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IOMP informs all its member organisations that IAEA is organizing a Conference on Radiation Protection in Medicine – Achieving Change in Practice on 11-15 Dec 2017 at IAEA Vienna. More information about this important Conference, reviewing actions taken and results achieved after the Bonn Conference in 2012, can be found...

Prof. Perry Sprawls has been presented with the 2017 Clemson Alumni Distinguished Service Award from his Alma Mater – the Clemson University in North Carolina, USA. IOMP sends warm congratulations to Prof. Sprawls, one of the world-leading educators in the profession. More information can be found here: http://newsstand.clemson.edu/mediarelations/western-n-c-professor-to-receive-2017-clemson-alumni-distinguished-service

IOMP received a very sad news from the Association of Medical Physicists in Russia (AMPR) that the President of AMPR Prof. Valeriy Kostylev has passed away after long illness (12.02.1943 – 28.02.2017). Prof. Kostylev was a prominent figure of medical physics in Russia. He helped a lot the development of...

The new DIRAC web page is available with a new web interface and visual features. Users can view and upload information on individual radiotherapy centres and also data summaries for countries, regions and for the entire world. While the content is the same, the new DIRAC website is more detailed...

A Balanced Approach to Radiotherapy

IAEA: CHECK, REVIEW AND REPORT – Delivering safe radiotherapy is in your hands

SAFRON – A Newsletter on Patient Safety in Radiotherapy

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PHYSICS IN MEDICINE AND CLINICAL NEUROELECTROPHYSIOLOGY PMCN-2017 10-11March, 2017 Dhaka, Bangladesh www.pmcn2017.info Organized by Bangladesh Medical Physics Association (BMPA) Bangladesh Clinical NeuroElectrophysiologist Society (BCNEPS) & Department of Biomedical Physics & Technology (BMPT), University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Communicating radiation risks in paediatric imaging

Since 2013, medical physicists from all over the world have celebrated the “International Day of Medical Physics (IDMP)” on November 7, birthday of Marie Sklodowska-Curie. This is an important annual event at which medical physicists can share experiences, improve their knowledge, discuss professional matters and much more. Considering the importance...