LATVIAN MEDICAL ENGINEERING AND PHYSICS SOCIETY
The RDC guideline No 6 "Diagnostic reference levels for radiological procedures" is updated
On 09.10.2024, the VVD website published materials developed by the Latvian Society of Medical Engineering and Physics (within the Latvian Environmental Protection Fund project No 1-08/81/2023 "Development of Latvian diagnostic reference levels in radiography and computed tomography for paediatrics and nuclear medicine") in cooperation with RDC: https://www.vvd.gov.lv/lv/vadlinijas-mediciniskaja-apstarosana
Workshop "Development of diagnostic radiology reference levels and their practical application"
On 6 September 2024, from 10:00 to 14:30, the Society will organise a seminar on "Development of Diagnostic Radiology Reference Levels and their Practical Application". Participation in the seminar is free of charge. Registration for the seminar: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe75n1HwkR6eMJFVvwWDas17To06LGpXTivWoLi39L9Qvk04g/viewform
Event "Magnetic resonance imaging: from basic principles to quality assurance"
The Radiotherapy Initiative Group of the Baltic Medical Physics Societies is organising a joint event "Children's Clinical University Hospital and Baltic Medical Physics Societies joint workshop on MR imaging - "Magnetic resonance imaging: from basic principles to quality assurance".The event is planned in 4 parts - 3 online lectures and 1 in-person session at the Children's Clinical University Hospital...
Conference “Medical physics – current state, issues, development directions. New technologies”
The conference "Medical physics - current state, issues, development directions. New technologies" organised by Taras Shevchenko National University will take place from 25 to 27 September in a remote format. (Kyiv, Ukraine). For more information and to apply: https://vomfi.knu.ua/medichna-fizika/mf-2024en/
In November 2023, LMIFB has started the project Development of Latvian Diagnostic Reference Levels in Radiography and Computed Tomography for Paediatrics and Nuclear Medicine (project registration No 1-08/81/2023)
https://lvafa.vraa.gov.lv/projects/1-08_81_2023 Project Duration - 30.09.2024 Project Cooperation Authority - State Environmental Service Project description: In order to keep the radiation doses received by patients in diagnostic examinations as low as possible, each medical institution needs to perform regular dose analyses and compare the radiation doses received by patients with the reference level. Currently, reference levels in diagnostic radiology have been partially developed in Latvia...