Diagnostic Reference Levels in Medical Imaging: Protocol Optimization and Patient Dose Reduction
DAYS HOURS MINUTES SECONDS
Date & Time:
Monday, 13 February 2017, 8:30 – 5:30
Venue: Post Graduate Center Auditorium, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh
Coordinator/ Chair: Dr. Abdulaziz Alsugair
Maximum Capacity: NA
Course Description:
Diagnostic Reference levels in diagnostic imaging and nuclear medicine will be discussed. Protocol optimization techniques to reduce patient radiation will also be discussed.
Who Should Attend:
Medical Physicists, technologists, physicians, and radiologists and people who work in the regulatory agencies or authorities.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the purpose and the terminology of the DRL
- Discuss the implementation of dose monitoring
- Familiarize with the commercial dose monitoring systems
- Discuss the Saudi Food and Drug Authority initiative to establish the national diagnostic reference level in the Kingdom
- Understand the protocol optimization techniques n diagnostic imaging and nuclear medicine
TENTATIVE PROGRAM LAYOUT
| Monday, February 13, 2017; 08:30 - 17:30 |
| Time |
Mins |
|
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| 07:30 – 8:30 |
60 |
|
Registration & Coffee Break |
| SESSION I- INTRODUCTION |
| 08:30 – 9:15 |
45 |
|
DRL: Introduction, Applications and Limitation
Speaker: Dr. Mahadevappa Mahesh |
| 9:15 - 10:00 |
45 |
|
Effect of Radiation on Population
Speaker: Dr. Ghazi Alsbeih |
| 10:00 - 11:00 |
15 |
|
MORNING BREAK & INAUGURATION |
| SESSION II – INITIATIVES & EXPERIENCES |
| 11:00 - 11:15 |
15 |
|
International DRL Initiatives/Status
Speaker: Dr. Mahadevappa Mahesh |
| 11:15 - 11:30 |
15 |
|
SFDA Initiative: National DRL Project
Speaker: Engr. Ali Aldalaan |
| 11:30 - 11:45 |
15 |
|
DRL Pilot Study: KFSH&RC Experience
Speaker: Dr. Yusuf AlKadhi |
| 11:45 - 12:00 |
15 |
|
King Saud Medical City Experience
Speaker: Dr. Abdulaziz AlMusabbahi |
| 12:15 - 13:20 |
60 |
|
PRAYER & LUNCH BREAK |
| SESSION III – STRATEGIES FOR IMPLEMENTATION |
| 13:20 - 13:40 |
20 |
|
Saudi FDA medical device regulations: Role of healthcare facilities
Speaker: Dr. Nazeeh Alothmany |
| 13:40 - 14:00 |
20 |
|
Advanced Dose Reduction Techniques in CT
Speaker: Dr. Omer Demirkaya |
| 14:00 - 14:20 |
20 |
|
Radimetrics, Bayer
Speaker: Fabio Maggioni |
| 14:20 - 14:40 |
20 |
|
Dosetrack, Sectra
Speaker: Ian Judd
|
| 14:40 - 15:00 |
20 |
|
Dosewatch, GE
Speaker: Mohammad Alzaid |
| 15:00 - 15:20 |
20 |
|
Radiation Dose Tracking & Auditing: How to do effectively and fiscally
Speaker: Dr. Mahadevappa Mahesh |
| 15:30 - 16:00 |
30 |
|
PRAYER & AFTERNOON BREAK |
| SESSION IV - PROTOCOL OPTIMAZATION |
| 16:00 - 16:20 |
20 |
|
Cardiac Imaging
Speaker: Dr. Mashael Al Rujaib |
| 16:20 - 16:40 |
20 |
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Evolving Mammography Imaging and Radiation Dose – A trade off
Speaker: Dr. Rita Pant |
| 16:40 - 17:00 |
20 |
|
Interventional Radiology
Speaker: Dr. Shagran Bin Khamis |
| 17:00 - 17:20 |
20 |
|
Nuclear Medicine
Speaker: Dr. Saleh Othman |
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