IAFR

DVI for Radiographers in Melbourne
2023-10-21 08:30 - 17:00 (Australia/Melbourne) | Royal Melbourne Hospital, 300 Grattan St, Parkville, VIC, 305 2, Australia
The ANZ-IAFR is proud to offer another Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) course for Radiographers with a practical session in Melbourne!This course will provide attendees with knowledge to understand the DVI process, a radiographer’s role in the multidisciplinary team and the pros and cons of different imaging equipment in various scenarios.This is run as a two part course:1. An online theory course which MUST be completed at least 48 hours prior to the practical workshop. The online course will take approximately 7 hours to complete and confirmation of completion must be brought to the practical workshop. Please ensure you allow adequate time to complete the online theory course otherwise you will not be able to attend the practical workshop.2. The practical workshop which will be held on Saturday 21 October 2023 at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. Places are limited to 20 participants (N.B. Trybooking charges a 50c booking fee)

This is a 1-day event with morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea provided. Registration open from 8.30am, with the program running 9am-5pm.

IAFR Member $750
ASMIRT/NZIMRT Member $950
Non Member $1150

Book via link
https://www.trybooking.com/CLNPD
Registration close at midnight (AEDT) on Saturday 7th October 2023.
Programme DVI Melb 23

NAI Workshop for Radiographers - Coffs Harbour, NSW
2023-10-14 08:00 - 17:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Coffs Harbour Health Campus, 345 Pacific Highway, Coffs Harbour, NSW, 2450, Australia
The purpose of this course is to provide further education on the medicolegal aspects of non-accidental injuries (NAI) in paediatrics, the importance of the radiographic projections required, tips for positioning and documentation.
The course has 2 parts:
1. An online component is required to be completed at least 48 hours prior to the workshop and will take approximately 2-2.5 hours to complete. The link to the online component will be emailed to you upon registration. Please ensure you give yourself adequate time to complete the theory component, as you will not be able to attend the practical without completing it!
2. The practical workshop will be held at the Medical Imaging department in Coffs Harbour Health Campus on Saturday 14th October 2023. Please note the workshop is approximately 1.5 hours long. The workshops will be spaced throughout throughout the day, starting at 0900. You must attend 15 minutes prior to the start of your workshop for registration.
There are a number of sessions to choose from:
0900-1030
1100-1230
1300-1430
1500-1630
Book your spot now! Link below or copy paste the following into your browser.
https://www.trybooking.com/CMAXY
Now is a great time to be an IAFR member, not only do you get a great discount to this learning and workshop, but access to all of our CPD through our portal.
IAFR $ 150 AUD
ASMIRT/NZIMRT $250 AUD
Non-Member $350 AUD

NAI Workshop for Radiographers - Shepparton, VIC
2023-09-30 09:00 - 16:30 (Australia/Melbourne) | Goulburn Valley Health, 2/2-48 Graham St, Shepparton, VIC, 3630, Australia
The purpose of this course is to provide further education on the medicolegal aspects of non-accidental injuries (NAI) in paediatrics, the importance of the radiographic projections required, tips for positioning and documentation.
The course has 2 parts:
1. An online component is required to be completed at least 48 hours prior to the workshop and will take approximately 2-2.5 hours to complete. The link to the online component will be emailed to you upon registration. Please ensure you give yourself adequate time to complete the theory component, as you will not be able to attend the practical without completing it!
2. The practical workshop will be held at the Medical Imaging department in Goulburn Valley Health, Shepparton on Saturday 30th September 2023. Please note the workshop is approximately 1.5 hours long. The workshops will be spaced throughout throughout the day, starting at 0900. You must attend 15 minutes prior to the start of your workshop for registration.
There are a number of sessions to choose from:
0900-1030
1100-1230
1300-1430
1500-1630
Book your spot now! Link below or copy paste the following into your browser.
https://www.trybooking.com/CJJFH
Now is a great time to be an IAFR member, not only do you get a great discount to this learning and workshop, but access to all of our CPD through our portal.

ANZ Branch Webinar : Mortuary Affairs on Operations
2023-09-27 20:00 - 21:30 (Australia/Melbourne) | Online
The ANZ Branch of the IAFR is hosting the AGM on 27 Sep 23 at 7pm AEST.
After the AGM, Major Steve Rusman – Army Senior Radiographer (and committee member) will be presenting a webinar on the conduct of Military Mortuary Affairs whilst deployed on Operations.
This webinar will discuss the planning and conduct of Mortuary Affairs whilst deployed on Operations. Considerations for the Command and Control of Mortuary Affairs Officers and those involved with the logistics of moving Human Remains within and out of an Area of Operations. We will discuss pre-incident planning and what can happen when these processes aren’t well understood. Finally I will give examples on how to setup a field mortuary, and how to change the layout to include CBRN threats.
Major Steve Rusman is the Army Senior Radiographer and is currently posted to the 2nd Health Battalion at Gallipoli Barracks in Brisbane. He has deployed overseas to Iraq 3 times in support of Operation Okra, Australia’s commitment to disrupting ISIS operations in Iraq. Steve has also deployed to Papua New Guinea, Timor Leste (East TImor) and to other remote parts of Australia.
Register now at https://www.trybooking.com/CLMOC

IAFR Annual General Meeting 2023
2023-09-02 08:00 - 11:00 (Europe/London) | Online
The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the IAFR will be held on Saturday 2nd of September at 07:00 GMT/UTC (08:00 BST / 17:00 AEST). More detailed information and the Zoom link to the meeting has been emailed to members. After the AGM we have two webinars that can be accessed via IAFR eLearning site.
Schedule (all times GMT/UTC)
07:00 Annual General Meeting
08:00 Edel Doyle: “Proposed Radiation Doses from a Phantom Study for NAI Skeletal Survey X-ray Series”
This presentation outlines an ongoing research study into optimum radiation dose levels in radiography skeletal surveys of children who are the suspected victims of physical abuse.

