ESR EuroSafe Imaging and its role in promoting radiation protection - 6 years of success

Guy Frija; Christoph Hoeschen; Claudio Granata; Eliseo Vano; Graciano Paulo; John Damilakis; Lluis Donoso; Lorenzo Bonomo; Reinhard Loose; Steve Ebdon-Jackson; European Society of Radiology

doi:10.1186/s13244-020-00949-5

ESR EuroSafe Imaging and its role in promoting radiation protection - 6 years of success

Insights Imaging. 2021 Jan 7;12(1):3. doi: 10.1186/s13244-020-00949-5.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Paris Descartes University, Paris, France. guyfrija@gmail.com.
² Institut Für Medizintechnik, Otto-Von-Guericke Universität, Magdeburg, Germany.
³ Department of Paediatric Radiology, Institute for Maternal and Child Health - IRCCS "Burlo Garofolo", Trieste, Italy.
⁴ Radiology Department (Medical Physics), Complutense University, Madrid, Spain.
⁵ ESTESC - Coimbra Health School, Medical Imaging and Radiotherapy Department, Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, Rua 5 de Outubro, S. Martinho Do Bispo, Coimbra, Portugal.
⁶ School of Medicine, University of Crete, Iraklion, Crete, Greece.
⁷ Department of Medical Imaging, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
⁸ Catholic University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
⁹ Institute of Medical Physics, Nürnberg, Germany.
¹⁰ Medical Exposure Regulatory Infrastructure Team, CRCE, Public Health England, Chilton, Didcot, UK.

Abstract

This article introduces the European Society of Radiology's EuroSafe Imaging initiative in the year of its 6th anniversary. The European and global radiation protection frameworks are outlined and the role of the EuroSafe Imaging initiative's Call for Action in successfully achieving international radiation protection goals as set out by those frameworks is detailed.

Keywords: Dose management; Radiation protection; Safety standards.