Update of the EURADOS Strategic Research Agenda – Challenges for Dosimetry of Ionising Radiation in Medical Applications

The European Radiation Dosimetry Group (EURADOS) was founded in 1981. It comprises a self-sustainable network of about 70 European institutions, such as research centres, university institutes, reference laboratories, dosimetry services and companies. The aim of the network is to promote European cooperation in research and development in the dosimetry of ionizing radiation and its implementation in routine practice, in order to contribute to compatibility within Europe and conformance with international practices. In 2014 the European Radiation Dosimetry Group (EURADOS) has published its first Strategic Research Agenda (SRA) which was intended to contribute to the identification of future research needs in radiation dosimetry in Europe. This SRA of EURADOS is being used as a guideline for the activities of the EURADOS Working Groups. It is noted that the efforts of EURADOS to develop an SRA for dosimetry, complement efforts of other European platforms such as MELODI, ALLIANCE, NERIS and EURAMED which have developed their own SRA in the fields of low-dose research, radioecology, emergency preparedness, and medical applications, respectively. Taken together, these SRAs will allow identification of research needs in Europe, in the general scientific field of radiation research, with the final goal of improving radiation protection of workers and the public. A detailed version of the present EURADOS SRA can be downloaded as a EURADOS report, from the EURADOS website (www.eurados.org).