08:30 Dr Heli Maijanen: “CT imaging in archaeology and anthropology”

This presentation gives a short overview of how CT imaging is used in archaeology and especially in research of deceased individuals in both archaeological and anthropological contexts. It highlights the importance of imaging in mummy studies, paleopathological research and in creating standards for contemporary individuals for identification purposes.
Speaker bios
Edel Doyle
Edel graduated from University College Dublin in 2005. She worked in Dublin for 9 years where she was involved in NAI imaging of children. Edel has been a member of the IAFR since 2007 and has served on the international committee since 2012 in the roles of Chair, Secretary, Membership Secretary and International Liaison Officer. She is a founding member of the ANZ branch of the IAFR and has served on the ANZ-IAFR committee since 2018 in the roles of Secretary and DVI Coordinator. She led the pilot of the IAFR’s NAI practical workshop in Australia last year and in New Zealand earlier this year, both of which were very positively received. Edel works full time as a National Quality Governance Officer with a private imaging company writing policies and procedures. She lives in Melbourne and is enrolled part-time in a PhD at Monash University.
Dr Heli Maijanen
Heli Maijanen is a biological anthropologist who works as a university lecturer at the University of Oulu, Finland. She teaches human osteology and bioarchaeology for bachelor’s and master’s students. Maijanen received her PhD from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA, where her focus was on forensic anthropology and on the study of human remains.

UK Branch Annual General Meeting 2023
2023-08-23 19:00 - 20:30 (Europe/London) | Online
The UK Branch of the IAFR will have their Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 23rd August at 19:30 BST. The meeting link has been emailed to members.
Before (19:00) and after (20:00) the AGM are free webinars. Members can access the webinars via eLearning platform as normal and non-members can use the code iafrukagmfree for free access.
https://iafr-elearning.thinkific.com/
Schedule
19:00 Student Session – Three recently graduated students share placement experiences and present findings from their dissertations:
Ali Woodgate – Experiences from an elective placement in PMCT
Aoife McCarthy – PMMRI vs Autopsy in non-suspicious paediatric deaths
Sara Omar – Knowledge and opinions of student radiographers regarding forensic radiography
19:30 UK Branch AGM – for members only
20:00 Postgraduate opportunities in Forensic Radiography – Advice and experience from every stage of a Forensic Radiographers career:
Dr. Claire Robinson MBE – the first Consultant Radiographer in Post-Mortem CT
Amy-Lee Brookes – Advanced Practice Radiographer and PMCT Service Manager
How to get into forensic/ Post-Mortem imaging, opportunities for career progression within the field and questions from the audience

SORSA 2023 Congress
2023-08-18 - 2023-08-19
The SORSA 2023 Congress is held in association with ISMRT from 18 to 19 August 2023 at the Century City Conference Centre (CCCC) in Cape Town, South Africa.
The theme for this congress, ‘Radiography- a new dawn’, will cater for all disciplines of radiography, exposing delegates to the latest technological advances and the most informative and stimulating academic engagements. This congress will be hybrid in nature where there will be both face-to face and virtual attendance and presentations. The congress will be accredited for CPD.
Highlights of the programme include:
Advances in imaging & radiation therapy | Advances, challenges and opportunities in radiation protection | Ethical Practice | Artificial intelligence | Forensic Radiography | Education Workshop | Student Research | Disease Profiles in SA | MRI tract hosted by the ISMRT
Learn more: https://consultus.eventsair.com/sorsa-2023-congress

IAFR Webinar: Managing the DVI Scene
2023-07-26 10:00 - 11:00 (Europe/London) | Online
Date: 26 th July 2023
Time: 09.00 UTC / 19.00 AEST
Presenter: Inspector Rod Anderson
Abstract
Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) is the term given to procedures used to positively identify
deceased victims of a multiple casualty event. One of the greatest problems arising from any
incident involving multiple fatalities is the identification of victims to the satisfaction of the
Coroner.
The scene(s) should be treated as crime scene(s) and all human remains left in situ until the arrival
of Crime Scene Investigation and DVI recovery teams, in accordance with jurisdictional policies.
The scene(s) is photographed and the position of all human remains recorded. The human
remains are then labelled, recovered and transported to the mortuary. Relevant property located
at the scene is collected and recorded.
Bio
Inspector Rod Anderson APM, joined the AFP in 1990. Currently, he is the Officer-in-Charge of
Tuggeranong Police Station in the ACT and is the AFP DVI Commander since 2008. E is also the
current Chair of the Australian and New Zealand Police Advisory Agency (ANZPAA) DVI Committee
(ADVIC).
Having been involved in Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) since joining the Search & Rescue
Team in 1996, Inspector Anderson has attended in a command role, a number of major disasters
locally, nationally and internationally. These include the Asian Tsunami in 2005, Victorian
Bushfires in 2009 and a number of aircraft crashes both in Australia and overseas. The most
recent incident he attended was the Whakaari / White island volcano eruption in December 2019
as the Police Forward Commander.
Registration: https://iafr-elearning.thinkific.com/
IAFR Members: Free
Non-members: $15

