Challenges in radiation protection of patients for the 21st century.
review · Level V
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Abstract
The purpose of this article is to presage the upcoming challenges in the area of radiation protection of patients in imaging for different stakeholders, such as dosimetrists, radiation biologists, patients, referring physicians, radiologists, radiographers, medical physicists, and manufacturers. Most of the challenges facing different stakeholders are actually based on the contribution required from industry; thus, manufacturers play the greatest role in making patients safer in this century.
Medical subject headings
- Diagnostic Imaging
- Forecasting
- Radiation Dosage
- Radiation Protection