ICRP Publication 129

This publication aims to provide guidance on radiologicalprotection in the new technology of cone beam computed tomography (CBCT).CBCT is now used widely by specialists who have little or notraining in radiological protection. This publication provides recommendations onradiation dose management directed at different stakeholders, and covers principlesof radiological protection, training, and quality assurance aspects.As with previous ICRP publications, theCommission hopes that imaging professionals, medical physicists, and manufacturerswill use the guidelines and recommendations provided in this publicationfor implementation of the Commission's principle of optimisation of protection ofpatients and medical workers, with the objective of keeping exposures as low asreasonably achievable, taking into account economic and societal factors, and consistentwith achieving the necessary medical outcomes.