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RPII 09/01 The Design of Diagnostic
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Foreword The original Code of Pract
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4. Nuclear medicine 35 4.1 Introduc
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1. Legal and administrative framewo
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e made as soon as possible. It shou
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It should be noted that it is the u
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Records should be kept as they will
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2. Identify the persons (staff and
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3.1.3 Computed Tomography (CT) CT a
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Photo 3.2: Interventional X‐ray r
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3.3 Radiography rooms 3.3.1 General
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X Figure 3.2: Dedicated chest room
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Figure 3.4: DXA room Operator’s c
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Figure 3.5b: A dental radiography s
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Radiation shielding calculations fo
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There are large variations in the s
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e assessed by the RPA as part of th
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The trailer must be sited in an are
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It is recognised worldwide that the
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The operator console should be loca
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Figure 4.3: A possible layout for a
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The workstation should be adequatel
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uptake probe and associated equipme
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The layout of the department should
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The control/console room should pro
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5. Shielding calculations 5.1 Gener
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Table 5.2: Suggested minimum distan
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Table 5.4: Workload data from NCRP
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5.2.4 Primary radiation A barrier i
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