American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM)

What a week! is in the books. We hope you enjoyed brilliant content and an illuminating, artful program. See you next year in Washington, DC! What was your favorite event or session?

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This morning join President Todd Pawlicki & his invited speakers in room 151 and 152 of the convention center at for an informative, enlightening session!
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WELCOME one and all to ! Hours of hard work & collaboration between HQ & member volunteers have come together - and now it’s time for 5 days of excitement in lovely L.A. Let's make the most of it!
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We hope you'll join us for our Annual Students and Trainees Night Out at PRANK! Meet and mingle with fellow students and trainees in a relaxed and fun environment in downtown LA.

Interested in solving unique problems in the field of medical physics? Partner with AAPM’s Working Group to organize a Grand Challenge! The Working Group on Grand Challenges promotes Challenges focused on enhancing medical imaging in diagnostic or therapeutic applications. Selected proposals will receive sponsorship, guidance and some financial support from the Working Group. The deadline was recently extended, so proposals can be submitted until 5:00PM July 31. More information, including application instructions and template, can be found here: https://www.aapm.org/GrandChallenge/

Welcome to the July/August 2024 edition of the AAPM Newsletter, the pre-Annual Meeting edition. Inside you will find an update from the organizing committee with more details on the meeting. Also in this issue, AAPM President Todd Pawlicki summarizes the progress made on AAPM’s strategic plan and other important updates, and Treasurer Samuel Armato reports on AAPM’s financial landscape and the necessity for change, including a proposed member dues increase which will be discussed during the 2024 Annual Business Meeting. The Special Interest Group for this issue is the American Physical Society (APS) Topical Group on Medical Physics (GMED); read their report to learn how medical physicists can connect with APS through GMED to further our science, education, and outreach initiatives. This issue also contains updates from the International Council, with features on three Global Rising Stars, and the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee, along with many other interesting reports.

Please share the Newsletter articles you enjoy with your social media network, as the Newsletter is available for all to read and not restricted to AAPM members.

Jennifer Pursley, PhD
AAPM Newsletter Editor

AAPM Newsletter | July/August 2024 | Vol. 49 No. 4 Read AAPM Newsletter | July/August 2024 | Vol. 49 No. 4 by AAPM Docs on Issuu and browse thousands of other publications on our platform. Start here!

Nearly 150 medical physicists from around the country landed in Hanover, New Hampshire last week for the annual American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) “Summer School” national conference. This year’s theme was “Workflow Optimization in Radiation Oncology: From Theory to Clinical Implementation.”

This year’s Summer School was co-led by Program Director Colleen J. Fox, PhD, DABR, clinical physicist in Dartmouth Cancer Center’s Department of Radiation Oncology, and Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. “I am so proud of the impressive faculty we were able to assemble from across Dartmouth, along with physicists and physicians from around the US and Canada. Several Dartmouth Engineering graduate students are also participating,” says Fox, who also co-edited the monograph for this year’s conference.

Read the full article: https://cancer.dartmouth.edu/stories/article/dartmouth-selected-host-national-radiation-oncology-conference

Congratulations to MPU student Odette Rios Ibacache for winning an AAPM/RSNA Doctoral award for her upcoming PhD studies in Medical Physics at McGill University!

The American Association of Physicists in Medicine awards just two fellowships to first-year PhD students each year. It's a fantastic achievement for Odette to be awarded one of them!

Odette will begin her PhD project in the Kildea lab in September 2024.

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Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre

Registration for the Fall Therapy Mock Oral Board Exam hosted by SWAAPM is now open. tinyurl.com/therapyfall2024

Know someone ages 12-17 interested in medical physics? The Med Phyz Wiz Kidz program is back at ! Register here: https://aapm.me/2024MPWizKidz

Read now: Topology observing 3D device reconstruction from continuous-sweep limited angle fluoroscopy (by Martin G. Wagner et al.), an Editor's Choice article from and American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM).

https://ow.ly/2fb750Rpgyb

Interested in solving unique problems in the field of medical physics? Partner with AAPM’s Working Group to organize a Grand Challenge! Selected proposals will receive sponsorship, guidance and some financial support from the Working Group.

AAPM’s Working Group on Grand Challenges promotes Challenges focused on enhancing medical imaging in diagnostic or therapeutic applications. For more information visit aapm.org/GrandChallenge

Read "Experimental demonstration of real-time cardiac physiology-based radiotherapy gating for improved cardiac radioablation on an MR-linac" (by Osman Akdag, Martin F. Fast, et al.), an Editor's Choice article from and American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM).

https://ow.ly/B4jS50RpgCu

Editor's Choice: Deep-learning-based joint rigid and deformable contour propagation for magnetic resonance imaging-guided prostate radiotherapy (by Iris D. Kolenbrander et al.)

Read the article from and the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) here:

https://ow.ly/QWJu50RsVLX

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Register today for a Conversation Hour on Thursday, May 30, from 1-2 p.m. ET. During this virtual conversation hour, attendees will discuss curated RO-ILS events in a small group and then debrief with safety experts. Learn more: https://ow.ly/6KzZ50RohqS

🎉 𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 𝗔𝗔𝗣𝗠 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀! 🎉
All will be recognized during the 2024 AAPM Annual Meeting & Exhibition in Los Angeles, CA at the Awards and Honors Ceremony with a reception immediately following to further applaud their efforts. 👏👏
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Read now: Development of physiologically-informed computational coronary artery plaques for use in virtual imaging trials (by William P. Segars et al.), a Editor's Choice article from and American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM).

https://ow.ly/PJyJ50R3sth

Read now: High-resolution three-dimensional dosimetry in clinically relevant volumes utilizing optically stimulated luminescence (by Mads L. Jensen et al.), an Editor's Choice article from and American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM).

https://ow.ly/gf8N50R3aBl

Read now: Simultaneous catheter and multicriteria optimization for HDR cervical cancer brachytherapy with a complex intracavity/interstitial applicator (by Luc Beaulieu et al.) - an Editor's Choice article from and American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM).

https://ow.ly/nIo050R6Pfs

𝗔𝗔𝗣𝗠 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗡𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗵𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀
The goal of the recently established International Council (IC) of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine is to identify and develop strategies for advancing the practice of globally, address disparities in healthcare and develop mitigation strategies in collaboration with other global stakeholders. To maximize the impact of the IC's work there is an urgent need to conduct a rigorous up-to-date needs assessment.

If you are a medical physicist working in a Low-to-Middle-Income Country ( ), the AAPM Global Needs Assessment Committee would appreciate your help in responding to this confidential survey. Responding to this survey is estimated to take about 15 minutes or less. If you have any questions about the survey, contact the Global Needs Assessment Committee at gnac at aapm dot org.

Please click on the link for additional information and to complete the survey. Also, please forward the link to other medical physicists in your contacts: https://aapm.me/RNASurvey

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