Published 1990 | Version v1
Book

Instrumentation and physical dose assessment in radiation accidents

  • 1. Dept. of Radiology, Univ. of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM (USA)

Description

In the management of a radiation accident patient, a hospital must have instrumentation available to locate and assess the amount of radioactive contamination as well as to assess absorbed radiation dose to both the patient and the medical staff. The purpose of this chapter is to describe basic types and characteristics of radiation monitoring instruments, methods for assessing personal absorbed dose, and how to use physical methods to assess absorbed dose to the patient

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
CRC Press Inc.
Imprint Place
Boca Raton, FL (USA)
ISBN
0-8493-4865-X
Imprint Title
Medical management of radiation accidents
Imprint Pagination
396 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 293-306.

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
22009409
Subject category
S07: ISOTOPES AND RADIATION SOURCES; S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY;
Descriptors DEI
DOSIMETRY; EVALUATION; IRRADIATION; MANAGEMENT; PATIENTS; RADIATION ACCIDENTS; RADIATION DOSES; RADIATION MONITORS
Descriptors DEC
ACCIDENTS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MONITORS