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| Journals | | Local | | NHS | | Non-NHS UK Government | | Non-ionizing & non-optical radiation | | Radiation & Pregnancy | | Sources of Further Information | | Non-NHS UK Government | | Local | | Journals | | Education & Fun | | Emergency | Associations, Colleges, Institutes & Societies (UK) ACS - Association of Clinical Scientists AXrEM - Association of Healthcare Technology Providers for Imaging, Radiotherapy and Care (Indemnity forms) AURPO - Association of University Radiation Protection Officers BAD - British Association of Dermatologists BIR - British Institute of Radiology BMLA - British Medical Laser Association BMUS - British Medical Ultrasound Society Concrete Block Association BNMS - British Nuclear Medicine Society CT Users Group FGDP - Faculty of General Dental Practitioners (UK), the Royal College of Surgeons of England FHCS - Federation for Healthcare Science: A united voice for science in the health service HPA - Hospital Physicists' Association (UK trade union) IHEEM - Institute of Healthcare Engineering and Estate Management ImPACT - UK's CT scanner evaluation centre IPEM - Institute of Physics & Engineering in Medicine (SCOPE online - IPEM quarterly magazine) Lead Sheet Association MagNET - MRI Evaluation, Quality Assurance, Specification and Safety RAMTUC - Radioactive Material Transport Users Committee Royal College of Radiologists RCR - Royal College of Radiologists RCR Breast Group SRP - Society for Radiation Protection SoR / CoR - Society & College of Radiographers Radiotherapy Imaging User Group The Society of Radiologists in Training UKMPG - UK Mammography Physics Group Unite the Union - the trade union of which the Hospital Physicists' Association is a part 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 ALARA Network EFOMP - European Federation of Organisations in Medical Physics ESTRO - European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology FDA - Radiation Emitting Products - US Food & Drug Administration (USA) HERCA - Heads of European Radiological Protection Competent Authorities 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 li> IRPA - International Radiation Protection Association ICRP -International Commission on Radiological Protection ISMEM - International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine ISRS - International Stereotactic Radiosurgery Society 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 NCCN - National Comprehensive Cancer Network NIST - National Institute of Standards & Technology (USA) - Physical Reference Data NCRP - National Council on Radiation Protection & Measurement (USA) RadPro International - the leading international website empowering Radiotherapy Professionals worldwide! 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 COMARE - Committee on Medical Ascpects of Radiation in the Environment Department of Health - (specific docs) Imaging and Radiodiagnostics statistics DRLs 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 MSC - Modernising Scientific Careers Modernising Scientific Careers Curricula - An open network to share curricula produced for the Modernising Scientific Careers programme MSC on nhsemployers.org NBSS - NHS Breast Screening Programme (password required) NHSBSP - NHS Breast Screening Programme (Equipment Evaluations) NCCPM - National Coordinating Centre for the Physics of Mammography NHS Improvement NHS Radiology Service Improvement Team 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) Space for Health - helping you plan, design and manage healthcare premises Other UK Governmental Bodies CLEAPSS - Supporting science in schools and colleges (Managing Ionising Radiations & Radioactive Substances in Schools etc, L93, Sept 2008) DECC - Radioactivity - Department of Energy & Climate Change - radioactivity pages (DECC writes the legislation, EA enforces it) 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 & Legislation European Commission: Radiation Protection 1996 Basic Safety Standard - 96/29/Euratom, basic safety standard for the protection of the health of workers and the general public against the dangers of ionizing radiation 96/C 133/03 - Communication from the Commission concerning the implementation of Council Directive 96/29/Euratom laying down basic safety standard for the protection of the health of workers and the general public against the dangers of ionizing radiation 1997 Medical Exposures Directive - 97/43/Euratom, health protection of individuals against the dangers of ionizing radiation in relation to medical exposures Euratom - The European Atomic Energy Community 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 Aunt Minnie - Europe - Comprehensive community Internet site for European radiologists and related professionals in the medical imaging industry. MedicalPhysicsWeb - IoP magazine style site. RADAR - Medical Procedure Radiation Dose Calculator & Consent Language Generator PET Physics, an introduction - University of Washington Division of Nuclear Medicine (with helpf from King's & St Thomas London) 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 Physica Medica (European Journal of Medical Physics) Physics in Medicine & Biology (Hull Uni Athens) Radiation Protection Dosimetry SCOPE online - IPEM quarterly magazine Eductional & Fun British Society for the History of Radiology Electron trees LearningRadiology.com 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) X-ray Risk - from the American Society of Ragiologic Technologists Local (to us) Local weather (including pressure) Centre for MR Investigations (University of Hull / Hull Royal Infirmary) Centre for MR Investigations (University of Hull / Hull Royal Infirmary) City Health Care Partnership CIC - previously NHS Hull provider Services 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 Humber and Yorkshire Coast Cancer Network NIHR Research Design Service for Yorkshire & the Humber 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 Useful Radiological Emergency Documents NHS Emergency Planning Guidance - The ambulance service guidance on dealing with radiological incidents and emergencies (2010) NRPB - Nair Technical Handbook 2002 Edition (2002) HPA - Management of Potentially Radioactively Contaminated Patients (including use of RAM-GENE monitors) NRPB - W19 Emergency Data Handbook HPA CBRN Incidents: A Guide to Clinical Management and Health Protection HPA - Radiation Incidents (2008) HPA - Use of Prussian Blue (Ferric Hexacyanoferrate) for Decorporation of Radiocaesium - RCE 17 (2010) HPA-CRCE-003 - Radiological Consequences Resulting from Accidents and Incidents Involving the Transport of Radioactive Materials in the UK – 2009 Review HPA - Nuclear Emergencies - Information for the Public HPA-RPD-064 - UK Recovery Handbooks for Radiation Incidents: 2009 NRPB - Protection of On-site Personnel in the Event of a Radiation Accident (2005) NRPB Interim Response to the Recommendations of the 2nd UK Working Group on Stable Iodine Prophylaxis (2003) IAEA - Generic procedures for medical response during a nuclear or radiological emergency (2005)

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