17th edition of the National Conference “Ionising Radiation in Medicine” PJOMED 2026, organised by the National Centre for Radiation Protection in Health Care, will be held on June 1-2, 2026 as a hybrid event: in Łódź and online on the web platform. More information coming soon.
The meeting of the Working Group on Medical Applications of Heads of the European Radiological Protection Competent Authorities (HERCA) was held on September 11, 2025, in Helsinki. The event was attended by DSc Dariusz Kluszczyński, Director of the National Center for Radiation Protection in Health Care. Experts from the association (HERCA) are working on relaunching a European patient information campaign. The campaign will becarried out in 21 countries across Europe. The initiative aims to enhence patient care by ensuring that each patient undergoes the most appropriate and clinically imaging procedure, thereby optimising diagnostic and treatment outcomes.
More information is available at: https://www.herca.org/getting-the-right-image-for-my-patient/.
At the turn of September and October this year, the National Centre for Radiation Protection in Health Care will be equipped with a simulation system for interventional radiology – CathTrain VR – from the Swiss company SurgeonsLab. The purchase was funded by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) under the IAEA TC POL9028 Project entitled “Preventing Tissue Reactions in Interventional Procedures”, in cooperation with the National Atomic Energy Agency.
The launch of the simulator and the provision of non-commercial access for physicians from interventional radiology departments, medical physicists, radiographers and students will make modern training in interventional radiology possible, with particular focus on the optimisation of radiation protection during fluoroscopy-guided procedures. The simulation system will ensure safe training in both performing procedures and applying the necessary radiation protection measures.
The experience gained during the training will promote the dissemination of good practices that enhence the radiological safety of both patients and staff, while also reducing the number of exposures not justified by clinical conditions.
The Polish-language version of the publication “Communicating radiation risks in paediatric imaging: Information to support healthcare discussions about benefit and risk”, developed by the National Centre for Radiological Protection in Health Care, has been published in the “WHO Guide” tab on the NCRPHC website and also on the WHO website.
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We are pleased to share with you a new publication from the International Atomic Energy Agency entitled “Pillars of Radiation Protection of Patients in Computed Tomography. Guidelines on Justification and Optimization” developed under the IAEA TC RER 9157 project on “Strengthening implementation of the justified and optimized use of ionizing radiation in medicine”.
This publication is the first to provide in a single edition information on applying principles of justification and optimization in Computed Tomography (CT) practice for the most common types of examinations. The main target audience are radiologists, technologists and medical physicists who work with CT modality. The aim of this publication is to improve radiation protection for patients undergoing CT examinations.
Publication was developed by Dr Mannudeep K. Kalra, Attending Thoracic Radiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital and Professor of Radiology with Harvard Medical School and principal researcher in CT technology, radiation dose reduction, and artificial intelligence applications in medical imaging. Dr Anushree Burade, a post-doctoral research fellow in the department of radiology at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, contributed significantly to the research based on her research experience in CT radiation dose and artificial intelligence in medical imaging.
Scientific secretary and technical officer of the project was Dr Vesna Gershan radiation protection specialist in the IAEA. Dr Gershan played a key role in developing the concept, content, and organization of the document.
The publication is available here.
