title: The role and contribution of a medical physicist in a radiology department.
abstract: This report aims to present the rationale for the integration of a medical physicist in large radiology departments, based on legal regulations and underlying scientific arguments. Examples of contributions of medical physicists are given in the field of radiation monitoring of the patient, occupational exposure of staff, quality assurance programs and technical quality control, together with the role of the physicist in education and in medical research and his contribution to the economics of the department.
authors.affiliation: Dep. ELEC-vub, Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Van Loon
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control; D006283:Health Physics / Q000193:education / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D011786:Quality Control; D011834:Radiation Monitoring; D011835:Radiation Protection; D011872:Radiology Department, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards; D012106:Research; D000078329:Workforce