Radiation protection

The Ordinance for the Use of X-rays in man was amended with the aim to keep the risk from radiation exposure to an absolute minimum without thereby maring the diagnostic usefulness of the pictures produced. This textbook was written for assistant medical personnel to provide a good working knowledge on subjects like radiation physics, radiation biology, operation of X-ray equipments, medical imaging systems, quality assurance, operation of instruments, radiation protection and radiation anatomy. The appendix further includes tables of exposure values, nomograms for better assessment of the magnitude of radiation exposure and the guidelines of the Federal Medical Association on quality assurance in X-ray diagnostics. (DG)