Radiation Protection of Patients
- IAEA Enhances Patient Radiation Safety in Medical Diagnosis and Treatment
29 July 2010 | A doctor´s duty is to diagnose and treat. But, if mishandled, the treatment can oftentimes do as much damage as the disease. Read Story
More News Stories
- Some Things To Know About Radiological Procedures, 29 July 2010
- IAEA Aims to Reduce Unnecessary Child Radiation Doses, 23 April 2010
- IAEA Offers Guidance on Radiation Protection for Patients, Travelers, 8 February 2010
- IAEA Chief Addresses UN General Assembly, 29 April 2009
- IAEA Calls for Enhanced Radiation Protection of Patients, Press Release, 29 April 2009
- Smart Protection, IAEA Bulletin (Vol. 50/2, 2009) [pdf]
- IAEA Conference to Focus on New Techniques in Cancer Treatment, 21 April 2009
- Medical Radiation Exposure of the U.S. Population Greatly Increased since the Early 1980s, Press Release, NCRP, 3 March 2009 [pdf]
- When the Ill Need Protection from the Cure, 17 October 2008
- Better Radiation Protection for Patients, 29 September 2008
- X-rays Often Repeated for Patients in Developing Countries, 28 June 2008
- Computed Tomography - An Increasing Source of Radiation Exposure, New England Journal of Medicine, 29 November 2007
- Study: Unnecessary CT Scans Exposing Patients to Excessive Radiation, USA Today, 29 November 2007
- More in Archives
Photo Essays
Video
Radiation Protection of Patients
Madan Rehani, IAEA Radiation Safety Specialist, talks about how health-care professionals and patients can make informed decisions regarding radiological examinations, 29 July 2010 [2 mins, 19 secs]
Enhanced Radiation Protection of Patients Needed
Madan Rehani, IAEA Radiation Safety Specialist, warns against overuse of new imaging devices,
4 June 2009 [2 mins, 50 secs]
Radiation Protection of Patients
Interview with Madan Rehani, IAEA Radiation Safety Specialist,
7 April 2009 [4 mins, 32 secs]
Audio
Growing Use of CT Scans and Radiation Doses Involved Interview with Renate Czarwinski, Head, IAEA´s Radiation Safety and Monitoring Section, 8 April 2009
[5 mins, 58 secs]
View from the Frontline
Interview with Prof. Christian Herold, Chairman, Department of Radiology, Vienna´s General Hospital, 6 April 2009 [5 mins, 40 secs]
Radiation Protection of Patients and the IAEA
Robert George, President, International Society of Radiographers and Radiological Technologists (ISRRT), at the European Congress of Radiology,
10 March 2009 [6 mins]
IAEA Smart Card Initiative Interview with Dr. Donald Frush, a leading US Diagnostic Radiologist, Chief of the Division of Paediatric Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, USA [6 mins, 11 secs]
- What Patients Should Know, Quiz,
29 July 2010
Further Resources
- Radiation Risks and Pediatric Computed Tomography, National Cancer Institute
- United Nations Scientific Commission on the Effects of Atomic Radiation
- National Council on Radiation Protection & Measurements
- Alliance for Radiation Safety in Pediatric Imaging, Image Gently
- Occupational Radiation Protection
- International Congress on Radiation Protection, Argentina
- Optimizing Radiological Protection of Patients in Diagnostic and Interventional Procedures Using X-Rays