ANZ Branch Webinar : Medical Imaging - A Role In Brain Death AND Clinical Workup of the Organ Donor
2023-06-28 20:00 - 21:30 (Australia/Melbourne) | Online
BOOK NOW!
https://www.trybooking.com/CIWPA

Join the ANZ branch of the IAFR for their next webinar which combines two presentations, ‘Medical
Imaging: A role in brain death’ by Shannon Crick and ‘Clinical workup of the organ donor’ by Dr Rohit
D’Costa.
Shannon Crick is the Deputy Director of Medical Imaging at Calvary Public Hospital in the ACT, and
modality lead for CT and XR. She has previously worked as the Clinical Educator at The Canberra
Hospital, where she collaborated with the ICU Critical Care team and the ACT Donate Life team to
provide education to staff around imaging for brain death and organ donation.
Dr Rohit D’Costa is an intensive care physician at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and the State Medical
Director of DonateLife Victoria.
Brain death occurs when there is irreversible loss of all functions of the brain, including the
brainstem. Determination of whole brain death is required for the legal determination of death in
Australia and New Zealand. If brain death cannot be determined clinically, Medical Imaging plays a
vital role in demonstrating the absence of intracranial blood flow and facilitating conversations
around organ donation.
“Medical Imaging: A role in brain death” by Shannon Crick, outlines the physiology of brain death,
diagnosis and reviews the imaging recommendations of the Australia and New Zealand Intensive
Care Society on brain death. These guidelines provide a roadmap for any hospital imaging centre
willing to engage in the remarkable work of the organ donation teams across Australia.
“Clinical workup of the organ donor” by Dr Rohit D’Costa, will focus on the clinical management,
investigation and facilitation of the organ donation process with particular focus on the types of
radiological tests that may be requested and their rationale.
IAFR Member: Free
ASMIRT/NZMIRT Member: $10
Non-Member: $20
Book via trybooking https://www.trybooking.com/CIWPA

SORSA Webinar: The contribution of radiographic forensic evidence in the investigation of child homicide
2023-06-27 18:30 - 20:30 (Africa/Johannesburg) | Online
We have the pleasure to invite you to join us for a webinar. The Society of Radiographers of South Africa (SORSA) is hosting this webinar in association with the International Association for Forensic Radiographers (IAFR). We welcome registration and participation from both SORSA members and non-members, including radiographers internationally.
The past virtual symposia and webinars hosted by SORSA were well received. I trust that you will find this webinar enriching and meaningful too.
Programme & Speakers
This fascinating webinar will explore the experiences of Teaching Fellow, Laura Knight, in child death investigation cases. Viewers will gain an insight into how the police deal with cases such as these, providing a background of the child protection system and an in depth look at a child homicide case.
All times below are South African time zone (GMT+2)
6:30 PM – 6:59 PM: Meet and Greet
7:00 PM – 7:05 PM: Opening: Dr Fozy Peer | SORSA Public Liaison & Welcome: Dr Riaan van de Venter | SORSA President
7:05 PM – 8:00 PM: The contribution of radiographic forensic evidence in the investigation of child homicide
Laura Knight, UK & Prof Steve Naidoo, Specialist Forensic Pathologist, KZN, South Africa
8:00 PM – 8:05 PM: Closing
8:05 PM – 8:30 PM: Connect with participant
Laura Knight, United Kingdom
Laura is a Teaching Fellow in Diagnostic Radiography & Medical Imaging at the University of Portsmouth, and a Specialist Paediatric & Forensic Radiographer by background. Laura has over 8 years of clinical experience in a specialist children’s hospital, having significant experience undertaking a variety of living and Post-Mortem Skeletal Surveys on children. Laura has undertaken an MSc in Forensic Radiography, is the Secretary & Communications Officer for the UK branch of the IAFR, and a member of the IAFR DVI response register.

