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Background/introduction Description of activity and work performed Conclusion and recommendations Personal/organisational information References, Background/introduction: The European Alliance for Medical Radiation Protection Research ( EURAMED ) was established by five medical associations involved in the application of ionising radiation in medicine, namely the European Association of Nuclear Medicine ( EANM ), the...

Background/introduction Description of activity and work performed Conclusion and recommendations Personal/organisational information References, Background/introduction: Significant technological and scientific advances have increased patient exposure to radiation in the medical field. In this respect, the EURATOM Directive2013/59 reinforced the importance of controlling exposures for medical purposes. It...

Background/Introduction Description of activity and work performed Conclusion and Recommendations Personal/Organisational information References, Background/Introduction: In clinical routine, different imaging tasks require different levels of quality: Images of the highest quality are not essential for all diagnostic tasks. Instead, the level of image quality needed (e.g. good low-contrast discernibility at low...

Background/introduction Description of activity and work performed Conclusion and recommendations Personal/organisational information References, Background/introduction: The highest exposure to man-made radiation is diagnostic imaging, according to the data from the UNSCEAR Report 2008[1].Among all diagnostic techniques, computed tomography (CT) is responsible for the highest exposure dose, especially in oncologic...

Background/introduction Description of activity and work performed Conclusion and recommendations Personal/organisational information References, Background/introduction: This work is being carried out in the context of the MEDIRAD project (http://www.medirad-project.eu/), a EU project dedicated to the study of the effects of low-dose radiation exposure in medicine. One aspect of this project aims at setting up an...

Background/Introduction Description of activity and work performed Conclusion and Recommendations Personal/Organisational information References, Background/Introduction: For the first time, five medical societies within Europe, the European Society of Radiology together with the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM), the European Federation of Organisations for Medical Physics (EFOMP), the European...

Background/introduction Description of activity and work performed Conclusion and recommendations Personal/organisational information References, Background/introduction: Image Wisely ® is an initiative developed by the American College of Radiology (ACR), Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) and American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) to...

Background/Introduction Description of activity and work performed Conclusion and Recommendations Personal/Organisational information References, Background/Introduction: Several radiological examinations may expose patients to significant amounts of ionizing radiation [1-3]. Furthermore, recent evolution of some radiological modalities has increased the number of performed examinations, rising concerns in the...

Background/Introduction Description of activity and work performed Conclusion and Recommendations Personal/Organisational information References, Background/Introduction: Breast irradiation during mammography is dependant upon good positioning art, proper breast compression and appropriate exposure parameters, which are determined by AEC (automatic exposure control) in most routine instances, with restriction in...

Background/Introduction Description of activity and work performed Conclusion and Recommendations Personal/Organisational information References, Background/Introduction: Computed tomography (CT) constitutes a mainstay of present day radiological diagnostics. Through a number of technical innovations, the range of clinical applications of CT has been constantly extended, and new radiodiagnostic indications have...

Background/Introduction Description of activity and work performed Conclusion and Recommendations Personal/Organisational information References, Background/Introduction: An important part of EuroSafe Imaging’s mission is to promote research in medical radiation protection and contribute to shaping the European research agenda. The European Society of Radiology (ESR) recently achieved a milestone in this regard by...

Background/Introduction Description of activity and work performed Conclusion and Recommendations Personal/Organisational information References, Background/Introduction: Reducing Radiation Dose to Promote Patient Safety In ionizing radiation-based medical imaging, there is a clear link between radiation dose and image quality. However while higher dose leads to better imaging, an increased use of ionizing radiation...

Background/Introduction Description of activity and work performed Conclusion and Recommendations Personal/Organisational information References, Background/Introduction: Less than two years after its launch at ECR 2014, the ESR’s EuroSafe Imaging campaign has attracted more than 51,000 Friends including over 200 institutional supporters around the world. This impressive number of supporters and the wide range of...

Background/Introduction Description of activity and work performed Conclusion and Recommendations Personal/Organisational information References, Background/Introduction: Computed tomography (CT) is a powerful imaging technique that provides high-contrast images and good spatial and temporal resolution [1], but it involves higher radiation doses than other radiological investigations. In the last 40 years CT systems...

Background/introduction Description of activity and work performed Conclusion and recommendations Personal/organisational information References, Background/introduction: The evolution of medical science and the growing pace of innovation and deployment of medical technology have led to a situation where most of the artificial ionising radiation exposure of the European population is due to medical procedures. Though...