MCQ in Medical Physics
1. Which of the following is true for low-level radioactive wastes, such as tubing, and swabs contaminated with Tc-99m? They can never be thrown away since some activity always remains.…
LAP: Collaborative product innovation – Mapping the A to Z of the SGRT clinical opportunity
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. LUNA…
Report: Celebrating 25 years of excellence in the education of Medical Physics Report
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…
Report: KU-UM Collaboration between Universiti Malaya and Kyushu University
(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…
NMO Activity Report : Australia & New Zealand, ACPSEM
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…
NMO Activity Report : IDMP Celebration, Bangladesh
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…
Book Review: True Tales of Medical Physics
(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.…
Article 3: Medical Physics Education – Time to transform to produce clinically competent medical physicists to take on the challenging profession
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…
Article 2: How can we manage proton therapy treatments during a global pandemic? what we learned from COVID-19?
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…
Article 1: Upright diagnostic imaging and proton therapy for upstanding patient care
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…