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The 16th National Conference “Ionising Radiation in Medicine” PJOMED 2025, organised by the National Centre for Radiation Protection in Health Care, was held on June 9-10, 2025, as a hybrid event: at the Alfred Biedermann’s Palace in Łódź and online on the dedicated website pjomed.pl. Conference guests – both those present on-site and those participating remotely – had the opportunity to participate in discussions and exchange their own experiences or views on the topics presented.

The Conference was led by: Dariusz Kluszczyński, Director of the National Centre for Radiation Protection in Health Care and Adam Grabowski, Deputy Director of KCORwOZ. The proceedings were opened by Dariusz Kluszczyński, who welcomed the guests and outlined the subject of the Conference. Then Joanna Kujawa, Head of the Department of Environmental Health at the Department of Public Health, Ministry of Health read the letter addressed to the participants of the Conference by the Minister of Health. The introductory speeches were also given by Monika Zakrzewska Monika Zakrzewska – Head of the Radiation Hygiene Department at the Chief Sanitary Inspectorate and Andrzej Głowacki, President of the National Atomic Energy Agency. President Głowacki gave a short presentation, in which he emphasized the role of the Polish nuclear regulator in the context of radiological protection, but also the importance of cooperation between institutions. He discussed, among others, cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency in the implementation of national projects in two main areas: preparation for nuclear power engineering and strengthening radiation protection in the health service, as well as joint activities of the PAA and KCORwOZ implemented in the field of nuclear medicine, PET imaging and interventional radiology, as part of technical cooperation with the IAEA in 2024-2025. During the opening, a recording of the introduction by Professor Jerzy Walecki, National Consultant in the field of radiology and imaging diagnostics, addressed to the participants of the PJOMED 2025 Conference was also played.

This year’s edition of the PJOMED 2025 Conference will be on the optimization of patient exposure during interventional radiology procedures. Issues related to the prevention of adverse tissue reactions in patients undergoing procedures using ionising radiation will be addressed. The Conference, aimed at strengthening radiation protection in healthcare, will also cover the issues of dosimetry and quality control of radiological and auxiliary devices, considering new legal requirements and technological possibilities.

The Conference was opened by a lecture by Jeremi Olechnowicz from the CSIRT CeZ, e-Health Center on cybersecurity in the healthcare sector. Lt. Col. Dsc, Eng Tomasz Dawidowicz from the Military Preventive Medicine Center –Modlin presented the activities of the Military Sanitary Inspection, including the method of monitoring radiation threats in the country. Dr. Arkadiusz Trzos from the Department of Disaster Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College discussed the state of preparedness of the healthcare service in Poland for radiation and nuclear events in the context of the current international situation. This lecture was prepared together with Dr. Karol Łyziński. The POL9028 project, implemented in cooperation with the IAEA, was the subject of two lectures by members of the KCORwOZ team – Karolina Kacprzak and Lucjan Pfajfer. In the lecture by Professor Joanna Domienik-Andrzejewska, presented by Dr. Marcin Brodecki, the importance and proposed value ​​of dose constraints in interventional cardiology were indicated. In turn, passive environmental and emergency dosimetry in ionising radiation monitoring was the subject of a presentation by Professor Maciej Budzanowski from the Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences. Director of KCORwOZ, DSc, Eng Dariusz Kluszczyński, presented an analysis of medical exposure for the Polish population in terms of the number of procedures performed and the dose per average resident of Poland in computed tomography, interventional radiology, nuclear medicine, radiography and mammography. Katarzyna Jeziorska from KCORwOZ presented a lecture on clinical audits and unintended or accidental exposures.

