Colin Martin

The future direction for patient radiation protection

Radiation has played a crucial role in medicine ever since the discovery of x-rays a hundred years ago. Today technology takes centre stage in continuing the advancement. However, any use of radiation has an associated risk. Evidence for this comes from epidemiological studies of populations exposed to high doses of radiation. Radiation protection practice has […]

Colin Martin

University of Glasgow

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Personal dose monitoring requirements in radiology

The only sure way of knowing the radiation dose that staff working with x-rays receive is to measure it directly. Personal dose monitoring is a way of ensuring that staff are not exposed unnecessarily and that radiation protection standards are maintained. Dose limits seldom change as they are based on our understanding of the levels […]

Colin J Martin

University of Glasgow

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