OPTIMIZACIJA ZAŠTITE OD ZRAČENJA U RADIODIJAGNOSTICI
OPTIMIZATION OF RADIATION PROTECTION IN DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY

Author(s): Adnan Beganović
Contributor(s): Adnan Arnautlija (Translator)
Subject(s): Health and medicine and law
Published by: Akademija Nauka i Umjetnosti Bosne i Hercegovine
Keywords: radiology; radiodiagnostics; optimization; radiation protection;
Summary/Abstract: The International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) has published a number of reports dealing with various topics in the field of radiation protection of patients, professionally exposed persons and the population. “ICRP Recommendations of 2007” deal with general principles of radiation protection, such as: justification, optimization and limitation of individual doses and risk. These principles have become part of domestic regulations, among which is the Ordinance on the Protection against Ionizing Radiation in Medical Exposure, where special attention is given to the principle of optimization. The methods of optimization are described for the four most important techniques in diagnostic radiology: radiography, mammography, fluoroscopy and computed tomography. Furthermore, the dosimetric quantities used as dose indicators for the patient are also given. The optimization process should be planned, implemented and monitored by a working group with sufficient authority to modify the method of operation in the radioiodiagnostics department. The precondition for initiating optimization is to determine the doses in the most common procedures in diagnostic radiology. The results obtained should be published and transparent, so they can be used in the education and training of staff.

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