background: although ionizing radiation is widely used to diagnose many diseases, the relevant hazards are known to be as an important limitation of its application. it is believed that the awareness of ionizing radiation dose values is one of the main stages in patient's radiation protection. the purpose of this study has been to investigate the level of physicians' knowledge about r...

It is a pleasure to recommend the second edition of this book. I can only repeat what I have said about the first edition that it represents excellent value for money. I think the authors are to be congratulated on the content and presentation, and their bravery in publishing a book on techniques should not be under-estimated, as virtually every radiologist has an individual approach to each ex...

Image-guided interventional procedures have become one of the medical applications that produces highest doses radiation for both patient and personnel involved in it. Safety assessment was applied to a generic service where image-guided carried, using semi-quantitative method risk matrix, implemented Cuban SECURE-MR-FMEA code. The process map prepared, identifying 6 stages with 76 accidental s...

BACKGROUND The aim of the study was to systematically evaluate population exposure from diagnostic and interventional radiological procedures in Slovenia. METHODS The study was conducted in scope of the "Dose Datamed 2" project. A standard methodology based on 20 selected radiological procedures was adopted. Frequencies of the procedures were determined via questionnaires that were sent to al...