Alongside teaching undergraduate students on the Diagnostic Radiography & Medical Imaging programme, Laura is Co-PI for the Portsmouth Child Death Immersion Programme (CDIP). This course brings together healthcare professionals and police in a simulation-based investigation of a suspicious child death. Laura also co-directs the University of Portsmouth element of SIMEX- a mass casualty exercise bringing together registered healthcare professionals and students to undertake a large-scale, immersive simulation.
Prof Steve Naidoo, South Africa
Dr. Steve R. Naidoo is an independent, registered Forensic Pathologist in South Africa. He has a vast experience of around 38 years in forensic pathology. He also worked as joint academic staff of the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) for 18 years and for 8 years, he also worked as Associate Professor and Head of the UKZN Department of Forensic Medicine. He was a member of several professional societies including Forensic Advisory Board of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC); National Forensic Pathology Services Committee (NFPSC) of the National Department of Health. He was the research fellow at School of Law at UKZN until January 2016. He is the first Chair of the African Society of Forensic Medicine (ASFM). He is one of the listed expert on the Justice Rapid Response Association (Geneva, Switzerland). He completed his graduation and post-graduation in medical field from University of Natal, Kwazulu Natal. He has also done a diploma of medicine from College of Medicine of South Africa in 1985. He has contributed in many publications and he has also conducted workshops for forensic medicine.
Registration

Click here to navigate to the registration system to sign up for the complimentary event for SORSA and IAFR members.
CPD certificates are complimentary to SORSA members.
CPD certificates and attendance are available at a cost of R75 per certificate to SORSA non-members. CPD points earned will be submitted to the HPCSA.

ISFRI & IAFR 2023 Congress
2023-05-25 - 2023-05-27
The joined 12th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Forensic Radiology and Imaging (ISFRI) and the 18th Anniversary Meeting of the International Association of Forensic Radiographers (IAFR) will take place at the Palladia hotel in Toulouse, France May 25th – 27th 2023.
The joint ISFRI and IAFR annual meeting is an amazing opportunity to learn the latest developments in this the field of forensic radiology and forensic anthropology. It is also of course an opportunity to meet colleges, old and new friends from all over the world.
The meeting is hosted by the Department of Forensic Medicine at the University Paul Sabatier from Toulouse.
See the congress website to learn more!

ANZ Branch Webinar: Socio-Legal Implications of Virtual Autopsies in Coronial Investigations
2023-03-29 20:00 - 21:30 (Australia/Melbourne) | Online
Join the ANZ branch of the IAFR for their next webinar “Socio-Legal Implications of Virtual Autopsies in Coronial Investigations” by Dr Marc Trabsky

Dr Marc Trabsky is an Associate Professor in Law and an Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow at La Trobe University. He has published Law and the Dead: Technology, Relations and Institutions (Routledge, 2019), which was awarded the Law and Society Association of Australia and New Zealand Book Prize in 2019. His second book, Death: New Trajectories in Law, is in press with Routledge for publication in 2023, and he is co-editing with Associate Professor Imogen Jones the Routledge Handbook of Law and Death for publication in 2024.

In this webinar Dr Marc Trabsky will discuss the scope of his Australian Research Council DECRA project, which examines how forensic imaging technology impacts coronial investigations in Australia. It focuses on how post-mortem computed tomography [CT] has been used to supplement or as a triage for invasive autopsies for the purposes of identifying the deceased and determining the medical cause of a death.
Little is known about how technological modifications to coronial investigations assist or hinder practitioners in fulfilling their legal responsibilities. The project will therefore analyse how forensic imaging technology has transformed coronial investigations since the twentieth century and how it continues to affect the way coroners and other legal personnel working in the jurisdiction understand their roles in the legal system.
If the use of post-mortem CT is to be expanded in Australia, then it is critical to these debates that we examine the social and legal effects of the implementation of forensic imaging technology in coronial investigations.

IAFR Member Free
ASMIRT/NZMIRT Member $10
Non Member $20
Booking via Trybooking: https://www.trybooking.com/CGNBG

ISFRI Webinar: Technical considerations when choosing and installing a CT scanner for post-mortem imaging
2023-03-15 08:00 - 09:00 (America/Phoenix) | Online
The 10th ISFRI Webinar will be held on Wednesday, March 15, 2012 at 08:00 MST (15:00 GMT)
Lecturer: Natalie Adolphi
Title: Technical considerations when choosing and installing a CT scanner for post-mortem imaging
Registration
We will send you the webinar address to your registered email address later.

Note: We are seeing an increase in the number of people entering their email address incorrectly. In that case we will not be able to send you the webinar address.

ISFRI /IAFR members will be able to view it on-demand on the E-learning HP at a later date.

NZ NAI Workshop
2023-02-26 08:00 - 17:00 UTC | Waikato Hospital, New Zealand
The ANZ-IAFR are proud to offer the Non-accidental injury (NAI) course for Radiographers in New Zealand!

The purpose of this course is to provide registrants further education on the medicolegal aspects of non-accidental injuries (NAI) in paediatrics, importance of the radiographic projections required and positioning tips.

This is a two part course.
1. An online component is required to be completed at least 48 hours prior to the workshop and will take approximately 2-2.5 hours to complete. The certificate of completion must be brought to the practical workshop. The online component will be emailed to you on the 5th February 2023.

2. The practical workshop will be held at Waikato Hospital Radiology Department on Sunday 26th February 2023. Please note the workshop is approximately 1.5 hours long. The workshops will be spaced throughout the day, starting at 0800. You must attend 15 minutes prior to the start of your workshop for registration.

The practical workshop allows attendees the opportunity to ask questions about the online content, current imaging guidelines and practice positioning with a lifelike model!

To secure your place, head to https://www.trybooking.co.nz/MSU

REGISTRATION:
IAFR $ 150 NZD
ASMIRT/NZIMRT $250 NZD
Non-Member $350 NZD

DVI Course in New Zealand
2023-02-25 08:30 - 17:00 UTC | Waikato Hospital, New Zealand
The ANZ-IAFR is proud to offer the Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) course for Radiographers in New Zealand!

This course will provide attendees with knowledge to understand the DVI process, a radiographers role in the multi-disciplinary team and the pros and cons of different imaging equipment in various scenarios.

This is run as a two part course with an online component which MUST be completed at least 48 hours prior to the practical component.
The practical component will be held on Saturday 25th February 2023 at Waikato Hospital Radiology Department.

The online theory component will take approximately 7 hours to complete and confirmation of completion must be brought to the practical session.
Please note: the online theory component MUST be completed in order to be allowed to attend the practical session.

Places are limited to 20 participants (NB: trybooking charges a 30c booking fee).

Trybooking link: https://www.trybooking.co.nz/MQO

PRICING:
IAFR members: $650 NZD
ASMIRT/NZIMRT members: $850 NZD
Non-members: $1050 NZD

ANZ Branch Webinar: Mass Disaster Response and Support
2023-02-22 20:00 - 21:30 (Australia/Melbourne) | Online
Join the ANZ branch of the IAFR for their next webinar “Mass disaster response and support” by Tara Mackay.

Tara joined Kenyon International in 2000 as a team member specialising in mass fatality/disaster support such as Search & Recovery, Personal Effects, Embalming and Repatriation. Tara has since expanded her role to Family Assistance and SAT (Special Assistance Team). Tara is the Team Member Regional Coordinator for Australasia and actively recruits and trains new team members for Kenyon.
During her 24 years of working in the death care industry, Tara has worked all around Australia, and overseas including Indonesia, Micronesia, New Zealand, Canada, Germany, Ireland and the UK. Tara is an independent contractor who provides technical support for the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons skills laboratory in Melbourne. She also works as a qualified Embalmer training new students as well as specialising in facial and body reconstruction providing families the opportunity to say their goodbyes.
Tara is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Embalming (FAIE), the Immediate Past Chairman of the British Institute of Embalmers Australasian Division (MBIE) and a Member of the Australian New Zealand Forensic Science Society (ANZSFSS).

This webinar will give an overview of the role Kenyon Emergency Services plays in assisting various governments and private companies to deal with the ramifications of a mass fatality incident. These incidents range from natural disasters or industry accidents, to acts of terror. Kenyon provide services ranging from crisis communication and media liaison to family and survivor support. We also support the various forensic disciplines involved with victim identification and the subsequent repatriation of the deceased to their country of origin.

Trybooking link: https://www.trybooking.com/CFNVC

IAFR Member Free
ASMIRT/NZMIRT Member $5
Non Member $10

ISFRI: PMCT as a supplement to autopsy in daily forensic practice and in a major accident (the Great Belt Bridge rail accident)
2022-12-09 14:00 - 15:00 (Europe/Paris) | Online
9th ISFRI Webinar
PMCT as a supplement to autopsy in daily forensic practice and in a major accident (the Great Belt Bridge rail accident)
December 9th, 2022 at 14:00 CET (UTC+1)
Dr. Peter Mygind Leth, Head of Department of Forensic Pathology, The Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
Registration (free for IAFR members)

Croatian Medical Association: Paleoradiology 2022 (+ Cremation) workshop
2022-12-01 - 2022-12-04
This paleoradiology workshop will inform (bio)archaeologists and anthropologists on radiological methods. The participants will be able to bring their own material to scan it during the workshop and to learn basic information on the use of X-ray, mobile X-ray, CT, micro-CT and postprocessing with “hands-on“ approach during this 3 day workshop in clinical and field settings.
It is possible to combine the Paleoradiology and Cremation workshop. Participants will learn to analyse cremated human remains, applying archaeological, anthropological, and paleoradiological methodology.
The workshop will be held in the University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Croatia (with EU digital COVID certificate). In case of the new disease outbreak the workshop will be held online.

See further details here: https://paleoradiology.ucraft.site/

Webinar: Dual Energy CT Basics, Approaches, and Abdominal Applications
2022-11-16 18:00 - 19:00 (Europe/London) | Online
Dual Energy CT Basics, Approaches, and Abdominal Applications
by Dr. Rebecca Lamoureux
November 16th, 2022 at 18:00 GMT

This talk will discuss the history of dual energy CT and the physical principles governing dual energy CT imaging. Vendor approaches to accomplishing dual energy imaging, radiation doses,
and post-processing techniques will be reviewed. Finally, case examples will be shown demonstrating the clinical features and utility of the DECT images.

Rebecca Lamoureux conducted her PhD research in computed tomography dosimetry. She now works as an Assistant Professor and a Diagnostic Medical Physicist specializing in computed tomography at the University of New Mexico.

Registration free for IAFR members / 12$ for non-members

ANZ Branch Webinar: Spectral, DECT & PMCT
2022-10-26 20:00 - 21:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Online
Join the ANZ branch of the IAFR for their next webinar “Spectral, DECT and Post-mortem CT (PMCT)” presented by Dominic Gascho and Dr Tomoya Kobayashi.

