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Radiation Passport consists of three tabs along the bottom of the screen.
Exposure
The Exposure tab allows you to set up your common, background exposure and manage your medical exams and procedures. It also displays graphs showing your total personal radiation exposure, the source of the exposure, and the average exposure for particular exams.

The tab displays either a table or graph. To switch between the two, tap the table/graph control on the toolbar on the bottom right of the view.

Table

The exposure table view displays your common, background radiation exposure followed by a log of all your medical imaging exams and procedures. The total exposure (in millisieverts) for each section is displayed in the section header. Each exam entry contains the exam or procedure name, date it was performed, radiation dosage, and any notes. The total of both the common, background and exam radiation exposure is displayed on the toolbar at the bottom.

Background

To view or update your common, background radiation exposure, tap the Background item. The Background view displays a list of settings and questions related to your location and lifestyle grouped into sections. Each section header in the table shows the radiation exposure total for that category. The total annual radiation exposure is displayed on the toolbar at the bottom.

Tap the Yes/No controls to set the appropriate value. Setting your sex and age is important to accurately calculate the cancer risks. The Cosmic Radiation item is dependent on your location's altitude. Tap it to set the altitude in either feet or metres. Tap the Annual Jet Travel item to set your average annual jet travel in either miles or kilometres.

Exam

To view an exam, tap it.

Add Exam

To add a new exam, tap the + button on the top right of the view. Each exam consists of an exam type, exam name, date, dosage, and notes. Tap each field to set it. If the exam or procedure is not listed, select the Other type. This allows you to enter a custom exam name. Each exam and procedure includes an average dosage value. Toggle the Use Average switch to use the average value or not. If entering a custom dosage value, set the units by tapping the Units field. All dosage values are converted to millisieverts (mSv).

Edit Exam

To edit an exam, either tap the Edit button in the table and then select the exam or tap the exam in the table and then the Edit button. Tap on any field to make changes and tap the Save button to save or Cancel button to discard the changes. To delete the exam, tap the Delete Exam button at the bottom. To exit edit mode, tap the Done button.

Delete Exam

To delete an exam, enter edit mode in the table and tap the minus button and then the Delete button to confirm.

Email Report

Tap the email button on the bottom left of the toolbar to email a report of your radiation exposure and related cancer risks. This will exit Radiation Passport and launch the Mail application.

Graphs

The graph view contains a toolbar with three items, Personal, Source, and Exam. Tap an item to view the associated graph. Rotate the device to view the graphs in either portrait or landscape modes. Zoom in or out by pinching the screen in or out.

Personal

The personal graph shows a bar graph with your radiation exposure (in millisieverts). It includes exams (your radiation exposure as a result of your medical exams and procedures), background (your total common, background exposure given your current age), and the total.

Source

The source graph shows a pie chart breaking down the source of your radiation exposure. It displays each category along with its total exposure value (in millisieverts) and the percent of the total exposure it represents.

Exam

The exam graph allows you to select an exam or procedure and view the average dosage. The value is displayed in a bar chart along with other common exams for comparison.

Risk
The Risk tab displays graphs showing estimated cancer risks given radiation exposure. The view contains a toolbar with three items, Personal, Source, and Exam. Rotate the device to view the graphs in either portrait or landscape modes. Zoom in or out by pinching the screen in or out.

Personal

The personal graph shows a bar graph with your estimated cancer risks in red. It also includes some other common risks (of death) for comparison (in blue). The cancer risks take into account the sex and age set in the background view described above.

Source

The source graph shows a pie chart breaking down the source of your estimated cancer risk (from radiation exposure). It displays each category along with its cancer incidence risk and the percent of the total cancer incidence risk it represents.

Exam

The exam graph allows you to select an exam or procedure and view the resulting estimated cancer risk. The value is displayed in a bar graph along with other common exams for comparison. The estimated cancer risk takes into account the sex and age set in the background view described above. The estimated values are based on the assumption that you take the exam at your current age.

Background
The Background tab provides further reading about radiation, exposure, medical imaging applications, and risks. It also includes a list of references with links to papers, studies, reports, and press articles.

Tap the Concept, Radiation, Imaging, or References tab to load the topic. Rotate the device to view the pages in either portrait or landscape modes. Tapping on a link will exit Radiation Passport and open the URL in the browser.