• DocumentCode
    1740716
  • Title

    Evaluation of protective shielding thickness for diagnostic radiology rooms

  • Author

    Costa, P.R. ; Caldas, Linda V.E.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. de Electrotecnica e Energia, Sao Paulo Univ., Brazil
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    2000
  • Firstpage
    1525
  • Abstract
    Presents contributions of new methods for diagnostic X-ray shielding design which has been recently introduced in order to revise the NCRP 49 recommendations. The developed method uses information regarding spectral distributions of radiation scattered by a phantom to allow the determination of ambient dose equivalents in X-ray rooms
  • Keywords
    diagnostic radiography; electromagnetic shielding; radiation protection; NCRP 49 recommendations; X-ray rooms; ambient dose equivalents; diagnostic X-ray shielding design; diagnostic radiology rooms; phantom; protective shielding thickness; spectral distributions; Atomic measurements; Attenuation; Electron emission; Equations; Imaging phantoms; Kinetic energy; Protection; Radiology; Voltage; X-ray scattering;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2000. Proceedings of the 22nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Chicago, IL
  • ISSN
    1094-687X
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-6465-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IEMBS.2000.898030
  • Filename
    898030