Dominic Gascho:
Mr. Dominic Gascho is Manager of Medical Technical Radiology at the Forensic Institute, University of Zurich and is head of the Post-mortem Imaging Technology research group (a subdivision of the Virtopsy research group). He studied radiologic technology in Austria. After three years of clinical radiology, he switched to forensic post-mortem radiology and imaging and joined the Virtopsy group in September 2012. From 2020 to 2022, he deepened his knowledge in imaging with a university master’s degree in medical physics at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich.

The new technology of photon-counting computed tomography enables new possibilities in forensic imaging. On the one hand, this semiconductor detector technology enables higher resolution (subpixels), lower noise (signal threshold), as well as better soft tissue contrast due to good image quality even at lower energies (constant dependence of detector responsivity to energy). On the other hand, new possibilities arise in material differentiation (virtual mono-energetic imaging and “energy-bin” imaging). This webinar will provide a brief introduction to the photon-counting detector technology and potential applications in forensic imaging.

Dr Tomoya Kobayashi:
Dr Tomoya Kobayashi (RT, Ph.D.) is an Assistant Professor for the Clinical Imaging Department at Tohoku University, and for the Legal Medicine of Social Medicine Department at Nihon University School of Medicine. Dr. Kobayashi is a member of the Post-mortem Imaging Committee, The Japan Association of Radiological Technologists and is currently a director of the Japan Society of Autopsy imaging, and Vice President of The Japanese Society of Autopsy imaging and Technology (JSAiT).

PMCT:
Post-mortem CT (PMCT) is effective in determining the cause of death especially from haemorrhagic causes. Contrast-enhanced PMCT angiography and post-mortem MRI have been reported to detect intravascular embolisms and soft tissue changes, but are not widely used due to relatively long scan time and the expensive cost. As high radiation exposure and dosage is not an issue for a corpse and the body does not move during PMCT, repetitive scanning of the same site is possible, which adds to the image data of the target site. This X-ray summation method applied at PMCT is called “fused PMCT”. Our pilot study showed that the fused PMCT reduced image noise and could clearly delineate the coronary arterial wall and hypostasis in the lumen by scanning the same site repeatedly. This webinar will present the fused PMCT procedures and various case studies.

https://www.trybooking.com/CDJCP
IAFR Member– Free
ASMIRT/NZMIRT Member $5
Non-member $10

ISFRI: Fetal postmortem imaging using contrast enhanced Micro-CT and 3D ultrasound
2022-09-23 14:00 - 15:00 (Europe/London) | Online
8th ISFRI Webinar
“Fetal postmortem imaging using contrast enhanced Micro-CT and 3D ultrasound”
Speaker: Bernadette S de Bakker, MD PhD
Assistant Professor in Human Embryology & Fetal Anatomy department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, The Dutch Fetal Biobank Location AMC
September 23rd, 2022, 15:00 CEST (14:00 BST)
Registration

ANZ Branch Webinar: Non-accidental Injury
2022-09-21 20:00 - 21:00 (Australia/Melbourne)
Join the ANZ branch of the IAFR for their next webinar “Non-accidental Injury (NAI)” presented by Queensland Children’s Hospital (QCH). ‘’
In this webinar Dr Gillian Long and Fiona Franklin will introduce NAI, injuries suspicious of
NAI and explain how it is diagnosed at QCH. The imaging pathway, examination challenges,
protocol and positioning of patients will be explored. The Radiologist’s perspective on
interpreting images in cases of NAI, providing a statement to the police and being an expert
witness in court will be discussed.
https://www.trybooking.com/CCKIV
IAFR Member- Free
ASMIRT/NZMIRT Member $5
Non-member $10
(NB: This is an interim special pricing arrangement to support the implementation of the new eLearning platform & there is no requirement for IAFR members to register on TryBooking but we recommend you do, as we send updates through the TryBooking email system)
Meet out presenters:

Gillian Long is Radiologist who works at Queensland Children’s Hospital in Brisbane and also with IMED Radiology at Redcliffe.
Gillian has previously worked at both the Royal Children’s and the Mater Children’s Hospitals in Brisbane, and at Sheffield Children’s Hospital in England. Gillian graduated from the University of Southampton and pursued a variety of clinical positions in England including Paediatrics and General Practice before training in Radiology and spending a year as a Paediatric Radiology Fellow at British Columbia Children’s Hospital in Vancouver. Gillian has a broad range of interests across many branches of Paediatric Radiology and across all modalities.

Fiona Franklin Radiographer Advanced Educator – Queensland Children’s Hospital
Fiona has been a radiographer for over 20 years, studying at Christchurch Institute of Technology, and working in mostly large public hospitals starting in Dunedin, New Zealand, before moving to Sydney, over to London, and then back to Brisbane. Fiona has worked in General Radiography and MRI as well as specialising in paediatrics after starting at the Mater Children’s Hospital in 2007, and then moving to the Queensland Children’s Hospital when it opened in 2014. Since then as well as working in the education team Fiona has developed a passion for staff mental health and wellbeing before moving into the role of radiographer advanced educator in 2022. She is hoping to complete her Research master’s degree by the end of this year, studying paediatric medical imaging staff mental health and wellbeing.

