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MRI Evaluation, Quality Assurance, Specification and Safety RCR - Royal College of Radiologists SRP - Society for Radiation Protection SoR / CoR - Society & College of Radiographers Radiotherapy Imaging User Group The Society of Radiologists in Training Associations, Colleges, Institutes, Societies, etc. (international & non-UK) Alliance for Safety in Pediatric Imaging AAMD - American Association of Medical Dosimetrists AAPM - American Association of Physicists in Medicine (reports) ASTRO - American Society for Radiation Oncology EFOMP - European Federation of Organisations in Medical Physics FDA - Radiation Emitting Products - US Food & Drug Administration (USA) IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency - Radiation Protection of Patients ICNIRP -International Commission on Non-Ionising Radiological Protection ICRP -International Commission on Radiological Protection IOMP - International Organization for Medical Physics ICRP -International Commission on Radiological Protection IUPESM - International Union for Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine ICRU -International Commission on Radiation Units & Measurements MedPhys Files - an easy and informal way to share your work with others MEDPHYS List - Global Medical Physics Mailing List NIST - National Institute of Standards & Technology (USA) - Physical Reference Data NCRP - National Council on Radiation Protection & Measurement (USA) RERF - Radiation Effects Research Foundation (Japan-USA research of atomic bomb survivors) SEDENTEXCT - Euratom project on dental cone beam CT (CBCT) Society for Interventional Radiology - radiation safety statements (USA) Society for Pediatric Radiology (USA) UNSCEAR - United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation NHS & DoH, etc. ARSAC - Administration of Radioactive Substances Advisory Committee Care Quality Commission - Medical Radiation Exposure CHRE - Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence CEP - Centre for Evidence-based Purchasing Dialog online databases HPC - Health Professions Council HPA - Radiation - Health Protection Agency (specific docs) NRPB W67 - CT NRPB W4 - Radiation exposure to the UK population from Medical & Dental X-ray examinations ImPACT - UK CT Scanner Evaluation Group MHRA - Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency IRMER - DoH IRMER Notes on Good Practice KCARE - King's Centre for the Assessment of Radiological Equipment MEIGaN - Medical Electrical Installation Guidance for diagnostic imaging (including dental X-ray units) and radiotherapy rooms/suites Microsoft NHS Resource Centre MHRA - safety warnings, alerts & recalls - Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency NHSBSP - NHS Breast Screening Programme (Equipment Evaluations) NCCPM - National Coordinating Centre for the Physics of Mammography NHS Supply Chain NHS Trainee Clinical Scientist recruitment site NHS Employers - Terms & conditions for NHS staff, etc. NHS Jobs - Terms & conditions for NHS staff, etc. NEYH QARC - North-East, Yorkshire & Humberside QA Reference Centre NRES - National Research Ethics Service PASA CEP - Centre for Evidence-based Purchasing (diagnostic imaging reports) Records management: NHS code of practice (2006) Other UK Governmental Bodies CLEAPSS - Supporting science in schools and colleges (Managing Ionising Radiations & Radioactive Substances in Schools etc, L93, Sept 2008) DfT - Radioactive Materials - Department for Transport EA - Radioactive Substances - Environement Agency HSE - Nuclear - Health & Safety Executive, Nuclear Industry HSE - Radiation - Health & Safety Executive, (non-nuclear) ionising & non-ionising radiation NPL - Ionising Radiation - National Physical Laboratory RIMNET - Radioactive Incident Monitoring Network UK Resilience UK Statute Law Database - primary & secondary legislation European Guidance EU Radiation Protection page EU Radiation Protection publications European Guidelines on Quality Criteria for Computed Tomography 97: Radiation Protection following Iodine-131 therapy (exposures due to out-paitents or discharged in-patients) 100: EU Guidance for the protection of unborn children & infants irradiated due to parental medical exposure - includes typical fetal doses, p20 118: EU Referral guidelines for imaging - includes