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International meeting on:
Advances in Patient Dosimetry and Quality Control in Interventional Radiology:
The SENTINEL European Programme

Medical Physics Service – San Carlos University Hospital
Radiology Department – Complutense University
Madrid (Spain), 21-22, April 2006

Friday, 21 April 2006
Time	Topic	Lecturer
9:00 – 9:05	Meeting opening	E. Borrego
9:05 – 9:30	Introduction to European Coordination Action SENTINEL	E. Vano, K. Faulkner
9:30 – 10:00	Procedures in Interventional Radiology (IR)	J.J. Gallego
10:00 – 10:30	The Spanish Society of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (SERVEI) involved in the SENTINEL Programme	J. Urbano E. Vano
10:30 – 11:00	BREAK
11:00 – 11:30	Detectors and measurement tools for IR - Measurement of DAP including DAP-meter calibration - Measurement techniques for ESD	H. Jarvinen
11:30 – 12:00	Patient dosimetry in IR - Dosimetry in 3D acquisition - Image evaluation in 3D reconstruction	R. Padovani
12:00 – 12:15	Discussion
12:15 – 12:45	Training actions in IR	K. Faulkner
12:45 – 13:15	Quality control in IR	C. Prieto
13:15 – 13:30	Final discussion	E. Vano
13:30 – 15:00	BREAK
15:00 – 17:30*	SENTINEL WP4 group meeting

Saturday, 22 april 2006 SENTINEL WP4 group meeting
Time	Topic	Lecturer
10:00 – 10:30*	Objectives of the practical sessions	E. Vano
10:30 – 11:00	BREAK
11:00 – 11:30*	Practical session 1: Calibration of a DAP-meter in an IR unit	C. Prieto
11:30 – 12:00*	Practical session 2: Characterization of an IR unit	E. Vano
12:00 – 12:30*	Practical session 3: Use of DICOM headers for optimisation in IR. On-line quality control system.	J.M. Fernandez

Lecturers

E. Borrego. Quality General Director of the Local Health Authority. Madrid. Spain.
E. Vano. Head of the Medical Physics Dept. San Carlos University Hospital. Madrid. Spain
K. Faulkner. Regional Director of QA (Screening). QA Reference Centre. Wallsend. UK.
J.J. Gallego. Head of the Interventional Radiology Area. San Carlos University Hospital. Madrid. Spain.
J. Urbano. Delegate of the Spanish Society for Interventional Vascular Radiology (SERVEI). Spain
H. Jarvinen. Principal Advisor (for Radiation in Health Care). Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK). Helsinki. Finland.
R. Padovani. Head of the Medical Physics Service. Ospedale S. Maria della Misericordia. Udine. Italy.
C. Prieto. Medical Physicist. San Carlos University Hospital. Madrid. Spain.
J.M. Fernández. Medical Physicist. San Carlos University Hospital. Madrid. Spain

Location

San Carlos University Hospital. Madrid (Spain)

Language

English

The training session is addressed to: Medical physicists, students of medical physics, interventional radiologists, students of diagnostic radiology, and experts in medical radiation protection.

With the cooperation of:

Spanish Society of Medical Phsics (SEFM)

Spanish Society of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (SERVEI)

Spanish Society of Radiation Protection (SEPR)