SAMIRA Study on criteria for acceptability of medical radiological equipment (CARE) Project

Publication Date: Mar 27th, 2025 21:34, Category: EFOMP Announcements

The European Institute for Biomedical Imaging Research (EIBIR), in cooperation with the European Federation of Organisations for Medical Physics (EFOMP), EANM Research, Ltd. (EARL) and European Society of Radiology (ESR), is proud to have been awarded the European Commission Tender ‘SAMIRA Study on criteria for acceptability of medical radiological equipment’ (acronym: CARE).

The project began on 25 November 2024 and extends until 24 November 2026.

The project is led by Ms. Monika Hierath (EIBIR, AT), with scientific coordination by Dr. Marco Brambilla (EFOMP, IT) and aims to update the criteria for acceptability of medical radiological equipment, given technological and regulatory changes in diagnostic radiology, nuclear medicine and radiotherapy since the 2012 publication of Radiation Protection Series N° 162.

Project objectives:

• Update existing criteria for acceptability in RP 162 in line with the current state of technical and equipment standards and methods for assessing relevant technical parameters and the latest modifications of the applicable Euratom and EU legal provisions
• Update and extend the criteria for acceptability to new types of equipment used in radiodiagnostic and radiotherapeutic procedures, interventional radiology, and other medical applications of ionising radiation for planning, guiding and verification purposes
• Identify equipment considered obsolete and remove the associated criteria for acceptability from the updated publication

Read more about this project on the website.