AAPM

This page includes news coverage of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) annual meeting and related medical physics content. The AAPM is a scientific and professional organization, founded in 1958, with more than 8,000 scientists whose clinical practice is dedicated to ensuring accuracy, safety and quality in the use of radiation in medical procedures, including medical imaging and radiation therapy

 

Feature | Cardiac Imaging | Greg Freiherr

One of the big trends in cardiac computed tomography (CT) imaging has been the introduction of noninvasive fractional ...

Time July 24, 2019
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Videos | Radiation Therapy

Paul Liu, Ph.D., post-doctoral research associate, Image X Institute at the University of Sydney, Australia, explains ...

Time July 23, 2019
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Videos | AAPM

Cynthia McCollough, Ph.D., director of the Mayo Clinic Computed Tomography (CT) Clinical Innovation Center, professor of ...

Time July 23, 2019
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Videos | Brachytherapy Systems

Lior Arazi, Ph.D., assistant professor at Ben-Gurion University, Israel, explains the potential benefits of a new Radium ...

Time July 23, 2019
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Videos | Radiation Oncology

Stephen Sorensen, Ph.D., DABR, chief of medical physics, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona ...

Time July 22, 2019
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Videos | Artificial Intelligence

Leigh Conroy, Ph.D., physics resident, University Health Network, Princess Margaret Cancer Center, Toronto, Canada ...

Time July 22, 2019
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News | Patient Positioning Radiation Therapy

July 17, 2019 — A recent study projects global market revenues for radiotherapy patient positioning accessories will ...

Time July 19, 2019
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News | Proton Therapy

July 17, 2019 — Treating prostate cancer with higher doses of proton therapy over a shorter amount of time leads to ...

Time July 17, 2019
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News | Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT)

July 16, 2019 — ViewRay Inc. announced that the company's MRIdian System is the focus of more than 40 abstracts selected ...

Time July 16, 2019
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Technology | Oncology Information Management Systems (OIMS)

July 15, 2019 — RaySearch has released RayCare 3A, a new version of the next-generation oncology information system (OIS ...

Time July 15, 2019
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News | Radiation Dose Management

July 15, 2019 — Featuring dual detectors, the Instadose2 dosimeter addresses international requirements for independent ...

Time July 15, 2019
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Feature | Radiation Dose Management | Niki Fitousi, Ph.D., and An Dedulle

One of the main benefits of a radiation dose management system is the possibility to automatically generate alerts when ...

Time July 15, 2019
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Technology | Contrast Media

July 15, 2019 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Gadavist injection for use in cardiac magnetic ...

Time July 15, 2019
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Technology | Radiation Dose Management

July 11, 2019 – Radiation measurement often requires different devices for varying applications, adding to the cost and ...

Time July 11, 2019
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Technology | Quality Assurance (QA)

July 10, 2019 — IBA announced the launch of the latest functionality of the SciMoCa Monte Carlo Patient QA solution at ...

Time July 10, 2019
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News | Radiation Therapy

July 9, 2019 — New Cleveland Clinic-led research shows that artificial intelligence (AI) can use medical scans and ...

Time July 09, 2019
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News | Radiation Dose Management

July 9, 2019 — Radcal Corp. will be presenting the new Accu-Gold Touch platform, a multi-analyzer the company says is ...

Time July 09, 2019
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News | Quality Assurance (QA)

July 8, 2019 — At this year’s American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) show, July 14-18 in San Antonio ...

Time July 08, 2019
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News | Radiation Therapy

July 5, 2019 — Aktina Medical announced that Elekta Instrument AB, based in Sweden, will offer and distribute the Aktina ...

Time July 05, 2019
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News | Patient Positioning Radiation Therapy

July 3, 2019 — The upcoming release of Civco’s Universal Couchtop ProForm Head & Neck Solution will allow proton therapy ...

Time July 03, 2019
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