Marcin Drabek from KCORwOZ discussed the issues of ethics and communication with patients undergoing medical radiological procedures. DSc, Eng Dariusz Kluszczyński discussed radiation risk, including risk indicators: ERR, ER, AR, as well as current risk models. Unintentional exposures in the context of legal regulations and clinical practice were presented by Marta Rowińska from the University Clinical Center, Gdańsk. Analysis of occupational exposure of workers’ hands due to procedures related to the preparation and injection of radiopharmaceuticals was the subject of a lecture by Dr. Łukasz Albiniak from the Department of Nuclear Physics and Radiation Safety, University of Lodz. DSc, Eng Łukasz Michalik from the Ionizing Radiation Laboratory, GUM discussed in detail the comparative method for the analysis of isotope spectra. The lecture entitled “Interventional radiology – proper image and dose for the patient” was given by Andrzej Lutak from QualyMed. In turn, DSc, Eng Beata Englisz-Jurgielewicz from the Medical Physics Department of the GL Center presented practical aspects of dose monitoring in tomographic examinations. The closing lecture of the Conference, presenting the analysis of surveys regarding quality control tests of radiological and auxiliary equipment conducted in accredited laboratories, was given by Katarzyna Zbaraszewska from KCORwOZ.

Honorary Patrons of the event were: the Minister of Health, the President of the National Atomic Energy Agency (PAA), National Consultant for radiology and diagnostic imaging, National Consultant for nuclear medicine, National Consultant for radiation oncology, President of the Supreme Medical Council, the Polish Society of Nuclear Medicine, the Polish Medical Society of Radiology and the Polish Society of Medical Physics.

PJOMED 2025 Conference was attended by more than 180 participants, most of whom came to the sessions in person. Among them were doctors, physicists, representatives of the State Sanitary Inspectorate and health care units from all over the country, representatives of academic units from Lodz, radiation protection inspectors, representatives of health care units from all over the country and students.

The Organising Committee of the 16th National Conference “Ionising Radiation in Medicine” PJOMED 2025 expresses its gratitude to all Conference participants. We are grateful for your interest and positive reception of the event, and we invite you to the next edition of the PJOMED Conference in 2026!

Conference programme and registration form available here.

The symposium “From Industry to Medicine – How Physics Forms Tomorrow”, organized by National Centre for Radiation Protection in Health Care and Faculty of Physics and Applied Informatics of University of Łódź, took place on April 10, 2025.

The symposium was attended by, among others, Regional Consultant in Medical Physics for the province of Łódź, as well as representatives of Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine in Łódź, Medical University of Łódź, Łódź University of Technology, Department of Medical Physics at Provincial Multispecialist Centre of Oncology and Traumatology in Łódź, Stefan Batory Academy of Applied Sciences in Skierniewice, State Sanitary Inspectorate from Łódź, Poznań, Białystok, and Gorzów Wielkopolski and represenatatives of National Centre for Radiation Protection in Health Care. The audience also included scientists, university lecturers, students at the University of Łódź, teachers and students at senior secondary school, and others interested in the topics discussed.

The symposium was opened by Tomasz Gwizdałła – Dean of the Faculty of Physics and Applied Informatics at the University of Łódź. An introductory speech was also given by Dariusz Kluszczyński, Director National Centre for Radiation Protection in Health Care. The opening session was concluded by Małgorzata Wrzesień – Vice-Rector for Education of the University of Łódź.

In first part of symposium, the speakers were: Sławomir Jednoróg (Central Laboratory for Radiological Protection in Warsaw), who discussed issues related to nuclear fusion, and Jerzy Wojciech Mietelski (Institute of Nuclear Physics of Polish Academy of Sciences in Kraków), who presented the results of his research on plutonium contamination in Poland and worldwide.

The second part of symposium began with lecture by Maciej Budzanowski (Institute of Nuclear Physics of Polish Academy of Sciences in Kraków), who addressed the topic of Polish thermoluminescent detectors (TLDs). The next speaker was Tomasz Piotrowski (Greater Poland Cancer Centre in Poznań, president of Polish Society of Medical Physics), who introduced the Polish intraoperative radiotherapy device – Aqure. The symposium concluded with presentation by Maciej Ślot (Faculty of Physics and Applied Informatics of University of Łódź) on the use of radio waves in the diagnosis of heart failure.

We would like to inform you that on 2-3.04.2025, a workshop in a hybrid form with the title New Techniques (AI) in Interventional Radiology will be held under POL9028 project entitled Preventing Tissue Reactions in Interventional Procedures, implemented within the framework of technical cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA TC). More information here.