title: Diagnostic radiology dosimetry: Status and trends.
abstract: Since 1970s the expression of protection standards shifted from a dose -to a risk-based approach, with dose limits established to yield risks to medical radiation workers. Worldwide interest in patient dose measurement was stimulated by the publication of Patient Dose Reduction in Diagnostic Radiology by the UK National Radiological Protection Board (NRPB). This has resulted in the development of new dosimetric measuring instruments, techniques and terminologies which present challenges to those working in the clinic al environment and those supporting them in calibration facilities. In this sense, thermoluminescent dosimetry (TLD) has been actively developed in the past last 3 decades thanks to their successful applications in diagnostic radiology. The present work analyzes current status and future trends of diagnostic radiology dosimetry using thermoluminescence phenomena.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigación en Ciencia Aplicada y Tecnología Avanzada-Legaria, del IPN, Av. Legaria 694, Col. Irrigación, D.F., 11500 México, Mexico. Electronic address: trivera@ipn.mx.
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authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rivera-Montalvo
mesh_terms: D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000639:trends; D004867:Equipment Design / Q000639:trends; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D000069079:Radiation Exposure / Q000032:analysis* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical; D013819:Thermoluminescent Dosimetry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000639:trends
keywords: DTLs; Dosimetry; Low dose; Thermoluminescence; X-ray beams