregnant women are never to be permitted to assist in holding a
patient during an exposure.
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29. Patient Restraint
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Figure 14-3 (A) The radiographer should never stand in the primary (useful) beam
to restrain the patient. (B) A nonoccupationally exposed person restraining a patient
during a radiographic exposure should wear a lead apron, gloves, and thyroid shield
and stand outside the primary beam.
30. Protection for Pregnant Personnel
• Imaging department protocol
• Pregnant personnel should be able to continue performing their duties
without interruption of employment if they follow established radiation
safety practices.
• Policies for protecting pregnant personnel from radiation
• Voluntary “declaration” of the pregnancy
• Health care facility officially recognizes the pregnancy.
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31.
32. Personnel Monitoring (Cont.)
• Required whenever radiation workers are likely to
risk receiving 10% or more of the annual
occupational EfD limit of 50 mSv (5 rem) in any
single year as a consequence of their work-related
activities
• In keeping with the as low as reasonably achievable
(ALARA) concept, most health care facilities issue
dosimetry devices when personnel could receive
approximately 1% of their annual occupational EfD
limit in any month, or approximately 0.05 mSv (50
mrem).
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33. Purpose of Personnel Dosimeter
• Provides an indication of the working habits and working conditions
of diagnostic imaging personnel
• Determines occupational exposure by detecting and measuring the
quantity of ionizing radiation to which the dosimeter has been
exposed over a period of time
• Does not protect the wearer from exposure; only capable of detecting
and measuring ionizing radiation
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34. Placement of Personnel Dosimeter
• During routine computed radiography,
digital radiography, or conventional
radiographic procedures
• When a protective apron is not being
worn, primary personnel dosimeter
should be attached to the clothing on
the front of the body at collar level.
• When a protective apron is used,
dosimeter should be worn outside the
apron at collar level on the anterior
surface of the body.
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35. Placement of Personnel Dosimeter as a
Second Monitor
• When a protective apron is worn, the first, or primary, dosimeter is to
be worn outside the protective apparel at collar level.
• The second dosimeter should be worn beneath a wraparound-style
lead apron at waist level.
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36. Placement of a Personnel Dosimeter as a
Monitor for the Embryo–Fetus
• For pregnant diagnostic imaging personnel
• Primary dosimeter is worn at collar level.
• Second monitoring device is worn at abdominal level.
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37. Extremity Dosimeter
• A thermoluminescent dosimeter (TLD)
ring badge is worn as a second monitor
when performing radiographic
procedures that require the hands to be
near the primary x-ray beam.
• Purpose of the extremity dosimeter
• Laser-etched cover contains
identification
• Reusable TLD element of the dosimeter
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38. Record of Radiation Exposure
• Should be part of the employment record of all
radiation workers
• Values represent the average annual EfD to the whole
body
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39. Personnel Dosimeters
• Characteristics
• Lightweight and easy to carry
• Made of materials durable enough to tolerate normal
daily use
• Able to detect and record both small and large
exposures in a consistent and reliable manner
• Outside influences should not affect performance of
the instrument
• Should be reasonably inexpensive to purchase and
maintain
• Permit health care facilities to use large numbers of
monitors in a cost-effective manner
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41. Reducing Exposure for Imaging Personnel
During Diagnostic X-Ray Procedures
• Some procedures increase the radiographer’s risk
of exposure because of scatter radiation.
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42. Annual Limit for Occupationally Exposed
Personnel
• Effective dose (EfD) limits
• Federal government standards, following a
recommendation of the NCRP, permit diagnostic imaging
personnel to receive an “annual occupational EfD of 50
mSv” for whole-body exposure during routine
operations.
• However, in keeping with ALARA and diligent supervision
of personnel cumulative radiation exposure records, no
radiographer should ever approach this effective dose
level.
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43. Annual Limit for Occupationally Exposed
Personnel (Cont.)
• EfD does not include
• Personal medical exposure
• Natural background exposure
• Lifetime EfD in millisieverts should not exceed 10 times the person’s
age in years.
• A cumulative EfD (CumEfD) limit has been established for the whole
body that limits a radiation worker’s lifetime effective dose to his or
her age in years times 10 mSv.
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44. Annual Limit for Occupationally Exposed
Personnel (Cont.)
