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EFOMP protocols

EFOMP Mammo Protocol

    EFOMP Mammo Protocol

Publication Date: Jul 22nd, 2017 00:00, Size: 0 KB

 

This document is the first of the series on quality control and has concentrated on the need for harmonization of quality controls in (QCs) digital mammography. In it protocols are described with the intention of fulfilling the following criteria:

  • Tests included in the protocol have been selected on the basis of their relevance/priority (“Keep it simple”).
  • The protocol should be applicable to any type of digital mammography system (DR and CR).
  • The protocol should be “compatible” or at least “not in contradiction” with other existing protocols.
  • The protocol should not require the use of a specific test object, and consequently, should be “tolerant” about image quality parameters and criteria.
  • The protocol should be widely applicable and adaptable to local regulations.
  • The protocol should provide clear instructions about each test procedure, in order to minimize the potential for misinterpretation.

Your feedback is greatly appreciated. Once you have used the protocol, please send comments or suggestions to: Alberto Torresin at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

You are kindly asked to complete the on line survey on the EFOMP Mammo Working Group protocol at: https://goo.gl/XuZEBJ.

 

EFOMP CBCT Protocol

    EFOMP CBCT Protocol

Publication Date: Aug 27th, 2017 00:00, Size: 3 MB

 

Quality control of cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) systems is an essential part of quality assurance to periodically check that quality requirements are met, reduce uncertainties and errors and reduce the likelihood of accidents and incidents. Radiation exposure levels must be measured to ensure that patient doses associated with CBCT examinations are kept as low as reasonably achievable consistent with the required diagnostic information. The main purpose of this document is to present procedures for quality control of CBCT systems used for dental, radiotherapy, interventional radiology and guided surgery applications.


The ‘Quality control in cone-beam computed tomography’ is the second of the series on quality control protocols. The European Federation of Organizations for Medical Physics (EFOMP) published the first document on ‘Quality Controls in digital mammography’ in 2015. These books are freely available online at efomp.org and can be used as both, in-depth working guides to everyday practice and an up-to-date reference sources for medical physicists engaged in quality control of medical imaging systems.


This book is the result of the experience and knowledge of an international group of leading medical physics experts and an excellent illustration of the synergy that can be achieved when every team member works at their best and collaboratively follows the whole process through its completion. Representing the European Medical Physics professional-scientific community (EFOMP), I would like to thank each co-author for sharing their invaluable expertise and insights and especially the Group Leader Dr. Hugo de las Heras Gala and the Chair of the EFOMP Education and Training Committee Dr. Alberto Torresin.
Prof. John Damilakis, EFOMP President


An executive summary of the full EFOMP CBCT protocol has been published in the journal Physica Medica - European Journal of Medical Physics, and is available for free download at the following link: http://www.physicamedica.com/article/S1120-1797(17)30183-7/fulltext

 

EFOMP’S GUIDELINE: QUALITY CONTROLS IN PET/CT AND PET/MR

    EFOMP’S GUIDELINE: QUALITY CONTROLS IN PET/CT AND PET/MR

Publication Date: May 5th, 2022 21:16, Size: 3,45 MB

The complexity of PET imaging requires a clear quality control procedure at different levels, from radiopharmaceutical activity assay up to the final image formation and quantitation. The EFOMP Protocol for Quality Control in PET/CT and PET/MRI provides simple and practical procedures that may be integrated into clinical practice to identify changes in the PET/CT/MRI scanner's performance and avoid short- and long-term quality deterioration. The Protocol describes the quality control procedures on radionuclide calibrators, weighing scales, PET, CT and MRI scanners using selected and measurable parameters that are directly linked to clinical images quality. It helps to detect problems before they can impact clinical studies in terms of safety, image quality, quantification accuracy and patient radiation dose. CT and MRI QC are described only in the context of their use for PET (attenuation correction and anatomical localization) imaging. A regular QC based on the proposed protocol would guarantee that PET/CT and PET/MRI scanners operate under optimal conditions, resulting in the best performance in routine clinical tasks. EFOMP intends to update the protocols after few years in practice, taking into account the knowledge and experience gained via their implementation in different clinical settings. Users are encouraged to share their experiences at conferences and in publications. Please submit comments and recommendations to the EFOMP PET/CT/MRI QC Working Group chair Roberta Matheoud (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) once you’ve used the protocols.

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EFOMP Policy Statements

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Membership

HAMP members can be Full, Emeritus, Honorary or Junior (in fact, “Junior members” are not specified in the Association’s constitution and are actually registered as corresponding members)

Only regular members have a voting right. All correspondence with the members is done through the Association’s mailing list.

HAMP keeps a register of all its members, in which contact details, year of registration and/or cancellation, membership fee status, professional employment and specialisation as well as points of Continuous Professional Development (CPD) of every member are kept.

In order to become a regular member one must hold a professional license as a Hospital Physicist – Medical Radiation Physicist and/or as a Hospital Physicist in non ionising radiation area and apply to the Board of Directors. His/her application for registration must be approved and co-signed by two regular members.

