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Medical Radiation Exposures UNSCEAR 2008 Report Keith Faulkner

Medical Radiation Exposures UNSCEAR 2008 Report Keith Faulkner. Assessment of the global population dose from medical exposures in the period 1997-2007. What Are Medical Exposures. Exposure of patients as part of their medical diagnosis or treatment;

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Medical Radiation Exposures UNSCEAR 2008 Report Keith Faulkner

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  1. Medical Radiation ExposuresUNSCEAR 2008 ReportKeith Faulkner Assessment of the global population dose from medical exposures in the period 1997-2007

  2. What Are Medical Exposures • Exposure of patients as part of their medical diagnosis or treatment; • Exposure of individuals as part of health screening programmes; • Exposure of healthy individuals or patients voluntarily participating in medical, biomedical, diagnostic or therapeutic research programmes United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation

  3. Types Of Medical ExposureDiagnostic Medical • Computed Tomography • Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry • Dental United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation

  4. Types Of Medical ExposureNuclear Medicine • Gamma Camera • PET/CT • Treatments United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation

  5. Types Of Medical ExposureRadiation Therapy • External beam therapy • Brachytherapy • Treatment planning United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation

  6. Population Dose EstimationAssessment Of Collective Effective Dose • Collective effective dose to the population is the sum, over all types of examinations, of the mean effective dose, Ee, for a specific examination type multiplied by the number of these examinations, ne. • The number of examinations may be deduced from the annual frequency (expressed as number of examinations per 1,000 population) and the estimated population for that country or health care level. United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation

  7. Population Dose EstimationAssessment Of Per Caput Effective Dose • The per caput effective dose is also used to quantify exposures. • It is the collective effective dose averaged over all the population (both exposed and non-exposed individuals). • The weakness of this approach is that medical exposures tend to be performed on a subset of the population whose members are ill. United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation

  8. Frequency Of Diagnostic Medical and Dental Examinations 1997-2007 United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation

  9. Variation In The Per Caput Effective Dose From Diagnostic Medical and Dental Examinations 1997-2007 United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation

  10. Collective Effective Dose From Diagnostic Medical and Dental Examinations 1997-2007 United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation

  11. Temporal Trends In The Frequency Of Diagnostic Medical Examinations United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation

  12. Temporal Trends In The Collective Effective Dose From Diagnostic Medical Examinations United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation

  13. Estimated dose to the world population from diagnostic nuclear medicine procedures (1997–2007) United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation

  14. Estimated annual number of therapeutic treatments with radiopharmaceuticals in the world United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation

  15. Temporal Trends In The Collective Effective Dose From Nuclear Medicine Examinations United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation

  16. Temporal Trends In The Number Of Nuclear Medicine Examinations United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation

  17. UNSCEAR: Summary United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation

  18. UNSCEAR: Summary United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation

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