Perspective approaches to classification of radiation accidents in radiology on the example of computed tomography

Radiation accidents in radiology are becoming more common in the recent years in the international practice. However, the data on the radiation accidents in the Russian Federation is limited, mostly due to lack of proper classification of different radiation and non-radiation emergency situations and significant consequences for the medical facilities reporting on a radiation accident. This study was aimed at introducing and adapting modern international approaches to handling radiation accidents and incidents into the Russian radiation protection practice in radiology based on the example of computed tomography. Proposed classification was verified via anonymous survey on a base of a multi-disciplinary medical research center.