Accidents, Errors, and Injuries

Criticality and Radiation Accidents
http://www.cddc.vt.edu/host/atomic/accident/
Includes information on criticality and radiation accidents from 1945-1970 in the United States.

FDA Reports on Radiation Injuries
http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfTopic/topicindex/topindx.cfm?alpha=r
See the second set of documents.

Patient Safety Network
http://psnet.ahrq.gov/
To find information on imaging errors and accidents, search for imaging, radiology, radiography, and MRI.

Report to Congress on Abnormal Occurrences
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/commission/secys/
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.

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Case Studies for Radiographic Pathology

Also see Anatomy.tv. MedPix
http://rad.usuhs.mil/medpix/medpix.html?mode=simple_schema#top
Includes over 29,000 cases. On this page, one can search by location, sublocation, or disease category.

Radiology Case Study Search
http://www.uth.tmc.edu/netcenter/search/radiology_search.htm
Includes over 18,000 cases. One can search by modality, description, and keyword.

Computed Tomography (CT)

Multidetector CT for the Technologist: A Four-Volume Educational Series for the Technologist, 2004
http://www.ctisus.com/tech_meeting_04/index.html
"This program presents a comprehensive review and update of the current role of Computed Body Tomography for the CT Technologist with an emphasis on Spiral (Helical) CT and the multidetector CT technology."

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Auntminnie.com
http://www.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.

North Carolina Eastern Area Health Education Center's Health Occupation Education
Lesson Plans
http://eahec.ecu.edu/telehealth/hoe.cfm#video
Affliliated with Eastern Carolina University, this website includes video clips on blood pressure measurement, patient transfers, and lifting.

Online Resources for Study, Review, Reference and Teaching Physics and Technology of Medical Imaging by Perry Sprawls, Ph.D.
http://www.sprawls.org/resources/#DIGITAL IMAGE SYSTEMS
Includes outlines, guides, mind maps, objectives, problems, visuals for discussion, onine 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
http://www.nrc.gov/
Includes information on radioactive waste. The "What We Do" section includes information on radiation protection. Also includes information on nuclear materials and nuclear reactors.

Image Production

Basic Principles of X-Ray Production
http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/ou-microct/Downloads/2004_Seibert_XRay_imaging_1.pdf
This is part 1 of a series of articles in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology.

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Radiographic Protection and Radiobiology

Cell Phone Facts: Consumer Information on Wireless Phones
http://www.fda.gov/cellphones/
Answers the question, "What biological effects can be caused by RF energy?"

Food Irradiation
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/foodirradiation.htm
This Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) webpage answers numerous questions on food irradiation.

Guidelines for Tanning Salon Owners, Operators and Users
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ahc-asc/alt_formats/hecs-sesc/pdf/psp-psp/ccrpb-bpcrpcc/guidelines_tanning_salon_owners_operators_users.pdf
Health Canada's report includes information on the risks of tanning and covers sources and effects of ultraviolet radiation.

Human Radiation Experiments
http://www.eh.doe.gov/ohre/index.html
"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
http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/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
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/
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)
http://radhome.gsfc.nasa.gov/radhome/rpo.htm
Provides links to information on orbital radiation studies and the space radiation environment.Radiation Protection
http://www.epa.gov/radiation/
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
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ewh-semt/pubs/radiation/safety-code_34-securite/index_e.html
This document was created by Health Canada.

Radiation Safety Aspects of Commercial High-Speed Flight Transportation, 1995
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19950020007_1995120007.pdf
This is a report from NASA.Radiation Studies
http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/radiation/default.htm
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
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ewh-semt/pubs/radiation/code-29/index_e.html
This document by Health Canada covers radiation protection surveys and personal exposure monitoring.

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
http://www.nrc.gov/
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
http://www.faa.gov/library/reports/medical/oamtechreports/2000s/media/0316.pdf
This is a report of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

X-ray Exposures from Airport Screening Machines
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/airportscreener/
This CDC webpage "provides links to general information about radiation exposures to Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees and their attendant health risks, and includes recommendations to address exposure concerns."

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Risk Management

State Volunteer Mutual Insurance Company (SVMIC)
http://www.svmic.com/
To browse a variety of actual cases closed by SVMIC, mouse over "Risk Management" on the left side of the page and choose "Case Closed" or "Case Studies." A Google site search for "radiology" will yield several actual radiology cases that have been handled by SVMIC.

Simulators

Ultrasound Simulator
http://www.bme.vanderbilt.edu/bme258/ultrasound/simulator/RunUltraSoundApplet.html
Includes images of a fetus, a gastrointestinal tract, and a heart. Facial images are not included as stated.

Virtual MR Scanner
http://sourceforge.net/projects/vmri/
This magnetic resonance scanner simulation is available for download.

X-Ray Simulator
http://www.qdixray.com.au/lightersidexraysimulator.htm
Adjust the time, mA, and KVP until you take a perfect chest x-ray.

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