A Celebration of the Life and Work of Miss Marion Frank

Haven't registered for the 2012 ISRRT World Congress and CAMRT AGC yet?

Don't worry! You can register online for the full conference until the week before, or register onsite starting Wednesday, June 6.

Student registration remains open as well at the nominal fee of $200 for the conference , or $250 for the conference plus student Pre-Congress Workshop on Thursday, June 7. Student fees are available for anyone who was a student in an imaging or radiation therapy academic program on or after November 14th, 2011.

There are also daily registration options for those who can't attend the full conference, as well as institutional passes. The institutional pass is a great way to keep your department staffed AND offer your team a taste of the conference. It allows an organization to share one registration among several technologists for the duration of the conference for only $850. The regularly daily rate is $300.

Register now at http://www.2012isrrt.org/register/

ISRRT 2012 Dien Van Dijk Award

The ISRRT is pleased to announce that Mr Terry JD West has been awarded the ISRRT 2012 Dien Van Dijk Award

Full story in the "News" section below.

Sandra Pridgeon from South Africa DoseWise Radiographer of the Year Award 2011  

Following the submissions by radiography professionals across the world, Sandra Pridgeon’s entry on “Radiation Protection in the Operating Theatre” was hand-picked by judges from the International Society of Radiographers and Radiological Technologists (ISRRT) for the DoseWise Radiographer of the Year Award 2011. Full story below.

Joint Position Statement on the IAEA Patient Radiation Exposure Tracking

The IAEA Smart Card/SmartRadTrack Project aims at enhancing the implementation of principles of justification and optimization for radiation protection of patients. As quoted from Robert Glass earlier in the summary of the first meeting of the Smart Card Project, “Managing in the presence of data is far better and easier than managing in its absence”.
The joint position statement is currently endorsed by the World Health Organization (WHO), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the European Society of Radiology (ESR), the International Organization for Medical Physics (IOMP), the International Society of Radiographers and Radiological Technologists (ISRRT) and the Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors (CRCPD) of USA.  Full text of the statement »

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New President for International Society of Radiologists

Above: Dr Michael Ward, ISRRT President, congratulates Dr Jan Labuscagne who is the new President of the International Society of Radiologists