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April 4, 2019
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- Call for AAPM Grand Challenge Proposals
The AAPM Working Group on Grand Challenges (WGGC) is charged with promoting the conduct of grand challenges designed to assess or improve the use of medical imaging in diagnostic and/or therapeutic applications. The WGGC is now accepting proposals from groups that wish to host a challenge in advance of the 2020 Annual Meeting.
Learn More & Submit a Proposal - IAEA Competition
Radiation medical professionals and students can submit proposals to be included in an IAEA training program demonstrating a strong radiation safety culture in healthcare. The deadline for submissions is 30 April, and the top three participants will receive a travel grant to present their projects at the IAEA in Vienna at the launch of this training.
Submit a Proposal (Deadline April 30th) - Comments Requested
- Call for Comments on the Ethics of AI in Radiology
Submit Comments (Deadline April 15th)
- Call for Comments on the Ethics of AI in Radiology
- AAPM Reports
- Report of the AAPM TG-256 on the relative biological effectiveness of proton beams in radiation therapy
View AAPM Report No. 256
- Report of the AAPM TG-256 on the relative biological effectiveness of proton beams in radiation therapy
- 2019 AAPM Funding Opportunities
- AAPM / RSNA Imaging Physics Residency Grant
Deadline: May 3, 2019 - Research Seed Funding Grant
Deadline: May 3, 2019 - AAPM BEST Award
Deadline: May 20, 2019 - RSNA/AAPM Graduate Fellowship
Deadline: May 28, 2019
- AAPM / RSNA Imaging Physics Residency Grant
- AAPM Website
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- 2019 AAPM Spring Clinical Meeting
March 30 - April 2, 2019; Kissimmee, FL
Meeting Website
CEC Online Evaluation System
Online Evaluation System Closes: May 2
- 2019 AAPM Summer School
Practical Medical Image Analysis
June 3 - 7, 2019; University of Vermont
Burlington, VT
View Meeting Program
Meeting Website
Deadline to Receive Earlybird Registration Fees: April 29
- AAPM 61st Annual Meeting & Exhibition
Building Bridges. Cultivating Safety. Growing Value.
July 14 - 18, 2019; San Antonio, TX
Registration & Housing Available
View Committees & Activities Schedule
Meeting Website
Authors Notified of Presentation Disposition: By April 16
- RSNA 2019
December 1 – 6, 2019; Chicago, IL
Abstract Deadline Wednesday April 10 Noon CST
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- Chapter Meetings
View Future Meetings
- 2019 SWAAPM Annual Meeting
When: April 11-13, 2019
Where: Little Rock, AR
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- Spring Upstate NY Physicist Chapter Meeting
When: April 12, 2019
Where: Buffalo, New York
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- 2019 AAPM Missouri River Valley Chapter Spring Meeting
When: April 12-13, 2019
Where: St. Louis, MO
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- 2019 MAC-AAPM Mock Oral Exam
When: April 13, 2019
Where: Baltimore, MD
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- NCC-AAPM Spring 2019 Meeting
When: April 26, 2019
Where: La Crosse, WI
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- AzAAPM Annual Meeting
When: May 4, 2019
Where: Banner - University Medical Center Phoenix
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- 2019 Spring/Summer CAMPS Meeting
When: May 13, 2019
Where: Connecticut Science Center - 250 Columbus Blvd Hartford, CT 06103
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- AAPM Southern California Chapter Norm Baily Awards and MedPhys Slam
When: May 14, 2019
Where: Moores Cancer Center at University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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- RAMPS Spring Symposium
When: May 17, 2019
Where: Bohemian National Hall
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- NW AAPM Spring Chapter Meeting
When: May 17, 2019
Where: Portland, OR
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- Rocky Mountain AAPM Spring 2019
When: May 18, 2019
Where: Albuquerque, NM
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- NEAAPM Annual Meeting 2019
When: May 31, 2019
Where: Hotel 1620, Plymouth Harbor, Plymouth, MA
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- 2019 SWAAPM Annual Meeting
- Nuclear Medicine Tutorials - Covering Nuclear Medicine Basic Science: Ongoing; Online
- ICTP School of Medical Physics for Radiation Therapy: Dosimetry and Treatment Planning for Basic and Advanced Applications: March 25 - April 5, 2019; Trieste, Italy
- Diagnostic and Nuclear Medicine Radiation Shielding: April 2 - 4, 2019; Webinar
- CT Update: Optimizing Image Quality and Dose: May 4 - 5, 2019; Live Webinar
- International Symposium on Standards, Applications and Quality Assurance in Medical Radiation Dosimetry (IDOS 2019): June 18 - 21, 2019; Vienna, Austria
- XXIV Brazilian Conference on Medical Physics: August 21 - 24, 2019; Santos, São Paulo Brazil
- 24th International Conference on Medical Physics (ICMP 2019) - 8th Latin American Congress of Medical Physics (ALFIM 2019) - 2nd Chilean Congress of Medical Physics: September 7 - 11, 2019; Santiago, Chile
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