Re: MDL and Dose Effects - opinionated response

["JERRY ROSEN" <rosen@rso.radsafe.pitt.edu>]

How about, if you wear the badge in a position to properly record 
dose, it will obscure part of the x ray image.

I sure wouldn't want to obscure a potentially lethal lesion, just so 
that I could record the dose.  

If your concerned about the dose, ask the tech to give you the 
technical factors for the procedure.  It's relatively easy to 
estimate a ball park dose.

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> Just to muddy the waters even more, why is it so outrageous to deliberately
> wear your badge during a chest X-ray?
> That gets Australian Monitoring Services frothing at the mouth with
> indignation, but isn't it part of "my" dose, even if it was for my
> "benefit"?
> It still has to be added to my cumulative dose as far as I'm concerned.
> I haven't seen a convincing argument on this issue yet.
> 
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Jerry Rosen

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