Evaluating and communicating radiation risks for studies involving human subjects : guidance for researchers and institutional review boards : recommendations of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements.

• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bethesda, MD : National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, 2020.
• Series: NCRP report ; no. 185
• Subjects: Ionizing radiation > Risk assessment.; Ionizing radiation > Dosage.; Ionizing radiation > Safety measures.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781944888237; 1944888233; 9781944888220
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

"The purpose of this Report is to provide guidance to researchers in preparing protocols that include ionizing radiation exposure to human subjects and to provide guidance to reviewing bodies, such as Institutional Review Boards, in the process of reviewing such protocols. This includes guidanc...

Table of Contents:

• Executive summary
• Introduction
• Basics of radiobiology, radiation protection, and radiation dose
• Regulatory requirements for institutional supervision of research
• Identification of experimental studies utilizing ionizing radiation
• Distinguishing between radiation use for research and standard patient care
• Estimation of radiation dose
• Estimation of radiation risk and reasonableness of radiation use in research
• Optimization of radiation dose
• Ethics in human-studies research
• Informed consent
• Summary and conclusions.