Information leaflets for patients on common x-ray examinations and interventional radiology procedures from the Patients' Liaison Groups of the Royal College of Radiologists
http://www.rcr.ac.uk/index.asp?PageID=323 [external link]
Information for patients on radiotherapy procedures is provided by the charity CancerBACUP
http://www.cancerbacup.org.uk/Treatments/Radiotherapy/Radiotherapy/Whatisradiotherapy
Information for patients on nuclear medicine procedures is available from the British Nuclear Medicine Society
www.bnms.org.uk/bnms.htm
Statutory instruments are obtainable from the Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI)
www.opsi.gov.uk/
Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations, IR(ME)R 2000 Statutory Instrument 2000 No. 1059
www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2000/20001059.htm
Ionising Radiations Regulations, IRR99 Statutory Instrument 1999 No. 3232
www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1999/19993232.htm
Department of Health
www.dh.gov.uk/Home/fs/en
Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (IPEM)
www.ipem.org.uk
Royal College of Radiologists (RCR)
www.rcr.ac.uk
British Institute of Radiology (BIR)
www.bir.org.uk
British Nuclear Medicine Society (BNMS)
www.bnms.org.uk
Administration of Radioactive Substances Advisory Committee (ARSAC)
www.advisorybodies.doh.gov.uk/arsac
Imaging Performance Assessment of CT scanners (ImPACT)
www.impactscan.org/index.htm
CT Users Group website
www.ctug.org.uk
King's Centre for the Assessment of Radiological Equipment) (KCARE)
www.kcare.co.uk
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Evaluation, Specification, Quality Assurance and Safety (MagNET)
www.magnet-mri.org
International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP)
www.icrp.org
United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation. UNSCEAR 2000 Report, Volume 1 Sources, Annex D: Medical radiation exposures
www.unscear.org/en/publications/2000_1.html
Last reviewed: 4 September 2008