January 19, 2012

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2012 AAPM Spring Clinical MeetingAAPM Spring Clinical Meeting: Registration and Housing Open

ABR Physics Trustees Statement on the CNN Story About Exam Security 

funding opportunities

SUFP2012 Summer Undergraduate Fellowship Program

MUSE2012 Minority Undergraduate Summer Experience (MUSE) Program

AAPM Fellowship for Graduate Study in Medical Physics2012 AAPM Fellowship for Graduate Study in Medical Physics 

AAPM Support for Clinical Residency in Imaging Medical Physics2012 - 2013 AAPM Support for Clinical Residency in Imaging Medical Physics 

Research Seed Funding Initiative2012 Research Seed Funding Initiative 

IAEA

Annual Review of 2011

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Meetings Calendar

Chapter Meetings: January 2012 - April 2012

Webcast of the MonthWorld Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering: May 26 - 31, 2012, Beijing, China

2012 AAPM Summer School2012 AAPM Summer School - Medical Imaging Using Ionizing Radiation: Optimization of Dose and Image Quality - June 24-29, 2012 

2012 AAPM Annual Meeting2012 AAPM Annual Meeting : Abstract Submission Open; July 29 - August 2, 2012, Charlotte, NC

AAPM Website Updates

Presentations on Understanding Radiation Therapy Reimbursement in 2012

AAPM statement on diagnostic radiation dose makes news 

Medical Physics JournalAAPM announces open access to selected content in Medical Physics

Career Services & Committee Classifieds

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AAPM on LinkedIn

IAEA

Annual Review of 2011

  1. The RPOP website received 45.78% more visits in 2011 against 2010 through about 0.22 million visits.
  2. It continued to appear on First page of Google (or Yahoo…) search and normally on top of first page with most commonly searched terms in medical radiation protection.
  3. RPOP became social with links to Facebook and Twitter
  4. Major part of the RPOP website was made available in Spanish language.
  5. New page on Public Information on Radiation is an essential part of our life added
  6. Poster on 10 Pearls: Radiation protection of patients in fluoroscopy released
  7. Poster on 10 Pearls: Radiation protection of Staff in fluoroscopy released
  8. Russian Translation of poster on 10 Pearls: Radiation protection of Staff  and Patients in fluoroscopy were released
  9. New pages released on Fluoroscopy in Operating Theatres
    1. Staff radiation protection
    2. Patient radiation protection
  10. New training material made available for Free download as .ppt slides:
    1. Radiation Protection in Pediatric Radiology
    2. Radiation Protection in Digital Radiology
    3. Training material translated into RUSSIAN made available
      1. Radiation Protection in Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology
      2. Nuclear Medicine
      3. Prevention of Accidental Exposure in Radiotherapy
      4. Cardiology
  11. Radiation Protection in PET/CT translated into SPANISH made available
  12. New page on Networks of the IAEA on Radiation Protection of Children released
  13. Pages that were updated: OrthopedicsCardiology,Gastroenterology
  14. Release of an international Reporting system for events in interventional procedures (SAFRAD)
  15. Patient information page on radiation protection in Computed Tomography translated into ChineseRussian and Arabic
  16. New launch of a Newsletter on Radiation Protection of Children (Asia)
  17. New launch of a Newsletter of Network of Gastroenterologist in Radiation Protection in Latin American countries
    1. A number of latest news items were posted
    2. The Latest Literature pages were regularly updated
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