Radiation Safety Guide for Nuclear Medicine Professionals

Basics of Radiation Physics.- Radiation Quantities and Units.- Interaction of Radiation with Matter.- Working mechanism of Radiation Detectors used in NM.- Radiation Protection Standards in relation to ICRP recommendations.- Radiation Hazards Evaluation and Control.- Occupational and Public Exposure in Nuclear Medicine.- Biological Bases of Radiation Protection.- Planning of Nuclear Medicine facilities & including Shielding Calculations.- Planning & Design of High Dose Therapy Facility.- Planning & Design of Medical Cyclotron Facility.- Radiation Safety consideration during Radiopharmaceutical preparation.- NEMA and Routine Quality Control of SPECT & SPECT-CT.- NEMA and Routine Quality control of PET-CT.- Personnel Monitoring & Radiation Protection Survey in Nuclear Medicine.- Radiological Safety Consideration in Nuclear Medicine.- Radiation Emergencies and its Preparedness.- Radioactive Waste Disposal including disused radioactive sources.- Internal Dosimetry.- CT Dosimetry.- Transport of Radioactive Material.- Legislation and Role of National Regulatory Authority in Nuclear Medicine.- International Scenario in Nuclear Medicine Regulations.- MCQs in in Nuclear Medicine.

Dr. Pankaj Tandon heads the technical services section (TSS), radiological safety division (RSD) of Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB), Mumbai, Govt. of India. He completed his post-graduate degree in physics, post-graduate diploma in radiological physics and later completed his doctorate in nuclear medicine. He has more than 27 years of experience in nuclear medicine and is known as a pioneer in the field. He has more than 150 research publications in national and international journals to his credit in the field of medical physics and nuclear medicine and has published chapters in various books on nuclear medicine. Dr Tandon is a lead assessor of National Accreditation Board for Calibration and Testing Laboratories (NABL) and principal assessor for National Accreditation Board for Hospital and Health Care Providers (NABH), Quality Council of India. He is life member of various national and international associations and visiting faculty of various universities in India.Apart from this, he is a member of various international committees and represents India in many forums abroad.

Dr Tandon is a fellow of the International Union Against Cancer (UICC), Indian College of Nuclear Medicine (ICNM) and College of Medical Physicist of India (CMPI). He is a Ph.D guide for two universities and involved in various research projects on dosimetry and safety related issues and developed quality assurance protocols for NM imaging modalities. He is also member of Board of The Council of Nuclear Medicine Science and Technology (CNMST), India.

Dr Tandon is a recipient of many prestigious awards like Homi Bhabha Oration from Society of Nuclear Medicine India (SNMI), Ernest O. Lawrence Oration from Nuclear Medicine Physicist Association of India (NMPAI), and Special Recognition Award by India Express Health Care for promoting radiation safety for patients and four Group Achievement Awards from Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB).