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AAPM Statement to FDA’s Public Meeting on Incorporation of New Science Into Regulatory Decision making within the Center for Devices and Radiological

AAPM Statement Before Congress - Wednesday, February 10, 2010 TBD

AAPM Statement on Quality Radiation Therapy

Reports

Dose calculation formalisms and consensus dosimetry parameters for intravascular brachytherapy dosimetry: Recommendations of the AAPM Therapy Physics Committee Task Group No. 149

Funding Opportunities

2010 AAPM Fellowship for Graduate Study in Medical Physics

NIH

NIH tells scanner suppliers to include radiation monitoring

FDA

FDA launches initiative to rein in medical radiation

HHS

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Measure Inventory

HHS Secretary Sebelius Announces Senate Confirmation of Ellen Murray as Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources and Bryan Samuels as Commissioner of the Administration on Children, Youth and Families

Sebelius, Solis Announce Nearly $1 Billion Recovery Act Investment in Advancing Use of Health IT, Training Workers for Health Jobs of the Future

General

Study cuts radiotracer dose for pediatric PET exams by half

New CT scans of Pa-Ib mummy unveil more secrets

AHRQ will be conducting a two-day hands-on MEPS Data User Workshop in Rockville, MD, on April 26-27, 2010 (Information available March 1, 2010)

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Meetings Calendar

Upcoming Chapter Meetings (March - May)

AAPM CT Dose Summit: Scan Parameter Optimization: April 29 - 30, 2010

Imaging for Treatment Assessment in Radiation Therapy (ITART) Meeting : June 21-22, 2010 Registration, Hotel, Abstract and Exhibitor Information Available

2010 AAPM Summer School: July 22 - 25, 2010 - Registration Open

2010 AAPM Annual Meeting : Abstract Submission Open

The International Conference on 3D Radiation Dosimetry (IC3DDose): August 22-26, 2010

AAPM Website Updates

Website Editor Report, February 2010

AIP publicizes AAPM Statement on Quality Radiation Therapy

CMS approves three organizations as accrediting bodies for advanced medical imaging

US invests in domestic supply of medical isotopes

RFP to produce Web-Based Instructional Modules

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AAPM Committee Classifieds as of February 18, 2010

NIH

NIH tells scanner suppliers to include radiation monitoring

The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) is requiring imaging vendors to include radiation dose-tracking technology in scanners they sell to the NIH as part of an effort to track radiation derived from imaging studies, according to the February edition of the Journal of the American College of Radiology... [see full article]

FDA

FDA launches initiative to rein in medical radiation

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this week announced an initiative to reduce unnecessary radiation exposure from CT, fluoroscopy, and nuclear medicine exams. The move is widely believed to be in response to reports of rising exposure to medical radiation in the U.S. population... [see full article]

HHS

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Measure Inventory

The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) is committed to providing the public an inventory of the measures that are currently being used by the Divisions in HHS for quality measurement, improvement, and reporting... [see full article]

HHS Secretary Sebelius Announces Senate Confirmation of Ellen Murray as Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources and Bryan Samuels as Commissioner of the Administration on Children, Youth and Families

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today that, last night, the United States Senate unanimously confirmed Ellen Murray as Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources and Bryan Samuels as Commissioner of the Administration on Children, Youth and Families at HHS... [see full article]

Sebelius, Solis Announce Nearly $1 Billion Recovery Act Investment in Advancing Use of Health IT, Training Workers for Health Jobs of the Future

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Labor Secretary Hilda Solis today announced a total of nearly $1 billion in Recovery Act awards to help health care providers advance the adoption and meaningful use of health information technology (IT) and train workers for the health care jobs of the future... [see full article]

General

Study cuts radiotracer dose for pediatric PET exams by half

Philadelphia researchers have found that it’s possible to reduce PET radiotracer dose among pediatric patients and still maintain image quality, according to a new study in the February issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine... [see full article]

New CT scans of Pa-Ib mummy unveil more secrets

It’s said that "Dead men tell no tales," but a 4,000-year-old female mummy that was recently re-examined with a 64-slice CT scanner revealed many of her secrets to paleoimaging experts... [see full article]