Dear Readers, Warm Greetings! On behalf of the editorial board, I am delighted to present you, the year 2024 first edition of AFOMP PULSE, an official newsletter of Asia-Oceania Federations… more
Dear AFOMP Colleagues, Happy New Year 2024. I am delighted to share with you the first 2024 issue of AFOMP Pulse newsletter, summarizing the notable activities and accomplishments of the… more
Dear AFOMP Members and Colleagues, I trust this message finds you all in good health and high spirits. As we embark on another year filled with opportunities and challenges, it… more
Dear Readers, Wish you a very happy, healthy, and productive New Year 2024 “Every sunset is an opportunity to reset. Every sunrise begins with new eyes.”Richie Norton I hope your… more
Dear colleagues, As we reflect on the past year, I am honoured to have worked with the AFOMP family and grateful for the unwavering support from the Executive Committee and… more
Interviewed by Associate Prof Dr Mary Joan Synopsis The Asia Oceania Federation of Organizations for Medical Physics (AFOMP) founded on 20 May 2000 is striving to promote medical physics in… more
Journal: Cancer: An International Interdisciplinary Journal of the American Cancer SocietyFirst published: 19 February 2024https://doi.org/10.1002/cncr.35233 Revolutionizing cancer treatment in India: Evaluating the unmet need, economics, and a roadmap for project… more
Dear Reader, We are happy to announce the AFOMP medical physics photography competition. This competition is to encourage and celebrate the zeal of medical physics. This could give us a… more
From Pixels to Patients: How developments in the gaming and smartphone industry are shaping Radiation Oncology (Dr. Michael Douglass, Principal Medical Physicist, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Australia) As a researcher in… more
Melissa McIntyre, University of South Australia Upright Imaging & Radiotherapy Historically, diagnostic imaging of patients is performed in the supine position, despite spending most of their lives standing or sitting… more
Lucy Wood BMedRad(RadTh)11. Allied Health and Human Performance, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia This piece is based on the scoping review: Proton radiation therapy patient selection and… more
Prof. Arun ChouguleChair ETC IOMPChairman IOMP Accreditation BoardMember Board of Directors IMPCBImmediate past President AFOMParunchougule11@gmail.com Dr. Mary JoanChair PRC-AFOMP,Member SC-IOMP “Education is not the learning of facts, but the training… more
The 22nd ASEAN College of Medical Physics (ACOMP) August 12, 2023 Lombok – Indonesia Mohammad Haekal1, Hidetaka Arimura2, Kwan Hoong Ng31 Department of Informatics Engineering, University of Prof. Dr. HAMKA,… more
(Rajni Verma, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Radiological Physics, SMS Medical college & Hospital, India) This book is a literary journey of passion, thrills, adventures, wonders, and velour in medical physics.… more
Introduction: The Awards and Honors Committee (AHC) of the Asia-Oceania Federation of Organizations for Medical Physics (AFOMP) is responsible for evaluating and selecting the recipients of various AFOMP awards that… more
Dear AFOMP Members, The Funding Committee is pleased to share our progress and achievements in securing vital resources for the Federation in 2023. Under the leadership of Chair Dr. Byung-Chul… more
Greetings from AFOMP PRC to one and all. As we start a New Year, wish you all a very happy, healthy and blessed New Year, continued success in achieving professional… more
Bangladesh Medical Physics Society (BMPS) celebrates International Day of Medical Physics (IDMP) 2023 (Md. Jobairul Islam1,2, Md. Akhtaruzzaman1,3) 1Bangladesh Medical Physics Society (BMPS).2Labaid Cancer Hospital and Super Speciality Centre, Bangladesh.3Evercare… more
Happy New Year from the Australasian College of Physical Scientists and Engineers in Medicine. Kevin Hickson has been re-elected as President of ACPSEM for 2024, with Andrew Cousins continuing as… more
Naoki Hayashi1,2, Shigekazu Fukuda3, 4 Introduction The Japan Society of Medical Physics (JSMP) was established in March 2000 through a merger of the Japanese Association of Radiological Physicists (JARP) and… more
Sunil Dutt Sharma1,21 President, Association of Medical Physicists of India (AMPI)2 Co-Chair, Conference Organizing Committee & Scientific Committee, ICMP-2023 I. INTRODUCTIONThe 26th International Conference of the IOMP namely the “International… more
Inauguration of the 17th Executive Board of the Korean Society of Medical Physics (KSMP) On January 1, 2024, the 17th Korean Society of Medical Physics (KSMP) officially launched. Prof. Kyo… more
The Photography in Medical Physics (PMP) competition is held to celebrate our exciting profession and to show off visually stimulating aspects of the work of a Medical Physicist. Starting in… more
(Jeannie Hsiu Ding Wong, Kwan Hoong Ng, Hidetaka Arimura, Masatoshi Kondo)Department of Biomedical Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.Division of Medical Quantum Science, Kyushu University, Japan Introduction… more
Celebrating a quarter-century of excellence in the field of Medical Physics, the Master of Medical Physics program at Universiti Malaya marked its 25th anniversary on November 18, 2023, with a… more
Mohammad Amin Mosleh-Shirazi PhD CSciPresident, Iranian Association of Medical PhysicistsHead of Radiotherapy Physics Unit, Department of Radio-oncology, Namazi Teaching Hospital, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran(On behalf of the… more
LAP’s LUNA 3D is being billed as the ‘New More’ in surface-guided radiotherapy (SGRT), exploiting high-resolution stereoscopic cameras to position and monitor the patient’s external surface throughout radiation treatment. The… more
1. Which of the following is true for low-level radioactive wastes, such as tubing, and swabs contaminated with Tc-99m? 2. A shielding design for a diagnostic or therapy installation (such… more
About IAEA Report Series 112 The expanded utilization of ionizing radiation in medical imaging has resulted in a notable increase in collective doses, highlighting the necessity for heightened oversight to… more
Min Ma1, Ke Zhang1, Pan Ma1, Zhihui Hu1, Hui Yan1, Kuo Men1, Jianrong Dai1# 1 National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and… more
24th Asia-Oceania Congress of Medical Physics (AOCMP) and 22nd South-East Asia Congress of Medical Physics (SEACOMP) Venue: The Wembley – A St Giles Hotel, Penang, MalaysiaDate: 10th to 13th October 2024 By… 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
1. Which of the following is true for low-level radioactive wastes, such as tubing, and swabs contaminated with Tc-99m? ANSWER: D – They can be stored until reaching background levels and… more