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NCRP Report No. 73, Protection in Nuclear Medicine and Ultrasound Diagnostic Procedures in Children
NCRP Report No. 73 presents information on two different imaging techniques used in the clinical examination of children. It provides information on the manner of conducting nuclear medicine studies in children to reduce the dose to these patients and those responsible for their care. The Report also addresses the application of ultrasound to children and discusses the factors that need to be considered to insure continued safe use in clinical practice. Included in the treatment of pediatric nuclear medicine are instrumentation, sedation, injection and handling techniques, dosimetric considerations, physiological considerations and radiation doses from radiopharmaceuticals. In treating pediatric diagnostic ultrasound, the report covers interaction of ultrasound with matter, ultrasound equipment, power levels from diagnostic ultrasound machines, biological effects, and the current status of ultrasound. An appendix includes tables of the mean dose per unit of cumulated activity.
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