Structural shielding design for medical X-ray imaging facilities.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bethesda, MD : National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurement, ©2004.
Colección:NCRP report ; no. 147.
Temas:
Medical radiology > Safety measures.
Shielding (Radiation)
Hospitals > Radiological services > Shielding (Radiation)
Radiation Protection > standards
Radiation Protection
Equipment Design
Radiology Department, Hospital > standards
Safety Management
Blindage (Rayonnement)
Hôpitaux > Services de radiologie > Blindage.
MEDICAL > Radiology & Nuclear Medicine.
MEDICAL > Allied Health Services > Radiological & Ultrasound Technology.
Medical radiology > Safety measures
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • 1. Introduction and Recommendations
  • 1.1 Purpose and Scope
  • 1.2 Quantities and Units
  • 1.3 Controlled and Uncontrolled Areas
  • 1.4 Shielding Design Goals for Medical X-Ray Imaging Facilities and Effective Dose
  • 1.4.1 Controlled Areas
  • 1.4.2 Uncontrolled Areas
  • 1.4.3 Shielding Design Assumptions
  • 1.4.4 Air-Kerma Limits for Radiographic Films
  • 1.5 General Concepts
  • 2. Fundamentals of Shielding for Medical X-Ray Imaging Facilities
  • 2.1 Basic Principles
  • 2.2 Types of Medical X-Ray Imaging Facilities
  • 2.2.1 Radiographic Installations2.2.2 Fluoroscopic Installations
  • 2.2.3 Interventional Facilities
  • 2.2.4 Dedicated Chest Installations
  • 2.2.5 Mammographic Installations (Permanent and Mobile)
  • 2.2.6 Computed Tomography Installations
  • 2.2.7 Mobile Radiography and Fluoroscopy X-Ray Units
  • 2.2.8 Dental X-Ray Facilities
  • 2.2.9 Bone Mineral Measurement Equipment
  • 2.2.10 Veterinary X-Ray Facilities
  • 2.2.11 Other X-Ray Imaging Systems
  • 2.3 Shielding Design Elements
  • 2.3.1 Interior Walls
  • 2.3.2 Exterior Building Walls
  • 2.3.3 Doors
  • 2.3.4 Windows2.3.5 Floors and Ceilings
  • 2.3.6 Floor-to-Floor Heights
  • 2.3.7 Interstitial Space
  • 2.4 Shielding Design Considerations
  • 2.4.1 Penetrations in Protective Barriers
  • 2.4.2 Joints
  • 2.5 Construction Standards
  • 2.6 Dimensions and Tolerances
  • 3. Elements of Shielding Design
  • 3.1 Strategic Shielding Planning
  • 3.2 Project Development Process
  • 3.2.1 Strategic Planning and Budgeting
  • 3.2.2 Programming
  • 3.2.3 Schematic (Preliminary) Design
  • 3.2.4 Design Development
  • 3.2.5 Construction Document Preparation
  • 3.3 Documentation Requirements4. Computation of Medical X-Ray Imaging Shielding Requirements
  • 4.1 Concepts and Terminology
  • 4.1.1 Shielding Design Goals
  • 4.1.2 Distance to the Occupied Area
  • 4.1.3 Occupancy Factors
  • 4.1.4 Workload and Workload Distribution
  • 4.1.5 Use Factor
  • 4.1.6 Primary Barriers
  • 4.1.7 Secondary Barriers
  • 4.2 Shielding Calculation Methods
  • 4.2.1 General Shielding Concepts
  • 4.2.2 Shielding for Primary Barriers
  • 4.2.3 Shielding for Secondary Barriers
  • 4.2.4 Additional Method for Representative Radiographic Rooms, and Radiographic and Fluoroscopic Rooms4.3 Uncertainties
  • 5. Examples of Shielding Calculations
  • 5.1 Cardiac Angiography
  • 5.2 Dedicated Chest Unit
  • 5.3 The Radiographic Room
  • 5.3.1 The Floor of the Radiographic Room
  • 5.3.2 The Ceiling of a Radiographic Room
  • 5.3.3 Wall Containing the Chest Image Receptor in the Radiographic Room
  • 5.3.4 Darkroom Wall in the Radiographic Room
  • 5.3.5 The Cross-Table Wall in the Radiographic Room
  • 5.3.6 Control Wall in the Radiographic Room

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