Radiation Protection and Dosimetry, Biological Effects

							     Theme 3                                                                         TRACKS:
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                                                                                     Dosimetric                  Radiation                   Patient Exposures
     Radiation Protection and Dosimetry, Biological                                  Techniques and              Protection of               and Reference
     Effects of lonizing and Non-lonizing Radiation                                  Phantoms for                Patients and                Levels in Diagnostic
                                                                                     Radiation Protection        Personnel                   Imaging

                                                                                     Track Chairs:               Track Chairs:               Track Chairs:
                             ABSTRACT:                                               Georg Stücklschweiger,      Soren Mattsson,             Jacob Geleijns,
                                                                                     University Hospital         Lund University,            Leiden University,
                             Remarkable progress has been made over the past         Graz, Austria               Malmö, Sweden               Netherlands
                             decades in the development and application of medi-     Maria Zankl,                Werner Rühm,                Jürgen Griebel,
                             cal technologies utilizing ionizing and non-ionizing    German Research Center      German Research Center      Federal Office for
                                                                                     for Environmental Health,   for Environmental Health,   Radiation Protection,
                             radiation for diagnosis and treatment of disease.       Munich, Germany             Munich, Germany             Germany
                             The clinical use of these technologies, however, is
                             accompanied by many questions about how to maxi-
                             mize the benefits for patients while controlling and
                             reducing possible health risks to patients and per-     Biological Effects          Biological Effects          Biological Effects
                             sonnel. These issues will be a central theme of the     of Ionizing Radiation       of Ionizing Radiation       of Non-Ionizing
     Theme Chairs:           World Congress 2009. Six program tracks will focus      – Low Level and             – Therapy                   Radiation
                                                                                     Imaging
     Paul Shrimpton,         on particular aspects of the theme, ranging from
     Health Protection                                                               Track Chairs:               Track Chairs:               Track Chairs:
                             radiation dosimetry and new dosimetric models,
     Agency, UK                                                                      David J. Brenner,           Carsten Herskind,           Rüdiger Matthes,
                             through practical aspects of radiation protection,      Columbia University,        University Medical Center   Federal Office for
     Gunnar Brix,                                                                    New York, USA               Mannheim,                   Radiation Protection,
     Federal Office for
                             to biological effects of ionizing and non-ionizing
                                                                                                                 University of Heidelberg,   Germany
     Radiation Protection,   radiation. Special topics will cover the expanding      Christian Streffer,
                                                                                                                 Mannheim, Germany
     Germany                                                                         University of Duisburg-
                             use of medical imaging techniques utilizing ionizing    Essen, Germany              Michael Baumann,
                             radiation for both patients and asymptomatic                                        OncoRay, Carl Gustav
                             persons for the early detection of disease, the                                     Carus University,
                                                                                                                 Dresden, Germany
                             assessment of radiation risks at low dose-levels
                             relevant to diagnostic imaging, the characterization
                             and optimization of biological radiation effects for
                             cancer treatment, as well as the investigation and
                             assessment of health risks related to non-ionizing
                             radiation. We are eager to receive contributions from
                             a wide range of disciplines and approaches that are
                             related to any of the featured tracks. The program
                             will be supplemented by several keynotes and invited
                             speakers from well-known scientists focusing on
                             issues of particular relevance and importance in do-
                             simetry, optimization and protection.