Health Risks of Ionizing Radiation

Risks from ionizing radiation during pregnancy

Gholami M1, Abedini MR2, Khossravi HR3, Akbari S4 1. Instructor, Department of medical physics, Faculty of medicine, Lorestan University of medical sciences 2. Assistant professor, Department of radiology, Faculty of medicine, Lorestan University of medical sciences 3. Assistant professor, Department of radiation protection, Iranian Atomic Energy Organization 4. Assistant professor, D...

Sources, Effects and Risks of Ionizing Radiation

Carcinogenic risks of prenatal ionizing radiation.

The risk of cancer in offspring who have been exposed to diagnostic X-ray procedures while in utero has been debated for 55 years. High doses at high dose rates to the embryo or fetus (e.g. >0.5 Gy) increase the risk of cancer. This has been demonstrated in human epidemiology studies as well as in mammalian animal studies. Most pregnant women exposed to diagnostic X-ray procedures or the diagno...

Chapter 21 Reproductive and Developmental Risks of Ionizing Radiation What are the Reproductive and Developmental Risks of Ionizing Radiation ?

Many pregnant women are concerned about the potential reproductive and developmental risks of radiation exposures. With the advent of the Internet, consulting has become more rapid and efficient. In 2008, the pregnancy website of the Health Physics Society (HPS), ATE (Ask the Expert), received approximately 2,400,000 hits. Over 700,000 prepared answers to questions were downloaded. Over 1,600 c...

Ionizing radiation risks of cardiac imaging: estimates of the immeasurable.

For many decades, the search for a non-invasive visualization of the coronary arteries seemed to remain an unfulfilled promise to clinical cardiologists. Owing to the rapid refinements successfully implemented in computed tomography (CT) technology over the past few years, non-invasive imaging of coronary arteries is now not only feasible but also has become a reality in daily routine. This may...