Any radiologic technologist may take this course for Categry A credit. This course was originally designed to meet the Fluoroscopic Radiation Safety portion of the California Department of Public Health Radiologic Health Branch CE licensure renewal rules for Certified Radiologic Technologists (CRTs). The rules state that four of the 24 required hours obtained must be about fluoroscopic radiation safety within the two years immediately preceding the expiration of your permit. All Radiologic Technologists will earn 4 hours of Category A credits at the completion of this home study.
**This home study meets all 4 hours in Fluoroscopic Radiation Safety required by the regulations in the State of California.
After purchase, the link to this online CE activity will be delivered via email, or you can log in to the course at the link below.
Access the online link for reading material, take the post test at your convenience, and receive your certificate online immediately after successful completion of test.
Course Topics
- Radiation Effects: Early History
- Biologic Effects of X-ray Radiation
- Dose Reduction Techniques
- Radiation Effects of the Recent Past
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- Principles of Radiation Protection
- Biological Effects of X-ray Radiation
- Dose Reduction Techniques
- Procedures for Recording Pertinent Data on Patient Dose
- Understanding X-Rays
- Principles of Radiation Protection
- Biological Effects of X-ray Radiation
- Principles of Fluoroscopic Systems
- Operation of Fluoroscopic Systems used for Interventional Purposes
- Dose Reduction Strategies
- Radiation Quantities
- Biologic Effects of X-ray Radiation
- Principles of Fluoroscopic Systems
- Operation of Fluoroscopic Systems Used for Interventional Purposes
- Fluoroscopic Exposure (air kerma) Outputs
- Dose Reduction Techniques
- Procedures for Recording Pertinent Data
- Fluoroscope Equipment Radiation Management
- Limiting Radiation Exposure
- Patient Size Affects on Radiation Delivery
- Monitoring Radiation Exposure for Patient Managment and QC
- Utilizing Protective Tools
This program provides 4 AHRA Category A continuing education credit for radiologic technologists recognized by the ARRT and various licensure states. You must complete a post test and pass with a 75% or higher to receive your certificate of completion.
Approval Expirations
All Home study approvals have an expiration date. Some of our home studies are approved for one year others for two years. Whether a home study is renewed at the end of its expiration date is determined by the materials content and relevancy. AHEC recommends if you plan to purchase a home study to complete at a later date that you contact us to confirm the expiration date.
Louis Wagner Ph.D., DABR, FAAPM, FACR
Recently retired Professor of Radiology, University of Texas Medical Schoolrnand Chief Physicist, Dept. of Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging Houston, Texas.rnrnDr. Wagner received is B.S. degree in Physics from Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio in 1971. In 1976 he completed his Ph.D. in Experimental Nuclear Physics from Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida. He performed his postgraduate training at Memorial-Sloan Kettering National Cancer Center in New York. He was a Tenured Professor of Radiological Sciences at the University of Texas-Houston Medical School, retired in 2018, Houston. He is board certified in diagnostic radiological physics by the American Board of Radiology. He was honored as a Fellow of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine in 1995 and as a Fellow of the American College of Radiology in 1996.
