Dear Readers, Warm Greetings to all, On behalf of the editorial board, I am delighted to present you all this year second edition of AFOMP PULSE, an official newsletter of… more
Dear Friends and Colleagues, Welcome to the September issue of the AFOMP PULSE brought to you by the wonderful editorial team led by Dr Subramani. I hope that you will… more
Dear Esteemed Colleagues and Medical Physics Enthusiasts, Welcome to the latest edition of the AFOMP Pulse Newsletter, where we embark on an exciting journey of exploration and discovery in the… more
Dear Reader,Greetings to all of you. “Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.”– Albert Einstein Medical Physicists as health professionals need to keep updated with recent… more
Dear colleagues, Good day! I hope all’s well. It is my great pleasure to share my thoughts, as we continue to move forward with our shared vision for the advancement… more
View this Interview | Go to Interview series We are honoured to interview one of the Asia-Oceania Federation of Organizations for Medical Physics (AFOMP) founding members, Emeritus Professor Dr Kwan… more
Hot off the press: Levitating trains, Portable MRI Scanners & Efficient Electricity – A world with Room Temperature Superconductors (Melissa McIntyre, University of South Australia) Superconductors have widespread use in… more
Gravitational Waves – Einstein was right again !!! (By Stephen Tronchin, University of Adelaide) Almost 100 years ago Einstein predicted the existence of gravitational waves in his Theory of General… more
(Maram El Sabri,PhD candidate at the University of South Australia) Pancreatic cancer is highly aggressive and malignant, ranking as the seventh leading cause of cancer-related deaths globally(1). In 2020, it… more
Prof Arun Chougule, PhD, FIOMP, FAMSChair ETC IOMPChairman IOMP Accreditation BoardImmediate Past President of AFOMPMember Board of Directors IMPCBarunchougule11@gmail.com In the early 1960s a group of passionate medical physicists envisioned… more
Sourced by Dr. Leyla Madagossi, Editor (Educational), AFOMP Pulse Creation, evolution and future challenges of ion beam therapy from a medical physicist’s view point (Part 1 & 2) Ion beam… more
Workshop on Brachytherapy Treatment Techniques: Procedures and Planning (International Medical Physics Week)Department of Radiation Oncology, Christian Medical College and Hospital Ludhiana On 28th&29thApril 2023, a workshop on ‘Brachytherapy Treatment Techniques:… more
Bangladesh Medical Physics Society (BMPS) celebrates IMPW 2023: Emphasizing the Vital Role of Medical Physicists in Modern Medicine International Medical Physics Week: The International Organization for Medical Physics (IOMP) celebrated… more
IUPESM 2025 ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA The Local Organizing Committee is hard at work and already well on the way to delivering an amazing experience in Adelaide in 2025, See https://wc2025.org/ NEW… more
German QA specialist LAP and Siemens Healthineers have co-developed a versatile phantom to counter the effects of MR image distortion in radiotherapy treatment planning. The THETIS 3D MR Distortion Phantom helps medical… more
Sourced by Dr.M. Akhtaruzzman, Editor (Scientific), AFOMP Pulse 1. The loss of contrast in a therapy verification image compared with a simulator radiographic image is mostly a result of _____.… more
Sourced by Dr.Zulaikha, Editor (Professional), AFOMP Pulse 76th World Health Assembly: IAEA Highlights Role in Cancer Control and other Non-Communicable Diseases The IAEA is playing an active role in assisting… more
Sourced by Dr.Zulaikha, Editor (Professional), AFOMP Pulse Introducing ICRP Publication 152: Radiation Detriment Calculation Methodology Radiation detriment is a concept developed by the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) to… more
1Md. Anwarul Islam,PhD,,1Md. Abdul Mannan Chowdhury, Ph.D, 2Golam Abu Zakaria, Ph.D1Dept. of Physics, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh2Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Koethen, Germany The goal of radiotherapy is to… more
Mohamathu Rafic K1,2and B Paul Ravindran11Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India2The Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. ABSTRACT Clinical studies have emphasized the significance of… more
Mohammad Mahfujur Rahman, Evercare Hospital Dhaka, Bangladesh We developed new LINAC machine quality assurance (QA), which is based on volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT). The new machine QA overcomes the… more
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AFOMP PULSE NEWSLETTEREditorial Board (2023-2025) Chief EditorDr.V.Subramani (India) AFOMP PresidentProf.Eva Bezak (Australia) AFOMP Secretary-GeneralDr.Aik Hao Ng (Malaysia) Editor (Scientific)Dr.M. Akhtaruzzman(Bangladesh) Editor (Educational)Dr.Leyla Madagossi(Australia) Editor (Professional)Dr.Zulaikha(Malaysia) Editor (Technical)Dr.Rajni Verma(India) more
ICMP-AOCMP-AMPICON-ISEACOMP 2023 Dear colleagues and friends, As you are aware, the 25th International Conference on Medical Physics (ICMP-2023) of IOMP, is being jointly organised by IOMP, AMPI, AFOMP and SEAFOMP… more
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