• Annual occupational and nonoccupational EfD limits
• Annual occupational EfD limit of 50 mSv
• Annual limit for members of the general population is 1 mSv for
continuous or frequent exposure from artificial sources other
than medical irradiation and natural background radiation and
5 mSv for infrequent annual exposure.
• Limitation of exposure of the general public to a
reasonable level of risk comparable with risks from other
common sources
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45. Protection for Pregnant Personnel (Cont.)
• Imaging department protocol (Cont.)
• Facility, through its RSO, provides counseling and furnishes
an additional monitor to be worn at waist level during all
radiation procedures.
• When a protective lead apron is worn, the additional
monitor should be worn at waist level beneath the
garment.
• Purpose: To ensure that the monthly EqD to the embryo–fetus
does not exceed 0.5 mSv or a limit of 5.0 mSv during the entire
pregnancy.
• EqD limit is designed to significantly restrict the total
lifetime risk of leukemia and other malignancies in persons
exposed in utero.
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46. Protection for Pregnant Personnel (Cont.)
• Acknowledgment of counseling and understanding of radiation safety
measures
• After receiving radiation safety counseling, the pregnant radiologic
technologist must read and sign a form acknowledging that she has received
counseling and understands the practices to be followed to ensure the safety
of the embryo–fetus.
• Dosimeter companies provide a separate monthly report that tracks the
exposure of the worker and the embryo–fetus.
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47. Protection for Pregnant Personnel (Cont.)
• Protective maternity apparel should be available.
• Maternity protective aprons consist of 0.5-mm lead equivalent over the entire
length and width and also have an extra 1-mm lead equivalent protective
panel that runs transversely across the width of the apron to provide added
safety for the embryo–fetus.
• Wraparound protective aprons of 0.5-mm lead equivalent can also be used
during pregnancy.
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48. Protection for Pregnant Personnel (Cont.)
• Work schedule alteration
• In accordance with ALARA guidelines, work schedules are designed to
distribute radiation exposure risk evenly to all employees.
• Other unknowingly potentially pregnant radiographers can be subject
to increased risk if a declared pregnant radiographer is reassigned to
a lower radiation exposure risk area.
• A declared pregnant radiographer does not necessarily need to be
reassigned to a lower radiation exposure as a consequence of a
declared pregnancy.
• EqD to the embryo–fetus from occupational exposure of the mother
need not exceed the NCRP recommended monthly EqD limit of 0.5
mSv or a limit or 5.0 mSv during the entire pregnancy.
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49. Basic Principles of Radiation Protection for
Personnel Exposure Reduction
• Occupational radiation exposure of imaging
personnel can be minimized by the use of three
cardinal principles: time, distance, and shielding.
• Time: Decreasing the length of time spent in a room
where x-radiation is being produced
• Distance: Standing at the greatest distance possible
from an energized x-ray beam
• Shielding: Interposing a radiation-absorbent shielding
material between the radiation worker and the source
of radiation
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50. Basic Principles of Radiation Protection for
Personnel Exposure Reduction (Cont.)
• Time
• The amount of radiation a worker receives is directly proportional to
the length of time for which the individual is in the path of ionizing
radiation.
• Most fluoroscopic x-ray equipment have 5-minute timers to alert the
radiologist or other authorized equipment operator that a specific
period of time has elapsed.
• Radiographers should be present in a fluoroscopic room only when
needed to perform relevant patient care and to fulfill respective
duties associated with the procedure. Otherwise, the radiographer
should remain behind a protective barrier.
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51. Basic Principles of Radiation Protection for
Personnel Exposure Reduction (Cont.)
• Distance
• Most effective means of protection from ionizing radiation
• Imaging personnel receive significantly less radiation
exposure by standing farther away from a radiation source.
• Application of the Inverse Square Law (ISL)
• ISL expresses the relationship between distance and intensity
(quantity) of radiation and governs the dose received.
• Law: “The intensity of radiation is inversely proportional to the square
of the distance from the source.”
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52. Basic Principles of Radiation Protection for
Personnel Exposure Reduction (Cont.)
• Distance • Distance
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Figure 14-4. As the distance between the source of
radiation and any given measurement point increases,
radiation intensity (quantity) measured at that point
decreases by the square of the relative change in distance
between the new location and the old.
Figure 14-5. When the distance from a point source of
radiation is doubled, the radiation at the new location spans
an area four times larger than the original area. However,
the intensity at the new distance is only one fourth of the
original intensity.
