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September 16, 2022 |
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Items of Note
Important notices, upcoming deadlines, and events happening in the Medical Physics community.
- AAPM Governance
Voting Results on the 2022 Proposal on Dues Changes and Amendments to AAPM Governance Documents
View Results
- 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
- Request for Proposals (RFP)
2023 Annual Meeting
Deadline: October 11, 2022
Submit a Proposal
- 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.
Learn More
- Publications
2022 ASNC/AAPM/SCCT/SNMMI Guideline for the Use of CT in Hybrid Nuclear/CT Cardiac Imaging
View the Guideline
- MPLA Leadership Club (previously known as MPLA Journal Club)
Join the MPLA Leadership Club at 1pm ET on September 19 for an engaging discussion on Inspirational Leadership. All AAPM members are welcome regardless of previous leadership experience.
Get Involved
- AAPM Newsletter
September/October 2022 Issue Available.
Read the Issue
- AAPM Webinars
- Webinar #1 | AAPM Webinar Series on Non-Clinical Medical Physics Careers, Resources, Opportunities and Networking
Non-Clinical Medical Physics Careers and Opportunities
The webinar series will provide insight for non-clinical medical physicists as well as any AAPM members interested in learning more about non-clinical careers (including students and trainees). This webinar introduces non-clinical career efforts within the AAPM, non-clinical careers, and how to find jobs. Time will be set aside for questions and panel discussion at the end of the webinar.
Speakers: Anuj Kapadia, Brandon Nelson, Jennifer Clark
Thursday, September 22, 2022 at 12:00 PM ET
Register Now
- Webinar #1 | AAPM Webinar Series on Global Research and Scientific Innovation
Creating and Fostering Global Collaborations in Medical Physics
The ability to build effective collaborative research activities is a key skill and source of professional enjoyment for scientists. Please join us for the inaugural Global Research and Scientific Innovation Webinar, presented by two global rising stars and two seasoned global researchers, sharing their experiences and inspirations.
Speakers: Afua Yorke, Oleksandra Ivashchenko, Paul Keall, Robert Jeraj
Tuesday, October 11, 2022 at 5:00 PM ET
Register Now
- Webinar #2 | AAPM Webinar Series on Recently Published Task Group Reports
Recently Published Task Group Reports 178, 198 and 201
The goal of this webinar is to present new Task Group recommendations to clinical physicists, with the intention of both educating on the content and accelerating its clinical adoption.
Speakers: Steven Goetsch, Sean Dresser, Ramon Alfredo Siochi
Thursday, October 27, 2022 at 12:00 PM ET
Register Now
- 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.
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2022 Spring Clinical Meeting
March 26 - 29, 2022 | New Orleans, LA
Post-Meeting Access
2023 Spring Clinical Meeting
April 1 - 4, 2023 | Orlando, FL
Save the Date!
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Frontiers of Artificial Intelligence in Radiation Oncology and Medical Imaging
April 28 - 29, 2022 | Virtual
Post-Meeting Access
IMRT QA: Learning from our Past to Move Patient Safety Forward
January 24 - 25, 2022 | Virtual
Post-Meeting Accesss
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2022 Summer School
Small Field Dosimetry, Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy: The Future is Here
June 7 - 12, 2022 | Dallas, TX
Post-Meeting Access
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64th Annual Meeting & Exhibition
July 10 - 14, 2022 | Washington, DC
Meeting Website
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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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Endorsed | Sponsored Meetings
Magnetic Resonance in Radiotherapy Webinar Series
September 19 and 26, 2022 | Virtual |
Hands-on MRI Workshop for Physicists
September 23 - 25, 2022 | MTMI | University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio |
Conference on Machine Intelligence in Medical Imaging (C-MIMI)
October 2 - 3, 2022 | Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) | Johns Hopkins University |
5th ESTRO Physics Workshop
October 7 - 8, 2022 | Lisbon, Portugal |
Hands-on Ultrasound Physics Workshop
November 4 - 5, 2022 | MTMI | Ann Arbor, MI |
43rd Annual Conference of Association of Medical Physicists of India (AMPICON 2022)
November 5 - 7, 2022 | AIIMS | Delhi, India |
Joint ICTP-IAEA Workshop on Quality Assurance and Dosimetry in Brachytherapy
November 21 - 25, 2022 | MTMI | Trieste, Italy |
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CMS
CMS Delays Radiation Oncology Model Indefinitely
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