AFOMP Pulse, the newsletter

Editorial: Marching Ahead with A New Team And New Name of Newsletter, "AFOMP Pulse"

Dear Readers,Greetings from Editorial Board!We are pleased to welcome all to read the first edition of AFOMP newsletter in 2023. We are exciting to share with you all in this… more

AFOMP President’s Message

Dear AFOMP colleagues, A new AFOMP term has commenced, and I am honoured to have taken over from Professor Arun Chougule as President of AFOMP. We have assembled an excellent… more

AFOMP Vice-President’s Message

Dear Colleagues, Happy New Year 2023! I hope all of you are doing well. As a newly elected vice president, I would like to introduce myself with a short personal… more

AFOMP Immediate Past President’s Message

Dear Colleagues, Greetings! Wishing you all a happy and healthy new year 2023. I have been privileged to serve as the President of AFOMP for the term 2019-2022. The new… more

AFOMP Secretary-General’s Message

Dear colleagues,It is my great honour and pleasure to be the AFOMP Secretary-General for the term of 2023-2025. With reference to the AFOMP constitutions, I will try my very best… more

AFOMP Treasurer’s Message

Dear Members of AFOMP, Warm Greetings to all ! I would like to thank you all for the support extended to me to serve as Treasurer, AFOMP for the tenure… more

AFOMP Education-Training Commitee Chair

Dr. Xiance Jin,Vice Dean of School of Basic Science of Wenzhou Medical University, the chief medical physicist and director of the Department of Radiotherapy Center of the 1st Affiliated Hospital… more

AFOMP Science Committee Chair

Dear members of AFOMP and readers of AFOMP newsletter, I am deeply grateful for the opportunity to chair the AFOMP Science Committee from 2023 to 2025. There are 10 roles… more

AFOMP Professional Relations Committee Chair

Dear Members of AFOMP,Greetings to All ! As we start a new year and new tenure of AFOMP Ex-Com, I wish you all a very happy, healthy and blessed new… more

AFOMP Funding Committee Chair

Dear members of AFOMP and readers of AFOMP newsletter, I am very happy to serve as the chair the AFOMP Funding Committee from 2023 to2025. The objective of the Funding… more

AOCMP 2022 Conference Report

AOCMP 2022 Congress Report 22nd Asia-Oceania Congress on Medical Physics, 2022 in Taipei, Taiwan on 10th-12th December 2022 The 22nd Asia-Oceania Congress on Medical Physics, 2022 (AOCMP 2022), which was… more

Report of IUPESM World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering (IUPESM WC2022)

One of the largest gatherings of medical physicists and biomedical engineers in the world is the IUPESM WORLD CONGRESS ON MEDICAL PHYSICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING (IUPESM WC), which is organized… more

Meet the Expert Interviews

In 2023 we will celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the International Organization for Medical Physics (IOMP) and this year’s International Day of Medical Physics (November 2023) will celebrate the following… more

Did you know ??? Marvellous Science in Action

(Dr. Leyla Moghaddasi, New South Wales, Australia) Neutrons in Action: Neutron Stars ONE OF NATURE’S MOST WONDROUS CREATIONS In the field of medical physics, there is an air of mystery… more

Report of NMO’s Activities

(Fahim Muhammad Rafiul Islam, Program Officer, SCMPCR, Bangladesh) Report of SCMPCR on Accredited Training programs for Medical Physics and Bio Medical Engineering Technology has advanced so quickly in the modern… more

News and Activities in Hong Kong

In Dec 2022, Dr Francis LEE, HKAMP, attended the AOCMP Annual Meeting in Taiwan, and presented on the topic “The training and development of Medical Physics professional in Hong Kong”. … more

Scientific Article 1: Recent CT technology and Medical Physics

Fujita Health University. Toyoake-city, Japan Invited ProfessorKatsumi Tsujiokatsujioka@fujita-hu.ac.jp 1. Diagnostic imaging in medical physicsMedical Physics plays an important role in modern medicine. It will be to maintain the health and… more

Scientific Article 2: Why constant innovation paves the way to excellence ?

Carlos Bohorquez, MS, D.A.B.R, is the Product Manager for RadCalc at LifeLine Software, Inc., a part of the LAP Group. An experienced board-certified Clinical Physicist with a proven history of… more

PhD Abstract 1: Study on Methods for Defining Target Volume of Breast Tumor Bed in Postoperative Radiotherapy

(Xin Xie, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China) Background and Objectives: For breast cancer postoperative… more

Abstract 2: Multi-organ Multi-omics Prediction of Adaptive Radiotherapy Eligibility in Patients with Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

(LAM, Sai Kit, Department of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University) Presently, Intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) is a standard-of-care remedy for advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) patients. Notably, the… more

PhD Abstract 3: Ultra-quality 4D-MRI for Liver Tumor Radiation Therapy

(XIAO Haonan, Department of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China) Background: Four-dimensional (4D) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is becoming popular inliver cancer radiationtherapy… more

MCQ in Medical Physics

1. Electric force and magnetic force are actually the same type of interaction, so called electromagnetic interaction. Which physicist unified those two interactions ? A. Einstein, with the theory of… more

Upcoming Books, 2023

Latest CRC Press Published Books: 2023 1st EditionBiomedical Photonics for Diabetes Research Edited ByAndrey Dunaev and Valery V. Tuchin About the Book In 2021, over 537 million people worldwide were… more

Upcoming Conferences 2023

S.No Meeting Dates Meeting Title Location of Meeting (City,State or Country Abstract Submission of Abstract Website/Email address 1 May  12-16, 2023   ESTRO2023: European Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology.… more

Officers and Council of AFOMP

PresidentProf. Eva Bezak, PhD, FACPSEMProfessor in Medical Radiation,University of South AustraliaAdelaide, AustraliaEmail: eva.bezak@adelaide.edu.au Vice President & Chair of Awards and Honors CommitteeProf. Dr. Hasin Anupama AzhariDepartment of Medical Physics and… more