typical patient doses Sources of Further Information CT is us is created and maintained by The Advanced Medical Imaging Laboratory (AMIL); a multidisciplinary team dedicated to research, education, and the advancement of patient care using medical imaging with a focus on spiral CT and 3D imaging. ICRP -International Commission on Radiological Protection ICRP 85 - Interventional Radiology (MS PowerPoint 6.8 MB) ICRP 86 - Accidents in Radiotherapy (MS PowerPoint 5.4 MB) ICRP 87 - CT dose management (MS PowerPoint 3.6 MB)   Radiation & Pregnancy ICRP 84 - Pregnancy & Medical Radiation (MS PowerPoint 2.9 MB) NRPB Diagnostic Medical Exposures: Advice on Exposure to Ionising Radiation During Pregnancy (1998, PDF, superceded in 2009, but still useful) HPA Protection of Pregnant Patients during Diagnostic Medical Exposures to Ionising Radiation RCE 9 (2009, PDF)   Pregnancy and Work in Diagnostic Imaging Departments, 2nd Edition, RCR, 2009 (mirror) Fetal Dose from Radiotherapy with Photon Beams - AAPM Report no. 50 RCR - Royal College of Radiology Practice Guide for Clinical Radiologists, RCR, 1999 (including section 3.3 Responsibility for installation of up-to-date equipment) Retention and Storage of Images and Radiological Patient Data, RCR, 2006 Making the best use of clinical radiology services, 6th Edition, RCR, 2007 (access may be restricted to UK NHS networks) SRP - Rules of thumb   Medical Management of Radiological Casualties (US Armed Forces)   Google Scholar - search engine for peer-reviewed journals, etc. Mineralogy Database NIST Physical Reference Data - including mass attenuation coefficients, stopping powers, etc. NuDat 2.5 - interactive Chart of Nuclides Webelements - data on all the elements Non-ionizing & non-optical radiation (EMF, B-fields, etc.) ICNIRP - International Commission on Non-Ionising Radiation Protection ICNIRP - EMF reference levels (1998) ICNIRP - Static magnetic fields reference levels (2009) Health Protection Agency (Radiation) - HPA, formerly NRPB Power Frequency Electromagnetic Fields, Melatonin and the Risk of Breast Cancer (RCE-1) (2006) NRPB - W62 Exposure of the General Public to Radio Waves near Microcell and Picocell Base Stations for Mobile Telecommunications (2004) NRPB - W65 A Summary of Recent Reports on Mobile Phones and Health (2000-2004) (2004) IEGMP - Independent Expert Group on Mobile Phones Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) MRI Physics Lectures - Dr Gary Liney HPA Protection of Patients and Volunteers Undergoing MRI Procedures (RCE-7) MHRA DB 2007(03) Safety Guidelines for Magnetic Resonance Imaging Equipment in Clinical Use Journals Annals of the ICRP (Hull Uni Athens) British Journal of Radiology Health Physics (charge) Journal of the ICRU (Hull Uni Athens) Journal of Radiological Protection (largely free) Journal of the Royal Society Interface (RS cross-disciplinary publication promoting research at the interface between the physical and life sciences) Medical Physics Physics in Medicine & Biology (Hull Uni Athens) Radiation Protection Dosimetry Eductional & Fun British Society for the History of Radiology Electron trees MRC: Inside story: physics in medicine - interactive flash Medical Physics Teaching Materials for Schools physics.org - physics.org (IoP "your guide to physics on the web") RadiologyInfo - designed to answer your questions related to the many radiologic procedures and therapies available to you and your family. (USA) STEMNET - Science, technology, engineering & mathematics network (schools resource) Local (to us) Centre for MR Investigations (University of Hull / Hull Royal Infirmary) Grimsby Telegraph East Riding of Yorkshire Council East Riding of Yorkshire Primary Care Trust Hull and East Yorkshire Eye Hospital Training Web site Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals Hull City Council Hull Daily Mail HYMS - Hull York Medical School NHS East Riding of Yorkshire - formerly known as East Riding of Yorkshire Primary Care Trust NHS Hull - formerly known as Hull Teaching Primary Care Trust North East Lincolnshire Care Trust Plus NEYH QARC - North-East, Yorkshire & Humberside QA Reference Centre Northern Lincolnshire & Goole Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust University of Hull Yorkshire & Humber Postgraduate Deanery

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