Chairperson: Professor J F Malone, Robert Boyle Professor of Medical Physics, TrinityCollege / St. James’s Hospital, Dublin.
Introduction to Osteoporosis and the role of DEXA in diagnosis of “thin bones”
Professor J. Bernard Walsh, Consultant Physician & Clinical Professor, St. James’s Hospital & TrinityCollegeDublin.
Principles of operation of DEXA systems
Dr. Wil Evans. Head of Medical Physics, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff
Biological Effects of Radiation
Ms. Aoife Gallagher, Senior Physicist, St. James’s Hospital.
Chairperson: Dr. Wil Evans, Head of Medical Physics, UniversityHospital of Wales.
An Overview of the Regulatory System for DEXA
Dr. Geraldine O’Reilly, Principal Physicist, St. James’s Hospital.
Clinical Protocols & Good Practice in DEXA scanning
Lisa Coffey, Senior Radiographer, Mount CarmelHospital.
Routine QA testing for DEXA operators
Ms. Tina Sheehy, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Mid-WesternRegionalHospitalLimerick
Accuracy of DEXA scanning & other methods for determining BMD
Ms. Ann Larkin, Physicist, St. James’s Hospital.
Chairperson: Dr. Geraldine O’Reilly, Principal Physicist, St. James’s Hospital.Medico-Legal Issues
Professor William Binchy, Faculty of Law, TrinityCollegeDublin.
Patient Doses in DEXA (incl. pregnancy issues)
Dr. Noirin Sheahan, Senior Lecturer / Physicist, TrinityCollege / St. James’s Hospital.
Staff Doses and Practical Radiation Protection in DEXA
Ms. Una O’Connor, Senior Physicist, St. James’s Hospital.