[The provision of radiation safety for patients during x-ray diagnostic studies]

Basic Russian documents providing radiation safety for a patient during X-ray studies are dealt with. They identify 3 groups of individuals exposed to radiation with relevant annual control levels of an effective dose, necessitates to keep a radiation dose log, and enlists of individual protective means, etc. During different X-ray diagnostic studies, the patient's effective dose may be estimated by the table from the guidelines or from the readings. The characteristics of Russian apparatuses (ID-01 is under production, DRIM-1 has undergone technical and clinical tests) and foreign (PTW-Diamentor E, M1, M2, M3 and VacuDAP 2001) apparatuses which measure the exposure dose are product.