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Links to Useful Free Resources

Western Australian Radiation Safety Regulations

Radiation Safety Act 1975

Radiation Safety (General) Regulations 1983

Radiation Safety (Qualifications) Regulations 1980

Radiation Safety (Transport of Radioactive Substances) Regulations 2002

Radiological Council of Western Australia

Radiological Council Diagnostic X-ray Equipment Compliance Testing Program

National Codes of Practice for Radiation Protection

ARPANSA RPS C-1: Code for Radiation Protection in Planned Exposure Situations

ARPANSA RPS C-5: Code for Radiation Protection in Medical Exposure

ARPANSA RPS No. 8: Code of Practice for the Exposure of Humans to Ionizing Radiation for Research Purposes (2005)

Radiology Accreditation and QA Program Requirements

Department of Health Diagnostic Imaging Accreditation Scheme (DIAS)

RANZCR/NATA Medical Imaging Accreditation Program (MIAP)

RANZCR Mammography Quality Assurance Program (MQAP)

RANZCR CT Image Review Self Audit

ARPANSA Diagnostic Reference Levels Service

Australasian College of Physical Scientists and Engineers in Medicine (ACPSEM) Position Papers

ACPSEM Position Paper on the Roles and Responsibilities of Qualified Medical Physics Specialists

ACPSEM Recommendations for a Technical Quality Control Program for Diagnostic X-Ray Equipment

ACPSEM Recommendations for a Digital Mammography Quality Assurance Program V4.0

International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) Publications

ICRP Publication 135: Diagnostic Reference Levels in Medical Imaging

ICRP Publication 121: Radiological Protection in Paediatric Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology

ICRP Publication 120: Radiological Protection in Cardiology

ICRP Publication 118: ICRP Statement on Tissue Reactions / Early and Late Effects of Radiation in Normal Tissues and Organs

ICRP Publication 117: Radiological Protection in Fluoroscopically Guided Procedures outside the Imaging Department

ICRP Publication 105: Radiological Protection in Medicine

ICRP Publication 103: The 2007 Recommendations of the International Commission on Radiological Protection

ICRP Publication 102: Managing Patient Dose in Multi-Detector Computed Tomography (MDCT)

ICRP Publication 93: Managing Patient Dose in Digital Radiology

ICRP Publication 60: 1990 Recommendations of the International Commission on Radiological Protection

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Publications

IAEA HHS No. 1: Quality Assurance for PET and PET/CT Systems

IAEA HHS No. 6: Quality Assurance for SPECT Systems

IAEA HHS No. 19: Quality Assurance Programme for Computed Tomography: Diagnostic and Therapy Applications

IAEA HHS No. 24: Dosimetry in Diagnostic Radiology for Paediatric Patients

IAEA HHS No. 25: Roles and Responsibilities, and Education and Training Requirements for Clinically Qualified Medical Physicists

IAEA HHS No. 27: PET/CT Atlas on Quality Control and Image Artefacts

IAEA HHS No. 36: SPECT/CT Atlas of Quality Control and Image Artefacts

IAEA HHR No. 5: Status of Computed Tomography Dosimetry for Wide Cone Beam Scanners

IAEA HHR No. 15: Medical Physics Staffing Needs in Diagnostic Imaging and Radionuclide Therapy

IAEA TRS No. 457: Dosimetry in Diagnostic Radiology: An International Code of Practice

American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Reports

AAPM Position Statement on the Use of Patient Gonadal and Fetal Shielding

Report No. 270 - Display Quality Assurance

Report No. 246 - Estimating Patient Organ Dose with Computed Tomography

Report No. 233 - Performance Evaluation of Computed Tomography Systems

Report No. 204 - Size-Specific Dose Estimates (SSDE) in Pediatric and Adult Body CT Examinations

Report No. 181 - The Selection, Use, Calibration, and Quality Assurance of Radionuclide Calibrators Used in Nuclear Medicine 

Report No. 177 - Acceptance Testing and Annual Physics Survey Recommendations for Gamma Camera, SPECT, and SPECT/CT

Report No. 175 - Acceptance Testing and Quality Control of Dental Imaging Equipment

Report No. 126 - PET/CT Acceptance Testing and Quality Assurance

Report No. 108 - AAPM Task Group 108: PET and PET/CT Shielding Requirements

Report No. 096 - The Measurement, Reporting, and Management of Radiation Dose in CT

Medical Physics Profession

Australasian College of Physical Scientists and Engineers in Medicine (ACPSEM)

ACPSEM: What is Medical Physics?

ACPSEM Skills Assessment for Skilled Migration

ACPSEM Continuing Professional Development

ACPSEM Training Education and Assessment Program (TEAP)

Medical Physics Education

The University of Western Australia - Medical Physics

IAEA Diagnostic Radiology Physics free textbook

IAEA Nuclear Medicine Physics free textbook

X-Ray Radiation Compliance Testing

Precision Radiation Services

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