The XVIII Congress of the Polish Society of Nuclear Medicine “Nuclear medicine – clinical impact” was held in Poznań on June 6-8, 2024. The event was attended by 342 participants. The program of the congress included 28 scientific sessions, among them the session on the POL9027 project under the auspices of the IAEA, on June 6. The session was moderated by Dariusz Kluszczyński, DSc, Eng, Director of the National Centre for Radiation Protection in Health Care, together with Agata Pietrzak, MD, from the Greater Poland Cancer Centre. During this session, participants had the opportunity to listen to lectures by experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency: “Enhancing Quantitative Accuracy in PET/CT Imaging” by prof. John Dickson (Institute of Nuclear Medicine University College London Hospital, United Kingdom); “Ethics for radiation protection” by Steve Ebdon-Jackson (Consulting Physicist, United Kingdom); “The future direction of women in nuclear medicine and nuclear medicine in women’s health” by prof. Laura Evangelista (Humanitas University, Milan, Italy).
IAEA experts also gave lectures in other sessions during the congress: “PSMA PET/CT in the light of recent research” – Laura Evangelista (June 7, session Oncology); “Unintended and unexpected exposures in nuclear medicine” – Steve Ebdon-Jackson (June 7, session Technology and radiation protection); “Optimisation and quantification of brain imaging” – John Dickson (June 7, session Meet the Expert); “Emerging Trends in Nuclear Medicine and Medical Physics” – John Dickson (June 8, closing session of the congress).
Project IAEA TC POL9027 “Enhancing the Capabilities of Positron Emission Tomography Departments to Provide High Quality Imaging and Therapies to Promote Safety Culture” is implemented by the National Centre for Radiation Protection in Health Care as part of the International Atomic Energy Agency Technical Cooperation Program for 2022-2024, and aims to provide nuclear medicine departments using PET merit support in the field of quality assurance / control (QA / QC), providing specialized measuring equipment to those departments, assuring an appropriate practical training and promoting good practice in the field of patient and staff safety. A symposium summarizing the project will be held in 2024. We invite you to follow Project IAEA TC POL9027 tab on our website!
