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Workbook for Radiation Protection in Medical Radiography

  • 9th Edition - March 11, 2021
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Mary Alice Statkiewicz Sherer, Paula J. Visconti, E. Russell Ritenour, Kelli Welch Haynes
  • Language: English

Reinforce your understanding of radiation physics and radiation protection with this practical workbook! Corresponding to the chapters in Statkiewicz Sherer’s Radiation Protection… Read more

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Description

Reinforce your understanding of radiation physics and radiation protection with this practical workbook! Corresponding to the chapters in Statkiewicz Sherer’s Radiation Protection in Medical Radiography, 9th Edition, this study tool provides a clear, comprehensive review of all the material included in the textbook. Practical exercises help you apply your knowledge to the practice setting. With review questions reflecting ARRT and ASRT content outlines, this workbook helps you prepare for success on the ARRT certification examination.

Key features

  • Comprehensive review includes coverage of all the material included in the text, including x-radiation interaction, radiation quantities, cell biology, radiation biology, radiation effects, dose limits, patient and personnel protection, and radiation monitoring
  • Chapter highlights call out the most important information with an introductory paragraph and a bulleted summary
  • Engaging variety of question formats includes multiple choice, matching, short answer, fill-in-the-blank, true/false, labeling, and crossword puzzles
  • Calculation exercises offer practice in applying the formulas and equations introduced in the text
  • Answers are provided in the back of the book

Readership

Radiography students

Table of contents

1. Introduction to Radiation Protection

2. Radiation: Types, Sources, and Doses Received

3. Interaction of X-Radiation with Matter

4. Radiation Quantities and Units

5. Radiation Monitoring

6. Overview of Cell Biology

7. Molecular and Cellular Radiation Biology

8. Early Tissue Reactions and Their Effects on Organ Systems

9. Stochastic Effects and Late Tissue Reactions of Radiation in Organ Systems

10. Dose Limits for Exposure to Ionizing Radiation

11. Equipment Design for Radiation Protection

12. Management of Patient Radiation Dose During Diagnostic X-Ray Procedures

13. Radiation Safety in Computed Tomography and Mammography

14. Management of Imaging Personnel Radiation Dose During Diagnostic X-Ray Procedures

15. Radioisotopes and Radiation Protection

Appendices

1. Relationships between Systems of Units

2. Standard Designations for Metric System Lengths, Electron Volt Energy Levels, and Frequency Spectrum Ranges

3. Periodic Table of Elements

4. Chance of a 50-KeV Photon Interacting with Atoms of Tissue as it Travels through 5 cm of Soft Tissue

5. Relationship among Protons, Electromagnetic Waves, Wavelengths and Energy

6. Compton Interaction

7. Electron Shell Structure

8. Revision of 10 CFR Part 35

9. Consumer-Patient Radiation Health and Safety Act of 1981

Product details

  • Edition: 9
  • Latest edition
  • Published: October 16, 2021
  • Language: English

About the authors

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Mary Alice Statkiewicz Sherer

Mary Alice Statkiewicz Sherer, Radiography Instructor, High-Tech Institute, Nashville, TN.
Affiliations and expertise
Radiologic Technology Educator/Instructor/Technologist Emeritus, Juliet, TN, USA

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Paula J. Visconti

Paula J. Visconti, Director of Medical Physics, Radiation Safety Officer, Memorial Hospital of Burlington County, Mount Holly, NJ.
Affiliations and expertise
Director of Medical Physics, Radiation Safety Officer (retired), Memorial Hospital of Burlington County, Mount Holly, NJ, USA

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E. Russell Ritenour

E. Russell Ritenour, Professor and Director of Physics Section, Department of Radiology, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis, MN.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA

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Kelli Welch Haynes

Kelli Welch Haynes, Professor and Director, Northwestern State University.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor and Director, Radiologic Technology, School of Health Sciences, Dallas College, Dallas, TX, USA