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Subject to the government policy on radiation safety for protection of the general publics, Nuclear Safety Commission of (NSC) has set up a national safe dose standard for mammography proficiency testing. This will help ensure that women who receive mammography expose within the safe dose limit, and promote the quality of radiation safety on mammography in Taiwan.
The rate of female breast cancer patients has exceeded that of cervical cancer patients and ranked as first among female cancers. There are about 7200 new breast cancer cases annually. Breast cancer is the fourth leading cause of death. The quality assurance program of medical exposure which will be implemented in July 2008 by NSC together with the mammography facility accreditation program implemented by Bureau of Health Promotion are two major efforts in promoting radiology quality and preventing the unnecessary medical exposure dose for the residents in Taiwan.
The imagining quality for radiology diagnosis is critical for early detection of tumors or cysts. In the mean time, a good radiation dose quality control will protect the patient from unnecessary radiation exposure when receiving high-quality imagining diagnosis. The Laboratory of Non-Ionizing Radiation Standard of Institution of Nuclear Energy Research (INER) has set up the measure scale for mammography proficiency testing, including the dose standard and the JVP value (the maximum voltage value of the output tube of the X-ray machine) and building up complete radiometric calibration traceability of radiation dose.
This will not only secure the public radiation safety of medical treatment but also eliminate the fear of radiation exposure of the public.
INER sets up safe dose standard for mammography proficiency testing to minimize women's health risks--(20080512)
Last Update: May 14, 2020
Subject to the government policy on radiation safety for protection of the general publics, Nuclear Safety Commission of (NSC) has set up a national safe dose standard for mammography proficiency testing. This will help ensure that women who receive mammography expose within the safe dose limit, and promote the quality of radiation safety on mammography in Taiwan.
The rate of female breast cancer patients has exceeded that of cervical cancer patients and ranked as first among female cancers. There are about 7200 new breast cancer cases annually. Breast cancer is the fourth leading cause of death. The quality assurance program of medical exposure which will be implemented in July 2008 by NSC together with the mammography facility accreditation program implemented by Bureau of Health Promotion are two major efforts in promoting radiology quality and preventing the unnecessary medical exposure dose for the residents in Taiwan.
The imagining quality for radiology diagnosis is critical for early detection of tumors or cysts. In the mean time, a good radiation dose quality control will protect the patient from unnecessary radiation exposure when receiving high-quality imagining diagnosis. The Laboratory of Non-Ionizing Radiation Standard of Institution of Nuclear Energy Research (INER) has set up the measure scale for mammography proficiency testing, including the dose standard and the JVP value (the maximum voltage value of the output tube of the X-ray machine) and building up complete radiometric calibration traceability of radiation dose.
This will not only secure the public radiation safety of medical treatment but also eliminate the fear of radiation exposure of the public.
