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SUMMARY:Joint ICTP-IAEA Workshop on Patient Radiation Exposure Monitoring 
 in Medical Imaging | (smr 4219)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20261109T060000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20261113T200000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260907T024925Z
UID:indico-event-11145@ictp.it
DESCRIPTION:\n	The call for applications is now closed.\n	Monitoring of pa
 tient radiation exposure provides objective information to healthcare prof
 essionals and authorities responsible for ensuring the justified and optim
 ized use of radiation in medical practice. The benefits of monitoring pati
 ent doses have been documented in many publications\, and such monitoring 
 has proved to be a key tool for continuous improvement in the optimization
  of radiation protection of patients\, the analysis of individual as well 
 as population-based exposures and the process of justification in medical 
 imaging.\n	 \n	Rapid development of digital imaging systems and improved 
 access to the exposure data in a digital format have facilitated patient r
 adiation exposure monitoring by utilizing electronic registries and automa
 tic data collection and analysis.\n	 \n	Despite their utility and potenti
 al\, such digital patient radiation exposure monitoring systems have been 
 implemented only at a limited number of radiological facilities in the wor
 ld\, with notable heterogeneity in their implementation.\n	 \n	The worksh
 op will address the technical aspects of patient exposure monitoring\, as 
 well as the challenges associated with its full implementation and ongoing
  maintenance.\n	From a radiation protection perspective\, management of th
 e medical exposure of patients is based on the implementation of the radia
 tion protection principles of justification and optimization. \n	The firs
 t step in this process is justification\, which is carried out at the leve
 l of procedure as well as for the individual patient. The second step is r
 egistrants and licensees\, and radiological medical practitioners shall en
 sure that protection and safety is optimized for each medical exposure. Th
 e optimization of protection and safety for medical exposure of patients i
 s defines as “the management of the radiation dose to the patient commen
 surate with the medical purpose”. Comprehensive optimization of medical 
 imaging combines the radiation and clinical risks as a unified total risk 
 estimate within a process informed by the diagnostic or interventional obj
 ective (the clinical task). In dealing with both radiation risk and clinic
 al risk\, optimization is characterized in a patient centred manner. In th
 is wider perspective\, optimization leads to increased clinical effectiven
 ess.\n	Diagnostic Reference Levels (DRLs) and patient dosimetry are recogn
 ized as important tools for optimization.\n	Thus\, the goal of patient rad
 iation exposure monitoring is advancing towards this optimization at the i
 ndividual patient and the operational levels. To serve this optimization g
 oal\, radiation exposure monitoring in medical imaging has to include not 
 only dose metrics to consider radiation risk\, but also image quality metr
 ics to quantify the clinical outcome. \n	Radiation exposure monitoring of
  patients also provides feedback to decision makers and international orga
 nizations to estimate trends in medical imaging doses and practice and the
 ir contribution to the collective doses at population level. Availability 
 of a standardized mechanism of collecting and reporting patient radiation 
 exposure data would facilitate this analysis and reduce uncertainties in t
 he estimation of population doses and their comparison between different c
 ountries and regions. \n	Radiation exposure monitoring of patients is als
 o useful to inform epidemiological and other research studies on radiation
  effects and risks. Topics\n\n		Patient radiation exposure data and monit
 oring workflow\n	\n		Recording and collecting patient radiation exposure d
 ata\n	\n		Analyzing patient radiation exposure data\n	\n		Implementing of 
 patient radiation exposure monitoring\n	\n		Future prospects of patient ra
 diation exposure monitoring systems\n\n	Speakers\n\n	Dr. A. Trianni\, S. C
 hiara Hospital\, Health Physics Department\, Italy\n	Dr. M. Brambilla\, Az
 ienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Maggiore della Carità\, Italy\n	Dr. H. Bo
 smans\, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven\, Belgium\n\n	Dr. M. Steinberger\,
  EFOMP\, Germany\n	Dr. U. Zdesar\, ZVD Institute of Occupational Dosimetry
 \, Slovenia\n	Dr. J. Sage\, ASNR\, FranceGrants: A limited number of grant
 s are available to support the attendance of selected participants\, with 
 priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no regi
 stration fee.\n\n//indico.ictp.it/event/11145/
LOCATION:ICTP Kastler Lecture Hall (AGH)
URL://indico.ictp.it/event/11145/
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