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KIDS 7Medical Reports from Regional Congresses: Tokyo, JAPAN

May 17, 2012. IRPA 13, Glasgow. KIDS 7Medical Reports from Regional Congresses: Tokyo, JAPAN. Keiichi AKAHANE Medical Exposure Research Project National Institute of Radiological Sciences JAPAN. Third Asian and Oceanic Congress on Radiation Protection (AOCRP-3). Period : May 24-28, 2010

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KIDS 7Medical Reports from Regional Congresses: Tokyo, JAPAN

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  1. May 17, 2012. IRPA 13, Glasgow KIDS 7MedicalReports from Regional Congresses:Tokyo, JAPAN Keiichi AKAHANE Medical Exposure Research Project National Institute of Radiological Sciences JAPAN

  2. Third Asian and Oceanic Congress on Radiation Protection (AOCRP-3) Period: May 24-28, 2010 Venue: Tower Hall Funabori, Tokyo, JAPAN Participants: 465 (29 countries) Japan 325, Korea 55, China 17 and Others 68 Presentations: Poster 248, Oral 120 • “Medical” related sessions: • WHO Special Session • Oral Presentation Session • Refresher Course • Poster Presentation Session

  3. WHO Special Session • Appropriate use of radiation in paediatric imaging: challenges and opportunities • N. Takamura, WHO • “Setting the scene – health risks of radiation exposure early in life” • M. Perez, WHO • “Radiation safety in health care settings – the case of pediatric imaging” • L. Lau, IRQN • “Global Collaborative Actions towards Appropriate Use of Radiation in Paediatric Imaging”

  4. Oral Presentation Session: Exposure to Medical Radiation Keynote lecture: Dr. Perez (WHO) New challenge of WHO for medical radiation protection 9-O-1: Dr. Chelliah (Malaysia) A Comparison of Average Glandular Dose Values between Screen Film Mammography and Digital Mammography 9-O-3: Dr. Wu (Hong Kong) A Case Report on the Effect of Fan Beam Thickness in Helical Tomotherapy of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma. 9-O-4: Dr. Kono (Japan) Radiation Exposure to Family Members and the General Public After Permanent Brachytherapy for Prostate Cancer.

  5. Refresher Course - 4 • Radiation Protection in Health care • : Dr. Perez (WHO) • The proper application of the principles of radiation protection in health care, including the medical exposure of patients, their comforters and cares, and volunteers in biomedical research. • Justification • Optimization • DRLs, Dose constraints

  6. Poster Session • 24 posters • Countries • Japan 12, Korea 8, Taiwan 4 • Fields (and Number of presentations) • CT 9, mammography 2, fluoroscopy 1, radiotherapy 6, pediatric patients 1, radiological protection 1, Survey 2, interventional radiology 2

  7. Medical in AOCRP-3 • Key issues: • Radiation Protection for Pediatric patients • Risk assessment • Optimization • Dose estimations • X-ray CT examinations, etc.

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