Radiation protection in paediatric radiology

This publication provides guidance to radiologists, other clinicians and radiographers/technologists involved in using ionizing radiation for diagnostic procedures with children and adolescents, and should also be of value to medical physicists and regulators. It focuses on the measures necessary to provide protection from the effects of radiation using the principles established in the IAEA’s Radiation Protection and Safety of Radiation Sources: International Basic Safety Standards (IAEA Safety Standards Series No. GSR Part 3 and the priority accorded to the area. The emphasis throughout is on the special requirements of paediatrics.