Resources for Radiography and Nuclear Medicine
| Accidents, Errors, and Injuries | Case Studies for Radiographic Pathology | General Resources |
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Accidents, Errors, and Injuries
Criticality and Radiation Accidents
Includes information on criticality and radiation accidents from 1945-1970 in the United States.
Patient Safety Network
To find information on imaging errors and accidents, search for imaging, radiology, radiography, and MRI.
Report to Congress on Abnormal Occurrences
To find the annual Report to Congress on Abnormal Occurrences, pick a year and then conduct a search for abnormal within the document titles. An abnormal occurrence is defined as "an unscheduled incident or event that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) determines to be significant from the standpoint of public health or safety." Reports cover imaging and radiation accidents, errors, and overexposures.
Case Studies for Radiographic Pathology
MedPix
Includes over 29,000 cases. On this page, one can search by location, sublocation, or disease category.
Radiology Case Studies
Includes over 18,000 cases.
Auntminnie.com
Contains news articles, continuing education articles, job ads, e-books, practice guidelines, and more. Free registration is required to view some content. A Google search of the webpage is much more effective than the webpage's own search tool. Go to Google's advanced search page at http://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en and type in keywords and then add in "www.auntminnie.com" in the Domain box after the phrase "only return results from the site or domain." If you need help conducting a Google search of the webpage, please ask a librarian for assistance.
Online Resources for Study, Review, Reference and Teaching Physics and Technology of Medical Imaging by Perry Sprawls, Ph.D.
Includes outlines, guides, mind maps, objectives, problems, visuals for discussion, online modules, and online textbooks for general medical imaging topics, radiation, fluoroscopy, computed tomography, ultrasound, radionuclide imaging, digital image systems, magnetic resonance imaging, and radiography and mammography. All but the online modules for magnetic resonance imaging are freely available to all Internet users.
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Includes information on radioactive waste. The "What We Do" section includes information on radiation protection. Also includes information on nuclear materials and nuclear reactors.
Basic Principles of X-Ray Production
This is part 1 of a series of articles in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology.
Radiographic Protection and Radiobiology
Cell Phone Facts: Consumer Information on Wireless Phones
Answers the question, "What biological effects can be caused by RF energy?"
Food Irradiation
This Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) webpage answers numerous questions on food irradiation.
Guidelines for Tanning Salon Owners, Operators and Users
Health Canada's report includes information on the risks of tanning and covers sources and effects of ultraviolet radiation.
Human Radiation Experiments
"The Office of Human Radiation Experiments, established in March 1994, leads the Department of Energy's efforts to tell the agency's Cold War story of radiation research using human subjects."
Radiation
This Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) comprehensive webpage includes links to numerous documents on characteristics, effects, and safe usage of non-ionizing and ionizing radiation.
Radiation Emergencies
This CDC website provides background information and response recommendations for radiation emergencies for the general public and medical personnel.
Radiation Physics Office of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Provides links to information on orbital radiation studies and the space radiation environment.
Radiation Protection
This comprehensive Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) website contains information on laws and regulations, managing radioactive materials and waste, cleaning up radioactive sites, radiation protection programs, becoming aware of radiation sources, and more.
Radiation Protection and Safety for Industrial X-Ray Equipment
This document was created by Health Canada.
Radiation Safety Aspects of Commercial High-Speed Flight Transportation, 1995
This is a report from NASA.
Radiation Studies
The CDC's radiation studies program website provides information on "the relationship between environmental radiation exposures and public health."
Requirements for the Safe Use of Baggage X-Ray Inspection Systems
This document by Health Canada covers radiation protection surveys and personal exposure monitoring.
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Includes information on radioactive waste. The "What We Do" section includes information on radiation protection. Also includes information on nuclear materials and nuclear reactors.
What Aircrews Should Know about Their Occupational Exposure to Ionizing Radiation, 2003
This is a report of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
Virtual MR Scanner
This magnetic resonance scanner simulation is available for download.