IAFR AGM 2022 & Webinars
2022-09-10 09:30 - 14:00 (Europe/London) | Online
The Annual General Meeting of the IAFR will be held online on September 10th 2022 at 10:45 GMT (11:45 BST / 20:45 AEST). The documents regarding the AGM will be available for the members via the Members’ Area of our website. Link for the online meeting will be sent to members via email.
In addition to the business meeting, we have an exciting programme of lectures on the subject of “The Forensic Investigation of War Crimes and Mass Graves”. The webinars will be held at at 08:30-13:00 UTC/GMT (09:30-14:00 BST/London).
Speakers at the webinar:
Ms Caroline Barker
Chief of Forensic Section, United Nations Investigative Team to Promote
Accountability Against Da’esh/ISIL Crimes (UNITAD)
Mr Robert McNeil, MBE
Formerly NHS Mortuary Operations Manager, Glasgow
Affiliate Artist for UNESCO RILA, an Ambassador for Remembering Srebrenica
UK, and a Patron of the UK Bosniak Network
Mr Roland Wessling
Lecturer in Forensic Archaeology and Anthropology, Cranfield Forensic
Institute, Defence Academy of the United Kingdom
Dr Mark Viner
Senior Lecturer in Forensic Radiography, Cranfield Forensic Institute, Defence
Academy of the United Kingdom & Senior Tutor in Radiography, Barts & the London School of Medicine & Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London
Mass graves are a frequent legacy of conflict and human rights abuses. Survivors have a
need to know the truth about the fate of their loved ones, and they have the right under
international and domestic law, to the pursuit of truth, justice and reparation. Governments
have statutory obligations to survivors, including the obligation to ensure that the human
remains of victims are identified and returned to families so that they can be buried with
dignity, and appropriate memorialization can take place.
Radiology plays a key role in the forensic investigation of war crimes and mass graves.
Drawing on their experiences of investigating and analysing forensic evidence from mass
graves and clandestine burials in the former Yugoslavia, Sierra Leone, Iraq, Cyprus and the
Republic of Ireland, our four keynote speakers will outline the painstaking processes
followed in order to preserve and record the evidence. The role played by radiology and radiographers in these historical incidents will be examined in order to highlight the lessons
learned for future investigations.
Registration fee for the webinar:
IAFR Members FREE
Non-members $25
Registration is now open at our eLearning site!
(For members this course is included in the “2022 Webinar Series”)

ANZ Branch Webinar: Mass Disaster Response & Support
2022-07-27 20:00 - 21:00 (Australia/Melbourne)
Join the ANZ branch of the IAFR for their next webinar “Mass disaster response and support” by Tara Mackay.
Tara joined Kenyon International in 2000 as a team member specialising in mass fatality/disaster support such as Search & Recovery, Personal Effects, Embalming and Repatriation. Tara has since expanded her role to Family Assistance and SAT (Special Assistance Team). Tara is the Team Member Regional Coordinator for Australasia and actively recruits and trains new team members for Kenyon.
During her 24 years of working in the death care industry, Tara has worked all around Australia, and overseas including Indonesia, Micronesia, New Zealand, Canada, Germany, Ireland and the UK. Tara is an independent contractor who provides technical support for the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons skills laboratory in Melbourne. She also works as a qualified Embalmer training new students as well as specialising in facial and body reconstruction providing families the opportunity to say their goodbyes.
Tara is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Embalming (FAIE), the Immediate Past Chairman of the British Institute of Embalmers Australasian Division (MBIE) and a Member of the Australian New Zealand Forensic Science Society (ANZSFSS).
In this webinar Tara will share her experiences as a first responder deployed by Kenyon to singular and mass fatality events. Tara will share the pathway to how forensic radiographers are engaged in a deployment, and the challenges faced when servicing remote sites- Planes don’t always crash in accessible areas!

https://www.trybooking.com/CASIQ
IAFR Member- Free
ASMIRT/NZMIRT Member $5
Non-member $10
(NB: This is an interim special pricing arrangement to support the implementation of the new eLearning platform & there is no requirement for IAFR members to register on TryBooking but we recommend you do, as we send updates through the TryBooking email system)

ISFRI/IAFR: 11th Annual General Assembly
2022-05-14 14:00 - 18:00 (Asia/Tokyo) | Online
We would like to invite all current members to our 11th Annual General Assembly of the members on Saturday May 14th, 2022 online and live from Japan at 1400 JST (100 AM US EST, 700 AM CEST, and 1500 AEST).
The registration for the 2022 ISFRI/IAFR Joint Congress is still open! Please note, due to the continued COVID concerns in Japan, the meeting will be in person in Japan but virtual for all international attendees.

A link for the virtual general assembly meeting and additional documents for the members to vote on will be coming soon, so please watch your email!
Please register for the congress here: https://isfri2022.org/registration-isfri2022.html
Pricing for the congress can be found from the ISFRI 2022 event website.

ISFRI: 11th Congress of International Society of Forensic Radiology and Imaging
2022-05-12 - 2022-05-14 | Online
May 12th – 14th
The ISFRI Board would like to announce that the registration for the 2022 ISFRI/IAFR Joint Congress is still open! Please note, due to the continued COVID concerns in Japan, the meeting will be in person in Japan but virtual for all international attendees.

