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Scientific Programme

  • Radiation dosimetry measurement standards for imaging, therapy and radiation protection

    • Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA) drawn up by the International Committee for Weights and Measures (CIPM), and ionizing radiation comparisons and calibrations.
    • Standards for absorbed dose to water, air kerma, activity measurements, ambient and personal dose equivalent
    • Basic data for dosimetry, including the new quantities described in International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements (ICRU) Report 90 of 2017 (Key Data for Ionizing-Radiation Dosimetry: Measurement Standards and Applications)
    • New water and graphite calorimeter developments (small fields, protons, and heavier ions)
    • Standards for radionuclide activity measurements in quantitative imaging
    • Standards for brachytherapy: reference air kerma and absorbed dose to water
    • New developments in standards
    • New data for kilovoltage X ray diagnostic and therapy dosimetry
    • Computational methods in dosimetry
  • Reference dosimetry and comparisons in external beam radiotherapy

    • Status of international dosimetry protocols in radiotherapy dosimetry, e.g., the updating of Absorbed Dose Determination in External Beam Radiotherapy: An International Code of Practice for Dosimetry Based on Standards of Absorbed Dose to Water (Technical Reports Series No. 398, IAEA, Vienna, 2000; hereinafter referred to as “TRS-398”), Dosimetry of Small Static Fields Used in External Beam Radiotherapy (Technical Reports Series No. 483, IAEA, Vienna, 2017)
    • New developments in national calibration protocols
    • Beam quality (non-standard beams, flattening filter-free beams)
    • Perturbation and correction factors
    • Updates in kilovoltage X ray therapy
  • Reference dosimetry and comparisons in brachytherapy

    • Dissemination and clinical use of standards
    • Status of brachytherapy dosimetry protocols
    • New radiation sources for brachytherapy (implantable X ray tubes, mixed radionuclide sources, electronic brachytherapy, etc.)
    • Dosimeters for brachytherapy
  • Reference dosimetry and comparisons in diagnostic radiology

    • Status of international dosimetry protocols in dosimetry, e.g., Dosimetry in Diagnostic Radiology: An International Code of Practice (Technical Reports Series No. 457, IAEA, Vienna, 2007; hereinafter referred to as “TRS-457”)
    • Calibration of diagnostic radiology detectors (mammography and computed tomography (CT) chambers, air kerma–area product meters (KAP), beam quality measuring devices)
  • Reference dosimetry and comparisons in nuclear medicine

    • Alpha therapy standards
    • Carbon-11 for positron emission tomography (PET) dosimetry
    • Patient specific dosimetry and PET
    • Selective internal radiation therapy travelling standards
    • Contamination monitors (calibration and measurement)
  • Clinical dosimetry in X ray imaging

    • Need for an update of the international dosimetry protocol in X ray diagnostic radiology (TRS-457) and recommendations contained in Patient Dosimetry for X Rays Used in Medical Imaging (ICRU Report 74)
    • Beam quality measurements
    • Hospital calibration of dosimeters (KAP meters and other devices)
    • Developments in clinical dosimetry (incl. digital radiology, mammography, CT (incl. cone beam), fluoroscopy, interventional radiology, and dental radiology)
    • Dose management and dose optimization (incl. diagnostic reference levels)
    • Patient specific dosimetry
    • Reducing uncertainty in the use of patient dosimetry protocols
    • Mathematical phantoms for dose calculations (incl. patient size corrections)
    • Foetal and paediatric dosimetry
    • Dose reduction techniques
    • Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM)-based dose reporting; quality assurance of dose of imaging devices
  • Clinical dosimetry in radiotherapy

    • Issues in beam commissioning and modelling for dose calculation
    • Verification of treatment planning process (algorithms, data input, dose verification, etc.) in external beam and brachytherapy
    • Dosimetry for imaging devices used in image-guided radiation therapy
    • Dosimetry of special procedures (intra-operative radiation therapy, total body irradiation)
    • In-vivo dosimetry
    • Patient specific dosimetry
    • Out-of-field dosimetry
    • Three-dimensional dosimetry
    • Dosimetry in the presence of magnetic fields
  • Clinical dosimetry in nuclear medicine

    • Calibrations and procedures for measurements of activity (Quality Assurance for Radioactivity Measurements in Nuclear Medicine (Technical Reports Series No. 454, IAEA, Vienna, 2006))
    • Imaging device simulations
    • Quantitative imaging (phantoms and procedures)
    • Pharmacokinetic models for dosimetry and cellular level dosimetry
    • Pre-clinical (translational) dosimetry
    • Dosimetry for paediatric studies (mathematical phantoms)
    • Patient-specific dosimetry
    • Imaging-based dosimetry (PET, single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT))
    • Dosimetry for targeted radionuclide therapy (peptides, antibodies, small molecules)
    • Dosimetry for new radiopharmaceuticals for use in therapy (including alpha emitters)
  • Independent dosimetry quality audits

    • Dosimetry audits in radiotherapy (national and international dosimetry audit networks, postal and on-site audits in reference and non-reference conditions using simple and semi-anatomical phantoms)
    • Credentialing for clinical trials through the use of phantoms
    • Comprehensive audits (diagnostic radiology, nuclear medicine, radiotherapy)
    • Audits of advanced technologies in radiotherapy
    • Dosimetry audits for secondary standards dosimetry laboratories
    • Optimization and dosimetry in radiology
  • Radiation protection dosimetry

    • Use of radiation protection quantities (effective and equivalent dose, internal dosimetry)
    • Occupational dosimetry for medical workers (incl. pregnant staff)
    • Dosimetric characterization of medical workplaces (brachytherapy, PET/CT, interventional radiology, etc.)
    • Measurement techniques around pulsed sources
    • Personal dosimetry comparisons
    • Eye, extremity and skin dosimetry
  • Dosimetry for proton and light ion beams in radiotherapy

    • Implementation of ICRU Report 78 (Prescribing, Recording, and Reporting Proton-Beam Therapy)
    • Update of the international dosimetry protocol TRS-398
    • Basic data for dosimetry
    • Perturbation and correction factors
    • Calibration of beam monitors
    • Neutron dosimetry
  • Detector technology and applications in dosimetry

    • Features and limitations of modern detectors for reference and relative dosimetry
    • Commissioning of detectors
    • Challenges and advantages of closed dosimetry systems (“black-box”)
    • Type testing of detectors
  • Other related topics

    • Microdosimetry
    • Nanodosimetry
    • Dosimetry of small animal irradiators
    • Collective effective dose and patient risk
    • Global medical and occupational exposure estimation
    • Quality management of secondary standards dosimetry laboratories