BIR : Optimization in Digital Radiography
Start:
Fri, 9 Oct 2015, 00:00
End:
Fri, 9 Oct 2015, 00:00
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General Info
Educational aims:
- To provide an update on relevant technological developments in digital radiography
- To provide an update on image quality measurement
- To provide an update on measures of radiation dose
- To explore the balance between image quality and dose in digital radiography
- To provide attendees with practical advice for optimising imaging quality and radiation dose
Philips
Siemens Healthcare
Registration Fees:
Non-BIR member | £250 |
BIR Consultant member | £145 |
BIR Non-Consultant member | £110 |
BIR Trainee member | £65 |
BIR Retired/Student member | £55 |
Programme Details
09:20 | Registration and refreshments |
09:50 | Introduction |
Chair: | Mr David Platten, Clinical Scientist, |
Northampton General Hospital | |
MANAGEMENT OF OPTIMISATION | |
10:00 | How to manage optimisation in digital radiography |
Dr Craig Moore, | |
Hull & East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust | |
A CLINICAL PERSPECTIVE | |
10:20 | Clinical image quality requirements |
Speaker to be confirmed | |
10:40 | Practical aspects of optimisation |
Mr Michael Fell, | |
Senior I Radiographer with Advanced Practice, | |
Milton Keynes General Hospital | |
11:00 | Refreshments |
EQUIPMENT FACTORS | |
11:20 | The role of detector technology |
Mr David Platten, | |
Northampton General Hospital | |
MEASURING IMAGE QUALITY AND DOSE | |
11:40 | Radiation dose metrics (patient and detector) |
Dr Tim Wood, | |
Principal Physicist / RPA / MPE, | |
Hull & East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust | |
12:00 | Equipment-based measures of image quality |
Mr David Platten, Clinical Scientist, | |
Northampton General Hospital | |
12:20 | Setting up of automatic exposure control |
Mr David Platten, Clinical Scientist, | |
Northampton General Hospital | |
12:40 | Lunch |
OPTIMISATION IN A CLINICAL DEPARTMENT | |
13:40 | Patient radiation dose audit |
Dr Tim Wood, | |
Principal Physicist / RPA / MPE, | |
Hull & East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust | |
14:00 | Clinically-based measures of image quality |
Dr Alistair Mackenzie, | |
Research Physicist, | |
Royal Surrey County Hospital | |
14:20 | What can be done in clinical practice |
Dr Craig Moore, | |
Hull & East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust | |
14:40 | Refreshments |
15:00 | Case studies |
ADVANCED TOPICS | |
15:40 | Image simulation and modelling |
Dr Alistair Mackenzie, | |
Research Physicist, | |
Royal Surrey County Hospital | |
16:00 | The future |
Dr Alistair Mackenzie, | |
Research Physicist, | |
Royal Surrey County Hospital | |
16:20 | Discussion |
16:40 | Close |
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