53. Basic Principles of Radiation Protection for
Personnel Exposure Reduction (Cont.)
• Distance
• The ISL may be stated as a
formula
• The ISL also implies that if a
radiographer moves closer to a
source of radiation, the radiation
exposure to the radiographer
drastically increases.
• Example: If the radiographer
stands 2 m away from an x-
ray source instead of 6 m, the
radiographer’s radiation
exposure increases by a
factor of (6/2)2 = 9.
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54. Basic Principles of Radiation Protection for
Personnel Exposure Reduction (Cont.)
• Shielding
• Used when it is not possible to use the principles of time and/or
distance to minimize occupational exposure
• Protective shielding of appropriate thickness may be used to provide
protection from radiation.
• Lead and concrete are the most common materials used for structural
protective barriers.
• Accessory devices such as aprons, gloves, protective eyeglasses, and
thyroid shields are made of lead-impregnated vinyl.
• Effectiveness of shielding material depends on their:
• Atomic number
• Density
• Thickness
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55. Basic Principles of Radiation Protection for
Personnel Exposure Reduction (Cont.)
• Shielding (Cont.)
• Protective structural shielding
• Structural barriers such as walls and doors in an x-ray room
have been designed to provide radiation shielding for imaging
department personnel and the general public.
• Ensures that occupational and nonoccupational annual EfD
limits are not exceeded
• A qualified medical physicist determines the exact protection
requirements for a particular imaging facility.
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56. Basic Principles of Radiation Protection for
Personnel Exposure Reduction (Cont.)
• Shielding (Cont.)
• Primary protective barrier
• Purpose: to prevent direct, or unscattered, radiation
from reaching personnel or the general public on the
other side of the barrier
• Location: Perpendicular to the undeflected line of
travel of the x-ray beam
• Specifications for 120 kvp x-ray beam:
• Consists of 1.6 mm (1/16 inch) lead
• Extends 2.1 m upward from the floor of the x-ray room when
the x-ray tube is 1.5 to 2.1 m (5 to 7 feet) from the wall in
question
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57. Basic Principles of Radiation Protection for
Personnel Exposure Reduction (Cont.)
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Figure 14-6. Protective barriers are lined with lead to protect personnel and the general public from radiation.
The primary protective barrier is located perpendicular to the undeflected line of travel of the x-ray beam. The
walls that are not in the direct line of travel of the primary beam are called secondary protective barriers because
they are designed to shield against secondary (leakage and scattered) radiation.
58. Basic Principles of Radiation Protection for
Personnel Exposure Reduction (Cont.)
• Shielding (Cont.)
• Secondary protective barrier
• Purpose: Protects against secondary radiation (leakage and
scatter radiation)
• Location: Any wall or barrier that is never struck by the
primary x-ray beam is classified as a secondary barrier (this
does not mean that secondary radiation cannot hit primary
barriers as well).
• Should overlap the primary protective barrier by
approximately 1.27 cm (1/2 inch)
• Specifications: Consists of 0.8 mm (1/32-inch) of lead
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59. Basic Principles of Radiation Protection for
Personnel Exposure Reduction (Cont.)
• Shielding (Cont.)
• Secondary protective barrier (Cont.)
• Personnel must remain completely behind the barrier.
• Observation window in barrier typically consists of 1.5-mm lead
equivalent.
• Exposure of the radiographer will not exceed a maximum allowance of
1 mSv per week; in a well-designed facility, exposure should not
exceed 0.02 mSv per week.
• Exposure cord must be short enough that the exposure switch can be
operated only when the radiographer is completely behind the
control-booth barrier.
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60. Basic Principles of Radiation Protection for Personnel Exposure
Reduction (Cont.)
• Shielding (Cont.)
• Control-booth barrier
• Purpose: To protect the radiographer from secondary
radiation (leakage and scatter)
• Location: In x-ray rooms housing permanent or
nonportable radiographic equipment
• Specifications
• Must extend 2.1 m upward from the floor
• Must be permanently secured to the floor
• Diagnostic x-rays should scatter a minimum of two times
before reaching any area behind this barrier.
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61. Basic Principles of Radiation Protection for
Personnel Exposure Reduction (Cont.)
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Figure 14-7. While making a radiographic
exposure with a stationary radiographic unit, the
radiographer must remain completely within the
control-booth barrier (behind the fixed protective
barrier) for safety. The radiographer may observe
the patient through the lead glass observation
window in the control booth.
