The Radiopaedia Reading Room Podcast 15. Medical imaging physics with Zoe Brady and Matt Skalski
May 1, 2023
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Day To Day Of A Medical Imaging Physicist
- Diagnostic imaging physicists juggle unpredictable radiation incidents, equipment installs, regulatory work and staff exposure counselling as routine parts of the job.
- Zoe is radiation safety officer; examples include radioactive spills, staff forgetting lead aprons in fluoro and counselling pregnant patients about fetal dose.
Use X Ray Through Glass For Isolation Imaging
- Use X-rays through glass to reduce staff infection risk and speed imaging in isolation rooms by keeping equipment outside the patient cubicle.
- At the Alfred they assigned one radiographer outside and one inside and avoided repeated machine decontamination.
Prepared A UVC Laundry For N95 Shortages
- Zoe got involved in UVC decontamination planning during COVID, even designing a UVC 'laundry' to decontaminate scarce N95 masks.
- They prepared the system but fortunately never had to implement returning decontaminated masks to users.