2019 AAPM Annual Meeting
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Session Title: Introduction to Scientific Computing for Medical Physics Research
Question 1: The Python scripting language was designed to emphasize which of the following points:
Reference:Peters, Tim. “The Zen of Python.” Python.org. https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0020/
Choice A:Code readability
Choice B:Complexity
Choice C:Premature optimization
Choice D:Exuberant syntax
Question 2: Scripting can be utilized in proton therapy to perform all of the following, except:
Reference:Peters, Tim. “The Zen of Python.” Python.org. https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0020/
Choice A:Treatment plan automation
Choice B:Plan error and consistency check
Choice C:Plan approval
Choice D:Robust perturbation generation and review
Question 3: You can use ITK with the following languages
Reference:ITK Software Guide. https://itk.org/ItkSoftwareGuide.pdf
Choice A:Python
Choice B:Java
Choice C:C++
Choice D:All of the above
Choice E:Only C#
Question 4: VTK is a collection of algorithms for:
Reference:VTK Software Guide https://www.kitware.com/products/books/VTKUsersGuide.pdf
Choice A:Data visualization
Choice B:Dose calculation
Choice C:Statistical analysis
Choice D:Image segmentation
Question 5: 3D Slicer objects, such as images, are stored in:
Reference:3D Slicer Documentation Wiki. https://www.slicer.org/wiki/Documentation
Choice A:Disk files
Choice B:The cloud
Choice C:DICOM tags
Choice D:A MRML scene
Question 6: To access individual voxels in an image within 3D Slicer, you can use the ______ library:
Reference:3D Slicer Documentation Wiki. https://www.slicer.org/wiki/Documentation
Choice A:Numpy
Choice B:CMake
Choice C:Volume rendering
Choice D:R
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