1992 Program

Program of the 1992 Annual Meeting, Radiation Protection in Medicine

April 1-2, 1992

Introduction
Andrew K. Poznanski, Chair

Issues in Radiation Protection–Patients and Workers
Marvin Rosenstein, Chair

Medical Exposures in the United States
Fred A. Mettler, Jr., University of New Mexico School of Medicine

New Risk Estimates at Low Doses
R.J. Michael Fry, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Implications of the New Risk Estimates
Eugene L. Saenger, University of Cincinnati Medical Center

Harold L. Kundel, Chair

Relationship Between Radiation Dose and Image Quality in Nuclear Medicine and X-Ray Imaging
James G. Kereiakes, University of Cincinnati

Risk and Exposure to the Fetus in Patients and Workers
Robert W. Miller, National Cancer Institute

The Fetus and Radiation Workers: Political and Practical Considerations
Sandra K. Fernbach, Children’s Memorial Hospital

Fred A. Mettler, Jr., Chair

High Dose and Interventional Radiological Examinations
Joel E. Gray, Mayo Clinic

Personnel Dosimetry Issues in Interventional Radiology
Marvin Rosenstein, Center for Devices and Radiological Health

Second Cancers Following Radiation Therapy
Jacob I. Fabrikant, University of California, Berkeley

Heterogeneity of Dose-Distribution in Nuclear Medicine
S. James Adelstein, Harvard Medical School

Joel E. Gray, Chair

Education of the Practitioners
Thomas Payne, Abbott-Northwestern Hospital

Quality Control and Continuous Quality Improvement: Definitions, Clinical Relevance, Practical Issues and Organizational Impact
Philip N. Cascade, University of Michigan

Sixteenth Lauriston S. Taylor Lecture on Radiation Protection and Measurements
Introduction of the Lecturer, S. James Adelstein
Radiation Doses and Risks in Diagnostic Radiology: How Big? How Little?, Edward W. Webster

Efficacy in the Use of Ionizing Radiation in Medicine
Andrew K. Poznanski, Chair

General Concepts of Efficacy
John R. Thornbury, University of Wisconsin

Decision Making and Radiologic Tests
Barbara J. McNeil, Harvard Medical School

Society’s View on Utilization of Technology
Otha Linton, American College of Radiology

Mammography–Risk Benefit
Gerald D. Dodd, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas

New Technology–The Future of Imaging
Harold L. Kundel, University of Pennsylvania Hospital