http://www.aapm.org/ The American Association of Physicists in Medicine en-us Wed, 16 May 2012 13:42:51 GMT http://www.fda.gov/Radiation-EmittingProducts/RadiationSafety/RadiationDoseReduction/default.htm http://www.fda.gov/Radiation-EmittingProducts/RadiationSafety/RadiationDoseReduction/default.htm Like all medical procedures, computed tomography (CT), fluoroscopy, and nuclear medicine imaging exams present both benefits and risks. These types of imaging procedures have led to improvements in the diagnosis and treatment of numerous medical conditions. At the same time, these types of exams expose patients to... Tue, 15 May 2012 21:01:17 GMT http://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/NewsEvents/WorkshopsConferences/ucm301989.htm http://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/NewsEvents/WorkshopsConferences/ucm301989.htm The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing a public Workshop on "Device Improvements for Pediatric X-ray Imaging." The main purpose of the workshop is to discuss the draft guidance "Pediatric Information for X-ray Imaging Device Premarket Notifications." This guidance will apply to... Tue, 15 May 2012 20:58:10 GMT http://www.aapm.org/education/VL/ http://www.aapm.org/education/VL/ Medical Physics Certification the Path to the Future. We hope you find this month’s Webcast valuable and that you return each month during the year to benefit from new offerings in the series... Tue, 15 May 2012 14:07:59 GMT http://www.aapm.org/pubs/reports/#tg229 http://www.aapm.org/pubs/reports/#tg229 Short Report of the AAPM and ESTRO: Dose calculation for photon-emitting brachytherapy sources with average energy higher than 50 keV Mon, 14 May 2012 13:47:29 GMT http://www.aapm.org/pubs/reports/#tg125 http://www.aapm.org/pubs/reports/#tg125 Executive Summary of the Report of Task Group 125 Radiography/Fluoroscopy Subcommittee, Imaging Physics Committee, Science Council: Functionality and operation of fluoroscopic automatic brightness control/automatic dose rate control logic in modern cardiovascular and interventional angiography systems Mon, 14 May 2012 13:39:11 GMT http://www.aapm.org/meetings/2012AM/ProgramInfo.asp http://www.aapm.org/meetings/2012AM/ProgramInfo.asp Meeting Program Available Fri, 11 May 2012 13:10:07 GMT http://www.aapm.org/announcements/HDRQAWhitePaperComments.asp http://www.aapm.org/announcements/HDRQAWhitePaperComments.asp AAPM members: ASTRO, as part of a multi-society response to patient safety in radiation therapy, has developed a set of white papers that provide very specific guidance for a given clinical procedure. While AAPM will be reviewing these documents in Science Council and Professional Council, it is important that you consider providing comments on this document... Thu, 10 May 2012 22:47:53 GMT http://www.aapm.org/announcements/2012ByLaws.asp http://www.aapm.org/announcements/2012ByLaws.asp The Board has passed three motions that require your attention. One affects membership dues and the other two are By-Law changes. These proposals will be voted on by electronic vote by the membership after this year’s Annual Business Meeting. This letter is written to notify all members 60 days before the Annual Business Meeting and to solicit comments and statements on the three proposals... Wed, 09 May 2012 21:18:30 GMT http://www.aapm.org/AAPMUtilities/download.asp?file=newsletter/3703-aapmnews.pdf http://www.aapm.org/AAPMUtilities/download.asp?file=newsletter/3703-aapmnews.pdf Welcome to the 3rd issue of this year. This issue contains a number of articles updating various activities and issues pertaining to the Association. I would like to draw your attention to the Ad Hoc committee report on page 6 regarding the rationale behind the proposed membership dues increase and I would like to encourage readers to read this article and respond positively. In addition to regular columns... Mon, 07 May 2012 14:07:13 GMT http://www.emerald2.eu/ezine/ http://www.emerald2.eu/ezine/ IOMP e-Zine is a regularly distributed digital bulletin aiming to present its subscribers with the latest IOMP updates... Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:46:24 GMT http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf12499 http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf12499 The Core Techniques and Technologies for Advancing Big Data Science & Engineering (BIGDATA) solicitation aims to advance the core scientific and technological means of managing, analyzing, visualizing, and extracting useful information... Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:41:43 GMT http://www.aapm.org/org/callfornominations.asp http://www.aapm.org/org/callfornominations.asp Call for Nominations Wed, 11 Apr 2012 18:38:33 GMT http://www.aapm.org/meetings/2012SS/ http://www.aapm.org/meetings/2012SS/ Registration and Housing Open Thu, 22 Mar 2012 13:00:00 GMT http://www.wc2012.org/ http://www.wc2012.org/ Dear colleagues, It is our great honor to invite you to participate in the World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering in Beijing, China from May 26 to 31, 2012. This is a triennial congress of the... Tue, 20 Sep 2011 19:42:03 GMT