Figure 14-8. A clear lead-acrylic secondary
protective barrier impregnated with
approximately 30% lead lends a modern
appearance to the facility.
62. Basic Principles of Radiation Protection for
Personnel Exposure Reduction (Cont.)
• Shielding
• Clear lead-acrylic secondary protective barrier
• Contains clear lead-acrylic material impregnated with
approximately 30% lead by weight
• Permits a panoramic view, allowing diagnostic imaging
personnel to observe the patient more completely
• Modular x-ray barriers are
• Shatter resistant
• Can extend 2.1 m (7 feet) upward from the floor
• Available in lead equivalency from 0.3 to 2 mm
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63. Basic Principles of Radiation Protection for
Personnel Exposure Reduction (Cont.)
• Shielding (Cont.)
• Clear lead-acrylic overhead protective barrier
• Can be used as overhead x-ray barrier to provide an open view
during special procedures and cardiac catheterization
• Shielding typically offers 0.5-mm lead equivalency protection
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64. Basic Principles of Radiation Protection for
Personnel Exposure Reduction (Cont.)
• Shielding (Cont.)
• Accessory protective devices
• Aprons
• Physical weight concerns
• Garments impregnated with tin
• For 100 kVp, apron must be equivalent to at least 0.25-mm
thickness of lead
• 0.5- or 1-mm lead equivalent afford much greater protection
• 0.5-mm lead equivalent is the most widely recommended
thickness in diagnostic imaging
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65. Basic Principles of Radiation Protection for
Personnel Exposure Reduction (Cont.)
• Shielding (Cont.)
• Accessory protective devices (cont.)
• Gloves
• 0.25-mm lead equivalent is most widely used
• Thyroid shields
• Neck and thyroid shield can guard the thyroid area during
general fluoroscopy and x-ray special procedures.
• It should be a minimum of 0.5-mm lead equivalent.
• Protective eyeglasses
• Can reduce scatter radiation to the lens of the eye
• Lenses contain a minimal lead equivalent protective level
of 0.35 mm.
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66. Basic Principles of Radiation Protection for
Personnel Exposure Reduction (Cont.)
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Figure 14-12. Eyeglasses protect the lens of the eyes during general fluoroscopy and special
procedures. (Shown are glasses with wraparound frames; other styles are also available.)
67. X-ray Tube Housing Cables
• Radiographers should avoid handling or severely
bending the high-tension cables that are
connected to the + and – terminals of the x-ray
tube.
• Do not touch the tube housing or high-tension cables
while an exposure is in progress.
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68. Protection During
Fluoroscopic Procedures
• Personnel protection
• Radiographer should stand as far away from the patient as is practical
and should move closer to the patient only when assistance is required
during a fluoroscopic examination to ensure protection from scattered
radiation emanating from the patient.
• Wear protective apron of at least 0.5-mm lead equivalent
• Wear protective gloves of at least 0.25-mm lead equivalent whenever the
hands must be placed near the fluoroscopic field
• Wear thyroid shield of 0.5-mm lead equivalent
• When the radiographer’s assistance is not needed, he or she should
either stand behind the radiologist, who is also wearing protective
apparel, or stand behind the control-booth barrier until his or her
services are required.
• A wraparound style protective apron may be worn during a fluoroscopic
procedure.
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69. Protection During Fluoroscopic Procedures
(Cont.)
• Dose-reduction techniques
• Some methods and devices for dose-reduction during fluoroscopy include
• Adequate beam collimation
• Adequate filtration
• Control of technical exposure factors
• Appropriate source-to-skin distance (SSD)
• Use of a cumulative timing device
• Diagnostic-type protective x-ray tube housing
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70. Protection During Fluoroscopic Procedures
(Cont.)
• Remote control fluoroscopic systems
• Provide imaging personnel the best radiation protection opportunity
• System permits radiologist and assisting radiographer to remain outside of
the fluoroscopic room at a control console located behind a protective
barrier until needed.
• Added distance and therefore the ISL are used as a means of increased
protection.
• Protective curtain
• Minimum of 0.25 mm lead equivalent
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71. Protection During Fluoroscopic Procedures
(Cont.)
