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How is dose area product usually specified?

In a hospital setting, which of the following professionals is expressly charged by the hospital administration with being directly responsible for the execution, enforcement, and maintenance of the ALARA program?

Sources of medical radiation exposure include  1. computed tomography 2. sonography 3. magnetic resonance imaging

The person responsible for ascertaining that all radiation guidelines are adhered to and that personnel understand and use radiation safety measures is the 

The single  most important source of scatter radiation in both radiography and fluoroscopy is the

Which of the following contributes most to  occupational exposure?

What type of personnel radiation monitor device has a gas-filled ionization chamber and provides a reading at any time via Internet connection?

Of the following, which are disadvantages of using pocket ionization chambers as personnel dosimeters?1. They can discharge if they are subjected to mechanical shock.2. Because these devices provide no permanent legal record of exposure, health care facilities that use this method to record personnel exposure must delegate someone to keep such a record.3. If not read each day, the dosimeter may give an inaccurate reading because the electric charge tends to escape.

Cosmic radiation occurs in which two forms?

Sources of natural background radiation contributing to whole-body radiation dose include 1. dental x-rays 2. terrestrial radionuclides 3. internal radionuclides