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Items of Note
Important notices, upcoming deadlines, and events happening in the Medical Physics community.
- Call for Task Group Proposals
The AAPM Working Group on Task Group Creation (WGTGC) invites proposals for task groups related to adaptive radiation therapy (ART).
Learn More & Submit a Proposal 
- MPLA Leadership Club
Join the MPLA Leadership Club at 1pm ET on April 10 for a discussion on Transparency. All AAPM members are welcome regardless of previous leadership experience.
Get Involved
- AAPM Webinars
- Topic: Synthetic CT: A New Paradigm in Radiotherapy Treatment Planning
Synopsis: There is growing interest in MRI-only treatment planning and online adaptive radiation therapy under the guidance of on-board CBCT or MRI. Synthetic CT generation plays a critical role in these procedures as it provides need information for dose calculation (e.g., electron density) and patient set up (e.g., digitally reconstructed radiograph or simulated fiducial markers for non-MRI-Linac). This webinar will inform the audience of: 1) state-of-the-art developments on synthetic CT generation from MRI, CBCT and PET; 2) current clinical applications of synthetic CT for different scenarios such as MRI only for treatment planning for photon or proton therapy, and online adaptive radiation therapy using MRI-Linac or Non-MRI-Linac; 3) challenges and future developments of synthetic CT. Time will be allotted for Q&A.
Speakers: Steve Jiang, Neelam Tyagi, Jing Wang, Xiaofeng Yang, Kuang Gong
Thursday, April 13, 2023 at 12:00 PM ET
Register Now
- Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
The FDA is issuing a final rule to update the mammography regulations that were issued under the Mammography Quality Standards Act of 1992 (MQSA). This rule is effective on September 10, 2024.
View the Revised Rule
- AAPM Grand Challenges
- Deep Generative Modeling for Learning Medical Image Statistics (DGM-Image Challenge)
Learn More & Participate
- Understanding Time-Activity Curve and Time Integrated Activity Variations in Radiopharmaceutical Therapy Challenge (TACTIC) – An AAPM Grand Challenge
Learn More & Participate
- AAPM Funding Opportunities
- Confex
AAPM is excited to announce Confex, an abstract system which will now be used for all AAPM meeting program development. If you’re an author or submitter for any AAPM meeting program, please watch for and whitelist the email address aapm@confex.com.
- AAPM Mentorship Program
The AAPM Mentorship Program match process is now live! It is not too late to sign-up as a mentee or mentor, as the program is an on-demand service.
Become a Mentor or a Mentee
- Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee (EDIC)
AAPM members, please feel free to use this anonymous and confidential resource to inform the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee (EDIC) of any comments, questions or concerns you have regarding EDI within AAPM or your experience as a medical physicist.
Learn More & Send Feedback
- AAPM Website
Is something on the website not working as it should? Please send an email to helpdesk@aapm.org - the AAPM IS Team
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AAPM Meetings
Don't miss these important meetings and deadlines.
Mark your calendar now! |
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2023 Summer School
Radiopharmaceutical Therapy & Dosimetry
June 2 - 7, 2023 | University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Meeting Website
Meeting Program
Registration
Deadline to Receive Early-Bird Registration Rates: April 26
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Corgi Phantom:
The Corgi Phantom is designed to evaluate cone beam CT systems. The modular phantom can be configured for different scan sizes, providing tests for multi-axis high resolution, sensitometry, cone beam artifacts, and uniformity. Additionally, the phantom includes holes for measuring dose. |
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Liver Phantom:
The Liver Phantom combines the advantages of objective test objects and anthropomorphic elements for evaluation of advanced iterative processing. The phantom includes low contrast test objects designed both for ROC tests along with conventional patterns, metal artifact inserts, and beads for MTF calculations. |
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Chapter Meetings
DVC AAPM Young Investigators Symposium 2023
March 31, 2023 | Virtual via Zoom |
2023 FLAAPM Spring Meeting
April 27-29, 2023 | Orlando, FL |
2023 NCC-AAPM Spring Meeting
April 28, 2023 | Bloomington MN |
NWAAPM 2023 Spring Meeting, including YIS & SLAM
April 28, 2023 | Portland, Oregon |
Penn-Ohio Chapter Spring Dinner
May 12, 2023 | Youngstown, OH |
ORVC Spring 2023 Meeting
May 13, 2023 | Dayton Ohio |
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Endorsed | Sponsored Meetings
Nuclear Medicine Tutorials - Covering Nuclear Medicine Basic Science
Ongoing | Online |
2023 COMP Virtual Mammography Workshop
March 31, April 14, 21, and 28, 2023 |
Canadian Organization of Medical Physics | Virtual |
Hands-On CT Physics Workshop
April 15 - 16, 2023 |
Medical Technology Management Institute (MTMI) | Atlanta, Georgia |
Patient Communication for Medical Physicists Workshop
April 27 - 28, 2023 | University of California San Diego | Virtual |
Hands-On (DBT) Digital Breast Tomosynthesis Physics Workshop
May 20 - 21, 2023 |
Medical Technology Management Institute (MTMI) | Atlanta, Georgia |
Hands-on Ultrasound Physics Workshop
June 2 - 3 2023 | Medical Technology Management Institute (MTMI) | Ann Arbor, Michigan |
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