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Application of ionising radiation in healthcare is basic and routine in contemporary medicine. Benefits to patients from such application have been established beyond doubt ([[ICRP Publication 105|'''ICRP''' '''''Publication 105''''']]Radiological Protection in Medicine). It is difficult to imagine a healthcare system without modern diagnostic imaging and image-guided interventional procedures. A survey of policy leaders in internal medicine rated computed tomography (CT) imaging as one of the main healthcare innovations in the 20th century (Fuchs and Sox, 2001[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11558715]). The applications of ionizing ionising radiation in healthcare are grouped as followinginclude:

<big>:[[1.1 [[Diagnostic radiology]]

:[[1.2 [[Interventional procedures]]

:[[1.3 [[Radiation therapy]]

:[[1.4 [[Nuclear medicine]]

:[[1.5 [[Biomedical research]]

:[[1.6 [[Veterinary medicine]]</big>

 '''[[Radiological Protection in Healthcare| ← <<< Go back to Radiological Protection in Healthcare]]''' ==<span class="mw-collapsible-headline">References</span>== <div id="collapse01" class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"> <div class="mw-collapsible-toggle"> <div class="mw-collapsible-toggle-row"> <div class="mw-collapsible-toggle"><span style="color:#ffffff;">[see more/less]</span></div> </div> </div><br /> <div class="mw-collapsible-content">Fuchs, V.R., Sox, H.C., 2001. Physicians' views of the relative importance of thirty medical innovations. J. Health Aff. 20, 30–42.<div></div>