Lecture programs include:
Gil Brogdon Honorary Lecture:
Prof. Hirotaro Iwase (Chiba University/The University of Tokyo, Japan): Postmortem imaging in Japan
Designated Lecture:
Dr. Yohsuke Makino (The University of Tokyo, Japan): Current situation of postmortem forensic imaging in Japan
Dr. Wataru Gonoi (The University of Tokyo, Japan): Experience of postmortem CT in in-hospital death in Japan
Invited Lecture:
Dr. Heon Lee (Korea): Postmortem CT and CT angiography in death investigation : How we use (do) it in Korea?
Prof. Rick R. van Rijn (Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine Emma Children’s Hospital): Child abuse
Meet Expert Session (film interpretation):
Prof. Naoya Takahashi (Niigata University, Japan)
Dr. Chris O’Donnell (Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine, Australia)

We also would like to invite all current members to our 11th Annual General Assembly of the members on Saturday May 14th, 2022 online and live from Japan at 1400 JST (100 AM US EST, 700 AM CEST, and 1500 AEST).
Registration: https://isfri2022.org/registration-isfri2022.html
Pricing for the congress can be found from the ISFRI 2022 event website.

UK Branch Webinar: Beyond the UK – Post Mortem CT
2022-05-04 19:00 - 20:00 (Europe/London) | Online
This session will be a fascinating and engaging look at how Post-Mortem CT is undertaken across a variety of countries outside of the UK. Our international speakers, from countries including Australia and the Netherlands, will present a short exploration into their own PMCT protocols and procedures, providing us with an insight into the similarities and differences of PMCT services across the world, before dedicating time for an in-depth Q&A session with our experts in the field. As a delegate, you will have the opportunity to contribute to the discussion and pose your questions to further delve into the international perspective of PMCT.
Confirmed speakers include Jeroen Kroll (Netherlands), Tony Buxton (Australia), Dr Claire Robinson (UK)

Sign up here: https://iafr-elearning.thinkific.com/
Members: free
Non-members: $7.50

IAFR Webinar on Paediatric Paleo-Radiology
2022-04-27 18:00 - 19:00 UTC | Online
Presenter: Dr Katherine Van Schaik

This paper evaluates the use of paleoradiology techniques in the analysis of pediatric remains and offers an algorithmic protocol for the evaluation of pediatric skeletal and soft tissue remains. We searched for relevant literature from three major bioarchaeological journals, PubMed, and the Yearbook of Mummy Studies, and supplemented this review with protocols and studies published in radiological journals.Findings demonstrate that, although radiological techniques are used with increasing frequency in the assessment of pediatric remains, no standardized pediatric imaging protocols exist.This is the first literature review to focus exclusively on pediatric paleoradiology and the first proposal of imaging protocols tailored for the assessment of pediatric remains from bioarchaeological contexts. It holds implications for how paleoradiology techniques might be systematically used and applied to pediatric remains from multiple time periods, across the world. We also offer imaging protocol and reporting recommendations specific to pediatric remains from bioarchaeological contexts.
About the presenter
Dr. Van Schaik is an American Board of Radiology Holman Research Pathway resident in radiology at Harvard Medical School. She received her AB,Summa cum Laude, in Classics and Molecular and Cellular Biology from Harvard College, her MD with Honors from Harvard Medical School, and her PhD in Classics – Ancient History from the Harvard Department of the Classics.
As a Harvard Knox Fellow, she received an MA with Distinction in Classical Art and Archaeology from King’s College, University of London. Her current research, for which she has been awarded grants from the Society of Antiquaries of London and the Archaeological Institute of America, focuses on paleoradiology and skeletal epigenetics.
Registration is free for members and non-members. Please enrol via our e-learning site: https://iafr-elearning.thinkific.com/

ANZ Branch Webinar: Post-mortem MRI-The forensic Science SA experience
2022-03-30 20:00 - 21:00 (Australia/Melbourne) | Online
Join the ANZ branch of the IAFR for their next webinar “Post-mortem MRI: The Forensic Science SA experience” by Raj Perumal.

Raj Perumal is Forensic Science South Australia’s inaugural radiographer with over 28 years of experience. Raj was the National Imaging Facility (NIF) Fellow at South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) and holds a Bachelor of Science (Medical Imaging) (Hons) from the University of Teesside, an MBA (Finance) from the University of South Australia, and is a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

In this webinar, we look at a variety of technical factors, potential pitfalls, advantages and limitations that shaped the workflow and MRI protocols from the perspective of Forensic Science SA. There is currently no uniform standardization across most forensic jurisdictions that perform post-mortem MRI examinations. We will all have a basic understanding of the post-mortem MRI examination by the end of this webinar.

Registration open: https://www.trybooking.com/BXBQX
Recording available for attendees post webinar.

IAFR Member $0
ASMIRT/NZMIRT Member $10
Non-member $20

ISFRI Webinar: Is virtual anthropology so virtual?
2022-03-24 | Online
The 7th ISFRI Webinar
Is virtual anthropology so virtual?
Dr.Fabrice Dedouit
March 24th, 2022.
Registration
