IAEA Dosimetry for Diagnostic Radiology TRS 457

Venue: PGC Exhibition Hall, Room #7, Room #8

Coordinator: Dr. Abdallah Al-Haj

Faculty:          Dr. Claire-Louise Chapple, Dr. Slobodan Devic, Dr. Abdallah. Al-Haj, Dr. Konstantinos Hourdakis, Dr. Donald McLean

Course Description

The widespread use of ionizing radiation in the course of wide range of diseases raises a question of accurate assessment of dose delivered to the subjects under investigation, especially if repeated examinations are required. This course concentrates on procedures in place to asses both in vitro and in vivo dose delivered to patients in the course of diagnostic radiology procedures that involve use of the low energy X-ray tubes.

Target Audience

The course is aimed for diagnostic radiologists, radiation oncologists, and radiation physicists who are keen to update themselves on the latest developments in diagnostic radiology dosimetry.

Lectures

1. Introduction to radiological dosimetry (Dr. Claire-Louise Chapple)
2. Dosimetric quantities and units introduction (Dr. Abdallah Al-Haj)
3. Dosimetry framework, formalism including uncertainties (Dr. Konstantinos Hourdakis)
4. Dosimetry for general radiology and clinical uncertainty (Dr. Abdallah Al-Haj)
5. Selection of instrumentation (Dr. Konstantinos Hourdakis)
6. Dosimetry for fluoroscopy - basics (Dr. Konstantinos Hourdakis)
7. Patient dose audit methods and results (Claire-Louise Chapple)
8. DRL determination (Dr. Konstantinos Hourdakis)
9. Phantoms, dose and image quality (Dr. Donald Mclean)
10. Dosimetry in interventional radiology(Dr. Abdallah Al-Haj)
11. Calibration at an SSDL facility (Dr. Konstantinos Hourdakis)
12. Dosimetry for CT #1: Basic Dosimetry (Dr. Claire-Louise Chapple)
13. Calibration of KAP meters and CT chambers (Dr. Konstantinos Hourdakis)
14. Dosimetry for mammography (Dr. Donald Mclean)
15. Dosimetry for CT #2: Multi slice technology (Dr. Donald Mclean)
16. Dosimetry for Dental radiography (Dr. Konstantinos Hourdakis)
17. Fetal dose and pregnancy policy (Dr. Claire-Louise Chapple)
18. Dosimetry for CT #3: Practical experiences (Dr. Claire-Louise Chapple)
19. Effective dose and its limitations (Dr. Konstantinos Hourdakis)
20. X ray spectra and beam qualities (Dr. Donald Mclean)
21. Pediatric dosimetry with examples (Dr. Claire-Louise Chapple)
22. Optimization (Dr. Donald Mclean)

Tutorials

• Uncertainty in instrumentation measurement (Dr. Konstantinos Hourdakis)
• Uncertainty in clinical measurement (Dr. Claire-Louise Chapple)
• CT dose and cancer risk (TBA)
• GafChromic film Dosimetry in Diagnostic Radiology (Dr. Slobodan Devic)

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