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. 

 

The Cancer Breakthroughs session of ASTRO2022 included research findings presented on behalf of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM). Photo credit: ASTRO
Feature | ASTRO | Christine Book
ASTRO 2022 Shines Spotlight on “Cancer Breakthroughs” with AAPM, ASCO Research

The Imaging Technology News (ITN) editorial team is pleased to present the second portion of the American Society for ...

Time January 13, 2023
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In just two years, the Medical Imaging and Data Research Center (MIDRC) has released over 100,000 imaging studies to the public to advance the development of machine learning/artificial intelligence applications for COVID-19 diagnosis and prediction.
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)
MIDRC Publishes Over 100k Imaging Studies

December 23, 2022 — In just two years, the Medical Imaging and Data Research Center (MIDRC) has released over 100,000 ...

Time December 23, 2022
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Societies Outline Recommendations for Hardware and Software, Training, Competency, Cross-specialty Collaboration, More
News | SPECT-CT
New ASNC-led Guideline Details How to Use CT in Hybrid Nuclear-CT Cardiac Imaging

September 7, 2022 — The American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) and three partner societies have come together to ...

Time September 07, 2022
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Edward G. Shaw, M.D., Wake Forest School of Medicine, will discuss Alzheimer’s Disease during the AAPM22 Presidential Symposium.
News | Radiation Therapy
AAPM 2022 Presidential Symposium: Impact of Medical Physics to Transform Health Care Approaches

July 14, 2022 — The work and knowledge a medical physicist brings to medical imaging and treatment typically focuses on ...

Time July 14, 2022
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RefleXion Medical, a therapeutic oncology company pioneering the use of biology-guided radiotherapy (BgRT) for all stages of cancer
News | Radiation Therapy
RefleXion Announces 14 Medical Physics Investigations at 2022 AAPM Annual Meeting

July 14, 2022 — RefleXion Medical, a therapeutic oncology company pioneering the use of biology-guided radiotherapy ...

Time July 14, 2022
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Users of Elekta Unity, the world’s first and only high-field magnetic resonance linear accelerator MR-Linac, continue to make great strides in their clinical and technical research harnessing the groundbreaking treatment platform
News | Radiation Therapy
AAPM 2022 Meeting Highlights Ever-growing Evidence for Radiation Therapy with Elekta Unity

July 14, 2022 — Users of Elekta Unity, the world’s first and only high-field magnetic resonance linear accelerator MR ...

Time July 14, 2022
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After less than two years of data collection and processing, the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) has successfully delivered over 30,000 de-identified imaging exams to the Medical Imaging and Data Resource Center (MIDRC), an open-access platform which publishes data to be used for research.
News | Radiology Imaging
RSNA MIDRC Data Contribution Hits 30,000

June 21, 2022 — After less than two years of data collection and processing, the Radiological Society of North America ...

Time June 21, 2022
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Dose tracking software allows hospitals and imaging centers to track levels of radiation used by exam type protocol.
Feature | Radiation Dose Management | By Melinda Taschetta-Millane
Measuring Radiation Dose

Dose tracking software allows hospitals and imaging centers to track levels of radiation used by exam type protocol. It ...

Time March 22, 2022
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Sun Nuclear’s SunCHECK Patient QA uses calibrated EPID data to enable true dosimetric in-vivo monitoring, creating a fully independent absolute dosimetric QA of patient treatments.
Feature | Radiation Therapy | By Dave Fornell
The Importance of Radiation Oncology Quality Assurance Systems for Safe and Accurate Treatment Delivery

To maintain safety in radiation therapy (RT), every machine performance and patient delivery measurement must be as ...

Time October 05, 2021
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At the recent 2021 AAPM Meeting in July, Sun Nuclear Corporation featured its comprehensive portfolio of independent, integrated quality management solutions for radiation therapy and diagnostic imaging.
News | Quality Assurance (QA)
Sun Nuclear Highlights Expanded Machine QA Capabilities

September 2, 2021 — At the recent 2021 AAPM Meeting in July, Sun Nuclear Corporation featured its comprehensive ...

