How do we measure dose and estimate risk?

Christoph Hoeschen; Dieter Regulla; Helmut Schlattl; Nina Petoussi-Henss; Wei Bo Li; Maria Zankl

doi:10.1117/12.882731

16 March 2011 How do we measure dose and estimate risk?

Christoph Hoeschen, Dieter Regulla, Helmut Schlattl, Nina Petoussi-Henss, Wei Bo Li, Maria Zankl

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Proceedings Volume 7961, Medical Imaging 2011: Physics of Medical Imaging; 79612F (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.882731
Event: SPIE Medical Imaging, 2011, Lake Buena Vista (Orlando), Florida, United States

Abstract

Radiation exposure due to medical imaging is a topic of emerging importance. In Europe this topic has been dealt with for a long time and in other countries it is getting more and more important and it gets an aspect of public interest in the latest years. This is mainly true due to the fact that the average dose per person in developed countries is increasing rapidly since threedimensional imaging is getting more and more available and useful for diagnosis. This paper introduces the most common dose quantities used in medical radiation exposure characterization, discusses usual ways for determination of such quantities as well as some considerations how these values are linked to radiation risk estimation. For this last aspect the paper will refer to the linear non threshold theory for an imaging application.

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Christoph Hoeschen, Dieter Regulla, Helmut Schlattl, Nina Petoussi-Henss, Wei Bo Li, and Maria Zankl "How do we measure dose and estimate risk?", Proc. SPIE 7961, Medical Imaging 2011: Physics of Medical Imaging, 79612F (16 March 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.882731

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