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Home | Current Program | PAC 4PAC 4: Radiation Protection in MedicineProgram Area Committee (PAC) 4 provides oversight of activities in the field of radiation protection in medicine. Functioning within the scope of PAC 4 are two report-writing committees: SC 4-1, Management of Persons Contaminated with Radionuclides; and SC 4-2 on Population Monitoring and Decontamination Following a Nuclear or Radiological Incident. Currently authorized but unfunded activities within this program area are:
During 2006 the members of PAC 4 were instrumental in planning the 2007 Annual Meeting on “Advances in Radiation Protection in Medicine.” The meeting was focused on topics related to patient doses and dose controls in diagnostic radiology, nuclear medicine procedures, and radiotherapy. Possible health effects such as increased cancer risk from exposure to medical radiation were also discussed. New white papers were available at the meeting on the appropriate utilization of medical imaging (from the American College of Radiology) and efforts by equipment manufacturers to reduce patient doses (from the National Electrical Manufacturers Association). The 2007 Annual Meeting Proceedings will be published in Health Physics in 2008. The membership of PAC 4 is:
SC 4-1 Management of Persons Contaminated with Radionuclides > SC 4-2 Population Monitoring and Decontamination Following
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