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Information to help health professionals achieve safer use of radiation in medicine for the benefit of patients.

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Latest Literature

»  Vano, E., Ubeda, C., Leyton, F., Miranda, P.,
Radiation dose and image quality for paediatric interventional cardiology, Phys. Med. Biol. 53 15 (Jul. 2008) 4049-4062.
»  Mettler, F.A. Jr., Huda, W., Yoshizumi, T.T., Mahesh, M.,
Effective doses in radiology and diagnostic nuclear medicine: A catalog, Radiology 248 1 (Jul. 2008) 254-263.
»  Ludlow, J.B., Ivanovic, M.,
Comparative dosimetry of dental CBCT devices and 64-slice CT for oral and maxillofacial radiology, Oral Surg., Oral Med., Oral Pathol., Oral Radiol. Endod. 106 1 (Jul. 2008) 930-938.
»  Soye, J.A., Paterson, A.,
Survey of awareness of radiation dose among health professionals in Northern Ireland, Br. J. Radiol. (Jun. 2008).
»  Loubele, M., Maes, F., Jacobs, R., van Steenberghe, D., White, S.C., Suetens, P.,
Comparative study of image quality for MSCT and CBCT scanners for dentomaxillofacial radiology applications, Radiat. Prot. Dosimetry. (Jun. 2008).
»  Treves, S.T., Davis, R.T., Fahey, F.H.,
Administered Radiopharmaceutical Doses in Children: A Survey of 13 Pediatric Hospitals in North America, J. Nucl. Med. 49 6 (Jun. 2008) 1024-1207.

Latest News

» New training material on Radiation Protection in Cardiology available
Power point slides for free download are now available on this website on the topic of "Radiation Protection in Cardiology". These are as per standard syllabus of IAEA for its training courses.
» UK releases a compilation of incidents
UK releases a compilation of incidents in which a number of patients have received doses of radiation much greater than intended.

Upcoming Events

» Meetings on Radiation Protection in Cardiology, 24-26 June 2008 & 25-26 September 2008
There are number of events in interventional cardiology conferences.
» Meetings Connected with IRPA 12 in October 2008
There are a number of events planned adjoining IRPA 12.
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