Media invited to IAEA International Conference on Radiation Protection in Medicine: X Ray Vision, 8 – 12 December 2025

On Monday 8 December, the IAEA’s International Conference on Radiation Protection in Medicine: X Ray Vision will commence at 10:30 CET at the IAEA headquarters, in the Vienna International Centre (VIC). The week-long conference will be open to the press and will be livestreamed here . Radiation protection and safety in medicine need to keep up with new and upcoming developments in radiological imaging, nuclear medicine and radiotherapy. The latest research shows that about 4.2 billion diagnostic imaging procedures are performed every year, and this number continues to grow. In addition, an estimated 6.2 million courses of radiation therapy treatment are performed annually, while medical radiation technology and procedures continue to be developed, including AI and automated systems. The conference, co-sponsored by the World Health Organization and the Pan American Health Organization , will convene 600+ experts to examine trends and challenges in the field including radiation protection of patients and staff in various diagnostic and therapeutic modalities and in interventional procedures, learning from unnecessary, unintended and accidental exposures in medicine, strengthening rad