{"id":576,"date":"2015-10-22T14:10:42","date_gmt":"2015-10-22T18:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/radiology\/?page_id=576"},"modified":"2026-01-14T11:12:52","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T16:12:52","slug":"medical-physics-support","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/radiology\/resources\/medical-physics-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical Physics Support"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15132 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/radiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2025\/03\/IMG_3625-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"scanner\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/radiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2025\/03\/IMG_3625-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/radiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2025\/03\/IMG_3625-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/radiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2025\/03\/IMG_3625-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/radiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2025\/03\/IMG_3625-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/radiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2025\/03\/IMG_3625-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/radiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2025\/03\/IMG_3625-267x200.jpg 267w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3>Mission<\/h3>\n<p>The Mission of the Division of Diagnostic Medical Physics is to assure the safe and effective delivery of radiation to achieve a diagnostic or therapeutic result as prescribed in patient care. The Medical Physics Division performs, educates, or supervises the pertinent procedures necessary to achieve this objective. This objective is met at a minimum through the performance testing and monitoring of radiation producing equipment for adherence to applicable state and federal regulations.<\/p>\n<h3>Responsibilities<\/h3>\n<p>Responsibilities of the diagnostic medical physicist:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Protection of the patient and others from potentially harmful or excessive radiation<\/li>\n<li>Establishment of adequate protocols to ensure accurate patient dosimetry<\/li>\n<li>The measurement and characterization of radiation<\/li>\n<li>The determination of delivered dose<\/li>\n<li>Advancement of procedures necessary to ensure image quality<\/li>\n<li>Development and direction of quality assurance programs<\/li>\n<li>Assistance to other health care professionals in optimizing the balance between the beneficial and deleterious effects of radiation<\/li>\n<li>Education of both attendings and residents on the safe use and science of medical imaging<\/li>\n<li>While we work closely with Radiation Oncology, their group and physicists can be found here<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Human Investigations Involving Radiation (HIRE) Committee<\/h3>\n<p>Use of ionizing radiation in human research in any manner that does not directly benefit the patient\/subject (i.e. beyond standard of care) must be approved by the Radiation Safety Committee (RSC), specifically the <strong>Human Investigations Involving Radiation Exposure (HIRE)<\/strong> subcommittee. The HIRE committee is made up of medical physicists, health physicists, and practicing physicians.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on HIRE, contact <a href=\"mailto:arg2n@Virginia.EDU\">Allen Goode<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/radiology\/staff-resources\/medical-physics-support\/hire-forms\/\">HIRE Forms<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Contact Us<\/h4>\n<h5>Urgent Issues<\/h5>\n<p>Physicist on call 24 hours\/7 days a week: PIC#9463<\/p>\n<h5>Non-Urgent Issues<\/h5>\n<p>For non-urgent issues, contact one of <a href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/radiology\/staff-resources\/medical-physics-support\/staff-bios-and-contact-info\/\">our staff<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mission The Mission of the Division of Diagnostic Medical Physics is to assure the safe and effective delivery of radiation to achieve a diagnostic or therapeutic result as prescribed in patient care. 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