Re: Age determination by x-ray examinations

["J. J. Rozental" <joseroze@netvision.net.il>]

Dear Chris,

No doubt that bone densitometry is not age determination. I only mentioned
in my previous message examples on medical practices using very low-doses to
scan areas of a patient's body, that, were justified and approved by
Regulatory Authority and I made just a question: Was this specific medical
practiced justified and approved by the Regulatory Authority?

Regards,

Jose Julio Rozental

joseroze@netvision.net.il
Israel


----- Original Message -----
From: Chris Alston <alstonc@odrge.odr.georgetown.edu>
To: Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 7:57 PM
Subject: Re: Age determination by x-ray examinations


Mr/Dr Rozental

O.K., but let's be clear that bone densitometry is not age
determination.  And please see my previous observations on the
cost-risk/benefit issue.

Cheers
cja

At 10:52 AM 1/10/01 -0600, you wrote:

>First of all apologize to comment this subject only now, I couldn't do it
>last week.
>Medical practices as Bone densitometer using radioactive source as Am-241
>and I-125, and very
>low-dose X-ray beams to scan areas of a patient's body, especially cases of
>Osteoporosis, were justified and approved by Regulatory Authority, case of
>Brazil, for instance. That time the justification was made take into
account
>the ICRP 27 and the IAEA Basic Safety Standards, Safety Series, 9

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