Time September 02, 2021
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Expert medical organizations caution that evidence-based ordering of medically necessary imaging exams should not be denied due to widely disagreed upon radiation dose levels tracked in some electronic health record systems (EHRs).
News | Radiation Dose Management
Disputed EHR Dose Levels Could Keep Patients From Necessary Imaging Exams

August 17, 2021 — Expert medical organizations caution that evidence-based ordering of medically necessary imaging exams ...

Time August 17, 2021
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Ramon Alfredo Siochi, Ph.D. — the director of medical physics at WVU — led a task group to help ensure the accuracy of data that dictates a cancer patient's radiation therapy.
News | Radiation Oncology
WVU Researcher Leads Effort to Reduce Data-transfer Error in Radiation Therapy

July 15, 2021 — Just as helicopter traffic reporters use their "bird's eye view" to route drivers around roadblocks ...

Time July 15, 2021
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An example of a COVID-19 pneumonia of a chest CT scan. The COVID appears as white ground glass opacities (GGOs) in the lungs. Normal lungs on CT should appear black.
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)
RSNA Announces Funding Program for MIDRC Data Contributors

June 23, 2021 — The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) is inviting proposals from researchers for funding ...

Time June 23, 2021
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CT imaging radiation dose tracking software from Imalogix displayed at RSNA 2019.
Feature | Radiation Dose Management | By Dave Fornell
Medical Imaging Radiation Exposure in U.S. Dropped Over Past Decade

More than a decade ago, there was an alarming, rapid rise in ionizing radiation exposure in the U.S. population that was ...

Time March 04, 2021
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The first and only FDA-approved gadolinium-based contrast agent for multi-patient dosing with an FDA-cleared Transfer Spike in the MR suite
News | Contrast Media
FDA Approves Gadavist (gadobutrol) Imaging Bulk Package

August 14, 2020 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the approval of the Gadavist (gadobutrol) ...

Time August 14, 2020
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Global radiotherapy market revenue is set to expand from $7,222.4 million in 2019 to $17,194.4 million by 2030, at an 8.4% CAGR between 2020 and 2030, the key factor driving the market growth is the increasing number of cancer cases, according to the report published by P&S Intelligence.
News | Radiation Therapy
Radiotherapy Market to Cross $17 Million Revenue by 2030

August 6, 2020 — Global radiotherapy market revenue is set to expand from $7,222.4 million in 2019 to $17,194.4 million ...

Time August 06, 2020
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New Medical Imaging and Data Resource Center will aid AI development and medical advancement to battle COVID-19
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)
RSNA, ACR and AAPM to Develop Massive Open-Source COVID-19 Medical Image Database

August 5, 2020 — The nation’s largest medical imaging associations are working together to develop the new Medical ...

Time August 05, 2020
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At the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) 2019 meeting, new artificial intelligence (AI) software to assist with radiotherapy treatment planning systems was highlighted. The goal of the AI-based systems is to save staff time, while still allowing clinicians to do the final patient review. 
Feature | Treatment Planning | By Melinda Taschetta-Millane
Integrating Artificial Intelligence in Treatment Planning

At the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) 2019 meeting, new artificial intelligence (AI) software to ...

Time July 08, 2020
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Due to ongoing health concerns related to the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) as well as global travel restrictions, the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) has decided to evolve the Joint AAPM/COMP (Canadian Organization of Medical Physicists) Meeting content into a virtual (completely online) meeting in place of the in-person meeting originally scheduled for July 12-16, 2020, in Vancouver, BC.
News | AAPM
Joint AAPM|COMP Meeting Goes Virtual

May 11, 2020 — Due to ongoing health concerns related to the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) as well as global ...

Time May 11, 2020
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Varian received FDA clearance for its Ethos therapy in February 2020. It is an adaptive intelligence solution that uses onboard AI in the treatment system to take the cone beam CT imaging on the system, compare it to the treatment plan and deliver an entire adaptive treatment plan in a typical 15-minute treatment time slot, from patient setup through treatment delivery.
Feature | Treatment Planning | Dave Fornell, Editor
Artificial Intelligence Greatly Speeds Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning

The traditional treatment planning process takes days to create an optimized radiation therapy delivery plan, but new ...

Time April 03, 2020
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