NCRP Report 160 and What It Means for Medical Imaging and Nuclear Medicine

Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology

Norman E. Bolus¹ 

[1] Nuclear Medicine Technology Program, Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences Department, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama Nuclear Medicine Technology Program, Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences Department, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama Nuclear Medicine Technology Program, Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences Department, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama

关键词: radiation physics;    radiation safety;    radiobiology/dosimetry;    ionizing radiation;    dose optimization;   

DOI  :  10.2967/jnmt.113.128728

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Society of Nuclear Medicine

【 摘 要 】

The purpose of this paper is to briefly explain report 160 of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurement and the significance of the report to medical imaging as a whole and nuclear medicine specifically. The implications of the findings of report 160 have had repercussions and will continue to affect all of ionizing radiation medical imaging. The nuclear medicine community should have an understanding of why and how report 160 is important. After reading this article, the nuclear medicine technologist will be familiar with the main focus of report 160, the significant change that has occurred since the 1980s in the ionizing radiation exposure of people in the United States, the primary background source of ionizing radiation in the United States, the primary medical exposure to ionizing radiation in the United States, trends in nuclear medicine procedures and patient exposure, and a comparison of population doses between 2006 and the early 1980s as outlined in report 160.

【 授权许可】

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