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Regulation 17
1. Practitioners and operators must have successfully completed training, including theoretical knowledge and practical experience, in—
(a)such of the subjects detailed in Table 1 as are relevant to their functions as practitioner or operator; and
(b)such of the subjects detailed in Table 2 as are relevant to their specific area of practice.
Fundamental Physics of Radiation | |
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Properties of Radiation | Excitation and ionisation |
Attenuation of ionising radiation | |
Scattering and absorption | |
Radiation Hazards and Dosimetry | Biological effects of radiation – stochastic and deterministic |
Risks and benefits of radiation | |
Absorbed dose, equivalent dose, effective dose, other dose indicators and their units | |
Management and Radiation Protection of the individual being exposed | |
Special Attention Areas | Pregnancy and potential pregnancy |
Asymptomatic individuals | |
Breastfeeding | |
Infants and children | |
Medical and biomedical research | |
Health screening | |
Non-medical imaging | |
Carers and comforters | |
High dose techniques | |
Justification | Justification of the individual exposure |
Use of existing appropriate radiological information | |
Alternative techniques | |
Radiation Protection | Diagnostic reference levels |
Dose Constraints | |
Dose Optimisation | |
Dose reduction devices and techniques | |
Dose recording and dose audit | |
General radiation protection | |
Quality Assurance and Quality Control including routine inspection and testing of equipment | |
Risk communication | |
Use of radiation protection devices | |
Statutory Requirements and Non-Statutory Regulations | |
Regulations | |
Non-statutory guidance | |
Local procedures and protocols | |
Individual responsibilities relating to exposures | |
Responsibility for radiation safety | |
Clinical audit |
All Modalities | |
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General | Fundamentals of radiological anatomy |
Factors affecting radiation dose | |
Dosimetry | |
Fundamentals of clinical evaluation | |
Identification of the individual being exposed | |
Diagnostic radiology | |
General | Principles of radiological techniques |
Production of X-rays | |
Equipment selection and use | |
Specialised Techniques | Computed Tomography: advanced applications |
Interventional procedures | |
Cone Beam Computed Tomography | |
Hybrid imaging | |
Fundamentals of Image Acquisition etc. | Optimisation of image quality and radiation dose |
Image formats, acquisition, processing, display and storage | |
Contrast Media | Use and preparation |
Contraindications | |
Use of contrast injection systems | |
Radiotherapy | |
General | Production of ionising radiation |
Treatment of malignant disease | |
Treatment of benign disease | |
Principles of external beam radiotherapy | |
Principles of brachytherapy | |
Specialised techniques | Intra-operative radiotherapy Stereotactic radiotherapy and radiosurgery Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy Proton therapy MR Linac therapy |
Radiobiological Aspects for Radiotherapy | Fractionation Dose rate |
Radiosensitisation | |
Target volumes | |
Practical Aspects for Radiotherapy | Localisation equipment selection Therapy equipment selection Verification techniques including on-treatment imaging |
Treatment planning systems | |
Radiation Protection Specific to Radiotherapy | Side effects—early and late Toxicity |
Assessment of efficacy | |
Nuclear Medicine | |
General | Atomic structure and radioactivity |
Radioactive decay | |
Principles of molecular imaging and non-imaging exposures | |
Principles of molecular radiotherapy | |
Molecular Radiotherapy | Dose rate Fractionation Radiobiology aspects Radiosensitisation |
Specialised techniques | Quantitative imaging – advanced applications Hybrid imaging – advanced applications Selective Internal Radiation Therapy |
Principles of Radiation Detection, Instrumentation and Equipment | Types of detection systems Optimisation of image quality and radiation dose Image acquisition, artefacts, processing, display and storage |
Radiopharmaceuticals | Calibration |
Working practices in the radiopharmacy | |
Preparation of individual doses | |
Radiation Protection Specific to Nuclear Medicine | Conception, pregnancy and breastfeeding Arrangements for radioactive individuals |
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