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