Health Physics
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Educating medical staff about responding to a radiological or nuclear emergency.

29 Apr 2009 A growing body of audience research reveals medical personnel in hospitals are unprepared for a large-scale radiological emergency such as a terrorist event involving radioactive or nuclear materials. Also, medical personnel in hospitals lack a ... Read more...

Continuing dental education in radiation protection: monitoring the outcomes.

27 Feb 2009 OBJECTIVES: To evaluate an evolving radiation protection dental postgraduate course run in Wales between 2003 and 2007. METHODS: We compared three standardized course series. Course content was enhanced in 2006 to target areas of weakness. In 2007, ... Read more...

Report of a consultation on justification of patient exposures in medical imaging.

30 Dec 2008 Radiation protection in medicine is underpinned by the concepts of justification and optimisation. Over the last 20 y much successful work has been devoted to developing and consolidating approaches to optimisation. A substantial knowledge base and ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Health Physics'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• RSO Interview with Nazia Zakir. Interviewed by René Michel. 30 Oct 2009
• IAEA calls for enhanced radiation protection of patients. 30 Jul 2009
• Point/counterpoint. Bright young physicists should be advised to avoid careers in radiation therapy. 29 Jun 2009
• The increasing role of bioengineering and medical physics in the practice of medicine. 17 Jun 2009
• Educating medical staff about responding to a radiological or nuclear emergency. 29 Apr 2009
• RSO Interview with Mark Melanson. Interview by René Michel. 29 Apr 2009
• Continuing dental education in radiation protection: monitoring the outcomes. 27 Feb 2009
• Editorial: international certification of medical physicists. 9 Feb 2009
• Report of a consultation on justification of patient exposures in medical imaging. 30 Dec 2008
• Proceedings of the Nordic Association of Clinical Physics (NACP) 2008 Meeting. 30 Dec 2008
• Code of Ethics for the American Association of Physicists in Medicine: report of Task Group 109. 30 Dec 2008
• Medical physics in Asia--where are we going? 29 Nov 2008
• Reflections on the relationship between the AAPM and the ACR. 29 Nov 2008
• Anniversary paper: A sampling of novel technologies and the role of medical physicists in radiation oncology. 29 Nov 2008
• 2008 William A. Mcadams Outstanding Service Award: Presented to James S. Willison at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Health Physics Society, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 13-17 July 2008. 29 Nov 2008
• 2008 Geoffrey G. Eichholz Outstanding Science Teacher Award: Presented to Brian Whitson at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Health Physics Society, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 13-17 July 2008. 29 Nov 2008
• 2008 Distinguished Public Service Award: Presented to Pete V. Domenici at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Health Physics Society, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 13-17 July 2008. 29 Nov 2008
• 2008 Elda E. Anderson Award: Presented to Phillip W. Patton at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Health Physics Society, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 13-17 July 2008. 29 Nov 2008
• 2008 Founders Award: Presented to Keith H. Dinger at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Health Physics Society, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 13-17 July 2008. 29 Nov 2008
• RSO interview with Betty Goetz. [Interviewed by René Michael]. 30 Oct 2008

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Technical information about 'Health Physics'

Definition: The science concerned with problems of radiation protection relevant to reducing or preventing radiation exposure, and the effects of ionizing radiation on humans and their environment.

Descriptor UI: D006283

Alternative terms: Health Physics; Physics, Health; Radiologic Physics; Physics, Radiologic;

Related Mesh Headings: Radiation Monitoring; Radiation Protection; Radiometry;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: H01.671.368; H02.229.333;

History Note: 73(67)

Technical Notes: SPEC: SPEC qualif; physics or phys principles in the field of med = specific med term (IM) + PHYSICS (NIM) or specific phys principle (IM), as "The physics of brachytherapy" = BRACHYTHERAPY (IM) + PHYSICS (NIM)