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Strengthening education and training programmes for medical physics in Asia and the Pacific: the IAEA non-agreement technical cooperation (TC) regional RAS6088 project
This article documents the work conducted in implementing the IAEA non-agreement TC regional RAS6088 project “Strengthening Education and Training Programmes for Medical Physics”. Necessary information on the pro...
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Preliminary results of performance testing in diagnostic radiology facilities: Implementation of harmonized IAEA protocol for Africa
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has developed a harmonized quality control (QC) protocol for performance evaluation and comparison of diagnostic radiology facilities in Africa. This study analyze...
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Open AccessHow to establish and use local diagnostic reference levels: an ESR EuroSafe Imaging expert statement
Although the Diagnostic Reference Levels (DRLs) have been shown to be an important tool for optimising patient radiation protection, there are still difficulties related to the methodology that should be used ...
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Open AccessNotifications and alerts in patient dose values for computed tomography and fluoroscopy-guided interventional procedures
The terms “notifications” and “alerts” for medical exposures are used by several national and international organisations. Recommendations for CT scanners have been published by the American Association of Phy...
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Open AccessMedical physics services in radiology and nuclear medicine in Africa: challenges and opportunities identified through workforce and infrastructure surveys
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) developed a staffing model to estimate the number of clinically qualified medical physicists (CQMP) that are required in an imaging facility, including diagnostic ...
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Development and implementation of a quality control protocol for B-mode ultrasound equipment
Quality assurance (QA) of ultrasound (US) equipment is currently required in only a few countries around the world. In Greece, no national or other norms exist for regulating the use of US equipment. However, ...
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Women in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering: past, present and future
Women in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering (WiMPBME) is a Task Group established in 2014 unde...
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Radiation dose and diagnostic reference levels for four interventional radiology procedures: results of the prospective European multicenter survey EUCLID
To assess information reflecting radiation dose and define diagnostic reference levels (DRL) on a European basis for four interventional radiology (IR) procedures considering clinical indication, anatomical re...
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CT diagnostic reference levels based on clinical indications: results of a large-scale European survey
The objective of this study was to investigate the feasibility of defining diagnostic reference levels (DRLs) on a European basis for specific clinical indications (CIs), within the context of the European Cli...
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Open AccessRadiation dose management systems—requirements and recommendations for users from the ESR EuroSafe Imaging initiative
The European Directive 2013/59/Euratom requires member states of the European Union to ensure justification and optimisation of radiological procedures and store information on patient exposure for analysis an...
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Open AccessDiagnostic Reference Levels based on clinical indications in computed tomography: a literature review
In August 2017, the European Commission awarded the “European Study on Clinical Diagnostic Reference levels for X-ray Medical Imaging” project to the European Society of Radiology, to provide up-to-date Diagno...
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Solutions to Gender Balance in STEM Fields Through Support, Training, Education and Mentoring: Report of the International Women in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering Task Group
The aim of this article is to offer a view of the current status of women in medical physics and biomedical engineering, while focusing on solutions towards gender balance and providing examples of current act...
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Gender-related differences in side-effects and hemodynamic response to regadenoson in patients undergoing SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging
To evaluate differences in side-effects and hemodynamic response between men and women undergoing regadenoson-stress SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI).
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Survey of Image Quality and Patient Dose in Simple Radiographic Examinations in Madagascar: Initial Results
In the first ever survey of patient doses in Madagascar, image quality and patient doses were evaluated in 3 rooms of 2 hospitals in Madagascar as part of an International Atomic energy Agency (IAEA) project (...
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Investigation of Image Quality and Patient Doses in X-Ray Diagnostic Radiology in Zimbabwe
The main objective of this study was to estimate patient doses in conventional radiography and corresponding image quality in Zimbabwe, as part of an International Atomic energy Agency (IAEA) project (RAF/9/03...
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Comparison of Patient Dose in Two-Dimensional Carotid Arteriography and Three-Dimensional Rotational Angiography
It is known that interventional neuroradiology (IN) involves high radiation dose to both patients and staff even if performed by trained operators using modern fluoroscopic X-ray equipment and dose-reducing te...
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Differentiated thyroid cancer: comparison of therapeutic iodine 131 biological elimination after discontinuation of levothyroxine versus administration of recombinant human thyrotropin
The biological elimination of therapeutic131I in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC), post total or near-total thyroidectomy, was compared after withholding levothyroxine suppression against adminis...
