AFOMP President’s Message
Dear Colleagues and Friends, It is my great pleasure to address you through this issue of the AFOMP Newsletter. The field of medical physics across Asia Oceania continues to grow…
AFOMP Vice President’s Message
Dear colleagues and friends in the medical physics community, A New Term, A Digital Frontier: Unity in the Age of AI It is a privilege to connect with you through…
AFOMP Immediate Past President’s Message
Dear Colleagues and friends, In October 2025 I concluded my term as President of the Asia-Oceania Federation of Organizations for Medical Physics (AFOMP) for 2022–2025, and serving in this role…
AFOMP Treasurer’s Message
Dear Colleagues, It is my honor to serve as Treasurer of AFOMP and to support the Federation’s mission through prudent financial stewardship and responsible governance. Over the past year, we have remained…
Beyond dose distribution: Gut microbiome as a new biological determinant in modern radiotherapy
Prof. Arun Chougule PhD, FIUPESM, FIOMP, FAMSPast President of AFOMP and Immediate past Chair of ETC IOMPVice President of Indian Society of Radiation Biology (ISRB)arunchougule11@gmail.com Introduction: From Physical Precision to Biological Precision…
Editorial
Dear Readers! Warm Greetings On behalf of the editorial board, I am delighted to present you, the year 2026 first edition of AFOMP PULSE, an official newsletter of Asia Oceania…
What’s new? Key highlights from the editors
Sourced by A/Prof Vanessa Panettieri, Editor (Educational), AFOMP Pulse Development of federated learning neural networks with combined horizontal and vertical data partitioning Amir Anees, Matthew Field, Lois Holloway, Applied Soft…
Tackling the Real Problem: The Dosimetric Unknowns in Patient Setup
Treatment planning is performed on a static CT dataset, capturing a single snapshot. The resulting plan is then delivered to the patient over multiple weeks, relying on efforts to recreate…
Activity Report: SCMPCR E-Learning Program (ELP-10): Soft Skills for Medical Physicists and Scientists in Cancer Research
1,2Mohamaad Ullah Shemanto, 1Md. Jabidul Islam1South Asia Centre for Medical Physics & Cancer Research (SCMPCR)2Evercare Hospital Chattogram The South Asia Centre for Medical Physics and Cancer Research (SCMPCR) successfully conducted its…
Introducing the Mako Display: App-powered. Wireless. Future ready
A revolution in X-ray testing and QA Figure 1: The App-powered Mako Display connects wirelessly to the Mako Meter RTI Group proudly presents the Mako Display, a cutting-edge App designed…