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Radiation physics and protection

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The Radiation Physics and Protection Group provides the following services across Oxfordshire.

• Support for diagnostic imaging – quality assurance programmes.
• Optimisation programmes – the balance between image quality and radiation dose.
• Support to nuclear medicine, nuclear cardiology and oncology.
• Radiopharmacy services.
• Support for non-ionising radiations – lasers, UV, ultrasound, MR.
• Regulatory compliance.
• Ethics support for trials involving radiation.
• Teaching and training programmes for all staff groups using radiation.
• Comprehensive radiation protection services, including staff radiation dose monitoring and minimisation.
• Support to HIFU  (High Intensity Focused Ultrasound).

Teaching and training

We provide: 

• courses in radiation and laser safety for other staff groups
• teaching for radiologists undertaking FRCR
• accredited training for healthcare scientists, medical physics pathway.

Find us and contact us

• Ms Therese Crawley
  Head of Radiation Physics and Protection
  Department of Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering
  Churchill Hospital
  
  Email: therese.crawley@ouh.nhs.uk
  Tel: 01865 235340