In the application form, the applicant has to state that he/she accepts the Association’s constitution, respects the decisions of the General Assembly and holds the qualifications as stated in Article No 4 of the Association’s constitution.

Furthermore, the application should include the applicant’s contact details, professional employment and fields of specialisation. In addition, the applicant has to provide the HAMP with copy(ies) of his/her professional license(s).

After the acceptance of the application by the HAMP Board of Directors of HAMP, the applicant is referred to the cashier of the Association for the payment of both registration and annual subscription.

Following the decision of the Board of Directors, in 2010, the cost of the subscription is 6 Euro and the annual fee is 15 Euro. In addition, members who have not paid their subscriptions for more than two years, can subscribe again only with the cost of 36 Euro.

For Junior members, the cost of the subscription is set at 5 Euro.

Further details on the way of payment will be sent to the applicant by the Secretary and the Treasurer of the Association, after the acceptance of application.

The members have the following obligations:

  1. To fulfill their financial obligations, without negligence.
  2. To comply with the law and the Association's constitution, to obey the decisions of the General Assembly and Board of Directors and respect entirely their scientific and professional ethics rules, which have been approved by the General Assembly or have been included in the Association's constitution, in any manner.
  3. To attend the meetings of the General Assembly, and the meetings of the Board of Directors when they are asked to.

 

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HAMP Committees

Committees (2024-2027)

Ethics Committee:

President:   Pantelis Karaiskos

Members:  

  1. Georgia Pappa
  2. Despoina Akrividou

Audit Committee:

President:   Nikolaos Kollaros

Members:  

  1. Efstratios Karavasilis
  2. Ioannis Antonakos

Committees (2022 - 2024)

1. Ethics Committee

President Pantelis Karaiskos

Members:

  1. Theodoros Skouras
  2. Despoina Akrividou

2. Innovation Committee

President Nikolaos Kollaros

 

Members:

  1. Efstratios Karavasilis
  2. Ioannis Antonakos

1. Ethics Committee (2020 - 2022)

Members:

  1. Pantelis Karaiskos
  2. Panagiotis Kipouros
  3. George Kagkadis

2. Innovation Committee (2020 - 2022)

Members:

  1. Nikos Kollaros
  2. Efstratios Karavasilis
  3. Panagiοtis Papadogiannis

3. Public Relations and Communication Committee (2020 - 2022)

Coordinator: G. Pappa

Members:

  1. Panagiotis Arxontakis
  2. Despoina Stasinou
  3. Mixalis Psaras

1. Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Committee (2018-2020)

Coordinator: G. Messaris

Deputy Coordinator: E. Koutsouveli

Members:

  1. Efstathopoulos Efstathios
  2. Baras Panagiotis
  3. Pappas Evaggelos
  4. Sgouros Nikolaos
  5. Sotiropoulou Panagiota

2. Public Relations and Communication Committee (2018-2020)

Coordinator: An. Siountas

Deputy Coordinator: V. Tsapaki

Members:

  1. Papadopoulos Ioannis
  2. Prentou Georgia
  3. Prentou Eleni
  4. Servitzoglou Nafsika
  5. Psarouli Efthymia

3. Education and Training Committees (2018-2020)

Coordinator: I. Seimenis

Deputy Coordinator: K. Platoni, A. Makridou

3.1 Education and Training Committee in "Radiology Physics & Medical Imaging with Ionizing Radiation"

Members:

  1. Manetou Aggeliki
  2. Papageorgiou Evaggelia
  3. Papadopoulou Despoina
  4. Papanastasiou Emmanouil
  5. Tsalafoutas Ioannis

3.2 Education and Training Committee in "Radiotherapy Physics"

Members:

  1. Antypas Cristos
  2. Dilvoi Maria
  3. Karaiskos Pantelis
  4. Moutsatsos Anargyros

3.3 Education and Training Committee on "Nuclear Medicine Physics"

Members:

  1. Kipouros Panagiotis
  2. Lyra Maria
  3. Metaxas Marinos
  4. Dalianis Constantinos
  5. Samartzis Alexandros

3.4 Education and Training Committee on "Medical Imaging and Treatment with Non-Ionizing Radiation"

Members:

  1. Coulouris Charalambos
  2. Koutsogiannis Constantinos
  3. Maris Thomas
  4. Samaras Theodoros

4.Ethics Committee (2018-2020)

  1. Pantelis Karaiskos
  2. Panagiwtis Kipouros
  3. Eirini Ksyrafi

Publιc Affairs & Communication (2016-2018)
Coordinator: Efi Koutsouveli
Members:

  • Maria Dilvoi
  • Vicky Papathanasopoulou
  • Georgia Prentou
  • Eleni Prentou
  • Eleni Terzoudi

Education Committee (2016-2018)
Coordinator: Christos Antypas
Members:

  • Kiki Theodorou
  • Pantelis Karaiskos
  • Marinos Metaxas
  • Theodoros Samaras
  • Ioannis Seimenis
  • Ioannis Tsalfoutas

Ethics Committee (2016-2018)

  • Theodoros Skouras
  • Irini Xirafi
  • Ioannis Seimenis
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