A guide to radiation exposure

The effect of radiation is harmful to any part of the body. This guide will explain the advantages and disadvantages of X-ray irradiation. We will also discuss the technological progress we have made on the human body in the process of radiation exposure today. I will explain the exposure prevention and safety measures that can be followed as a dental assistant and to protect patients' safety. X-rays were invented by Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen in 1895. It all began with a vacuum tube called the Crookes tube. And it noticed the shadow projected on the screen by pressing the button that activates the current

In the early 1980s medical X-rays accounted for approximately 11% of the total radiation exposure of the U.S. population. Current estimates are due to about 35% of medical X-ray exposure. (Nuclear medical procedures for the generation of body images using radioactive materials account for about 12% of radiation exposure, while natural radiation sources exposed in the environment account for about 50%.) Public health stations CDR Sean Boyd said he is an engineer and head of the FDA's diagnostic equipment department. "Everyone involved in medical X-ray can play their role in reducing radiation exposure, whether it is consumer or patient.Doctor, physicist, radiologist, technician, manufacturer Or an installer. "

Medical X-rays are an important cause of artificial radiation exposure. In 1987, they accounted for 58% of American artificial sources. Because artificial light sources account for only 18% of total radiation, most of them come from natural light sources (82%), medical X-rays account for only 10% of all US radiation, the whole medical procedure Nuclear medicine) accounts for the total radiation exposure 14% However, by 2006, US medical treatment produced far more ionizing radiation than the early 1980s. In 2006, medical exposure accounted for almost half of total radiation exposure of all sources of US population. This increase may be due to increased use of medical imaging methods, especially computed tomography (CT), and increased use of nuclear medicine.

After the rapid adoption of multi-detector CT, CT radiation dose is now the largest radiation diagnostic radiation source for patients. Significant changes in exposure to ionizing radiation were due to increased medical exposure and no other significant increases (3, 4). The United States Radiation Protection Measurement Committee reported changes in ionizing radiation exposure in the US population. The average average radiation exposure in the United States during the 1980s was 3.6 mSv, but it increased to 6.2 mSv in 2006. Exposure to medical exposure to ionizing radiation during the 1980s and 2006 increased by about 72%. That is, medical exposure in the 1980s increased from 15% to total exposure and accounted for 48% of total exposure in 2006. Specifically, CT is the most important contributor, accounting for 49% of all medical exposure. Nuclear medicine accounts for 26% of all medical exposures