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http://dx.doi.org/10.7742/jksr.2011.5.3.155

Leakage and Scattered Radiation from X-ray Unit in Radiography  

Im, In-Chul (Department of Radiological Science, Dongeui University)
Lee, Jae-Seung (Department of Radiation Oncology, Good Samaritan Hospital)
Kweon, Dae-Cheol (Department of Radiologic Science, Shinheung College University)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology / v.5, no.3, 2011 , pp. 155-159 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purposed of this study were measured the radiation exposure of patients and workers by generators, and the protection state for radiation facilities. The subject of the study by X-ray generators in university hospitals of capital area, we measured the maximum irradiation condition of 80 kVp, 200 mA, 0.1 second in the control entrance, control room window, entrance of radiography, adjacent site. The leakage dose per week was which the control entrance was 0.11 mR/week, control room window was 0.15 mR/week, entrance of radiography was 0.12 mR/week and adjacent site was 0.06 mR/week with X-ray unit the mean And the leakage mean dose was 0.11 mR/week. Diagnostic X-ray tubes must ensure that the leakage radiation in the maximum leakage dose in week emitted by the tube outside the useful beam does not exceed certain levels provided by standards.
Keywords
X-ray; radiation shielding; protection;
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