Discourses on Radiation Exposure:

Evaluation of Radiation Exposure Pattern and Radiation Absorbed Dose Resulting from Occupational Exposure of Anesthesiologists to Ionizing Radiation

Introduction: Little information is available concerning the radiation exposure of anesthesiologists, and no such data have previously been collected in Iran. This prospective study was performed to determine the amount of radiation exposure of anesthesiologists for the purpose of assessing whether or not dangerous levels of radiation exposures were being reached, and to identify factors that c...

Perioperative radiation exposure in a pregnant woman

The perioperative imaging of a pregnant woman presents a unique challenge to orthopaedics surgeon as concern about the radiation risk to the embryo or fetus. This article highlights effect of radiation exposure on foetus.I would like to discuss about the amount of radiation exposure in a pregnant woman during fluoroscopic guided closed femoral Interlock nailing as radiation has significant...

Discourses on ICT and Development

Research on ICT and development (ICTD) involves assumptions concerning the nature of ICT innovation and the way such innovation contributes to development. In this article, I review the multidisciplinary literature on ICTD and identify two perspectives regarding the nature of the ICT innovation process in developing countries—as transfer and diffusion and as socially embedded action—and two per...

Factors Influencing Radiation Quality and Radiation Exposure

Accidental radiation exposure.

We report a radiation accident in whlch a technologist was in close proximlty for 40 seconds to a source containing 7,700 curies of cobalt 60. The average bone marrow dose was estlmated at 118 rads. Within the first 24 hours postexposure, lymphopenla developed and after two weeks, the platelet and granulocyte count began to fall and reached nadir at approximately four weeks. During the phase of...