• Bucky slot shielding device
• Of at least 0.25-mm lead equivalent
• Must automatically cover the Bucky slot
opening in the side of the x-ray table
during a standard fluoroscopic
examination when the Bucky tray is
positioned at the foot end of the table
• Protects radiologist and radiographer at
gonadal level
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Figure 14-15. To provide protection at the gonadal level for the
fluoroscopist, the Bucky slot shielding device should be at least
0.25-mm lead equivalent.
72. Protection During Fluoroscopic Procedures
(Cont.)
• Rotational scheduling of personnel
• Diagnostic imaging personnel who receive the highest
occupational exposure during
• Fluoroscopy
• Mobile radiography
• Special procedures
• Interventional surgery
• Scheduling personnel to spend less time in these higher-
radiation tasks can decrease this exposure.
• Radiographers may be assigned to clinical areas in a
rotational pattern.
• Uses the cardinal principle of time as a means of additional
radiation protection
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73. Protection During Mobile Radiographic
Examinations
• Use of protective garments
• Suitable protective garments should be worn by the radiographer
whenever structural or mobile protective shielding is unavailable.
• A protective apron should be assigned to each mobile unit.
• Distance as a means of protection
• Use a mobile x-ray unit remote control exposure device, if available,
to leave the immediate vicinity and use distance as an effective
means of protection from radiation whenever possible.
• For mobile x-ray units that are nonremote-controlled, the cord
leading to the exposure switch must be long enough to permit the
radiographer to stand at least 2 m (approximately 6 feet) from the
patient, the x-ray tube, and the useful beam (permits use of ISL).
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74. Protection During Mobile Radiographic
Examinations (Cont.)
• Where the radiographer should
stand during a mobile
radiographic procedure
• Radiographer should attempt to
stand at a right angle (90 degrees)
to the x-ray beam-scattering object
(the patient) line. When protection
factors of distance and shielding
have been accounted for, this is
the place at which the least
amount of scattered radiation is
received.
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Figure 14-16. When the protective factors of distance and
shielding have been accounted for, the radiographer will receive
the least amount of scattered radiation by standing at a right
angle (90 degrees) to the scattering object (the patient) (in
position A). The most scattered radiation would be received at
point C because of backscatter coming from the patient.
(Intensity, or quantity, of x-ray exposure at any given point is
indicated in this picture by the number of scattered x-rays
reaching that point.)
75. Protection During
C-Arm Fluoroscopy
• Personnel exposure from scattered radiation
• Radiographers should exercise vigilance during C-arm
fluoroscopy because
• Patterns of exposure direction are less predictable.
• Equipment is frequently operated by physicians whose training and
experience in radiation safety may not match those of an experienced
radiologist.
• Exposure of personnel is caused by scattered radiation from the
patient.
• The exposure rate caused by scatter near the entrance surface of the
patient (the x-ray tube side) exceeds the exposure rate caused by
scatter near the exit surface of the patient.
• The location of the lower potential scatter dose is on the side of the
patient away from the x-ray tube (i.e., the image intensifier side).
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76. Protection During C-Arm
Fluoroscopy (Cont.)
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Figure 14-17. Cross-table exposure during use of a C-arm fluoroscope. The exposure rate caused by scatter
near the entrance surface of the patient (the x-ray tube side) exceeds the exposure rate caused by scatter
near the exit surface of the patient (the image intensifier side). The location of lower potential scatter dose is
on the side of the patient away from the x-ray tube (i.e., the image intensifier side). (From Mark
Rzeszotarski.)
77. Protection During C-Arm
Fluoroscopy (Cont.)
• Need for protective apparel for all personnel and monitoring
of imaging personnel
• Procedures that require the C-arm unit to be energized for long
periods of time, increase radiation exposure.
• Personnel that routinely operate a C-arm fluoroscope must wear a
lead apron. It should be of 0.5-mm lead equivalent, neck and thyroid
shield of 0.5-mm lead equivalent should also be worn.
• Appropriate monitoring of imaging personnel is mandatory.
• Positioning of the C-arm fluoroscope
• For increased radiation safety it is best to place the x-ray tube of the
C-arm under the table and the image intensifier over the table.
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78. Protection During C-Arm
Fluoroscopy (Cont.)
• Exposure reduction for personnel
• Minimize beam-on time
• Be aware of cumulative timer
• Use image storage device (e.g., last image hold)
• Position image intensifier end of the C-arm close to the patient
• Collimate x-ray beam to the anatomy of interest
• Use distance whenever possible
• Use the magnification feature sparingly; it should be used only on the request of
the physician performing the procedure.
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