Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of December 11 – Membership Renewal/16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence and CWC Statement on Gender-based Violence/ASM 2024 Theme
COMP membership renewal is now open! Renew today to continue receiving your Member Benefits such as Sosido! November 25 marked the start of the 16 Days of Activism Against...
Pieces of interest from COMP for the week of December 4 – First International Guidelines Emphasize Benefits of Digital Monitoring in Medical Imaging for Radiation Exposure/CCPM Chief Examiner Report/#AroundCanadaInMedPhysWays
The IAEA is encouraging medical professionals to optimize patient protection by shifting from manual to digital processes of monitoring ionizing radiation in imaging...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of November 27 – IDEAs@Home/New Radiation Therapy Machines in Nova Scotia/Executive Director Report
Remember when we all thought we'd be returning to some level of normalcy after the Covid-19 pandemic? Instead many of us still bear the scars from a pandemic while...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of November 20 – COMP IDMP Contest Re-cap/ Do women prefer female radiologists to perform breast ultrasound?/ #AroundCanadaInMedPhysWays
This year, in honour of International Day of Medical Physics on November 7, the COMP Communications Committee invited the COMP membership to submit their best photos...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of November 13 – Japan Celebrates IDMP 2023/Message from the CCPM President/MCCPM and Mammography Exams
Find out how Japan celebrated IDMP2023! Read the Message from the CCPM President in the latest issue of InterACTIONS! MCCPM exam applications are due December 1, 2023 and...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of November 6 – Celebrating the International Day of Medical Physics!/Message from the COMP President/CAP Medals 2024
Happy Birthday to Maria Salomea Skłodowska-Curie and Happy International Day of Medical Physics! This year, COMP celebrated by honouring the 2023 theme “Standing on the...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of October 30 – ONE WEEK LEFT for Innovation Grant/InterACTIONS/PET Reveals Patient Responses to New Alzheimer’s Disease Drug
ONE WEEK left to submit your intent to apply application for the CNSC Innovation Grant! The October issue of InterACTIONS is out for your reading pleasure! Patients with...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the Week of October 23 – COMP IDMP Contest/IDEAS at Home – A Year in Review/Students Prefer MSK, Body, Breast Imaging
International Day of Medical Physics (IDMP) is approaching, and we want to celebrate with the COMP community through a photo contest! The theme of IDMP this year is...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of October 16 – CNSC Innovation Grant/COMP Professional Report/Frontiers Planet Prize
The CNSC Innovation Grant intent to apply deadline is coming up on October 27th! Read more, including how to apply, here. The 2023 COMP Professional Report is now...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of October 9 – IDMP 2023/COMP Imaging Lecture Series/MP-FIRE Research Partnerships Group
International Day of Medical Physics (IDMP) is approaching, and we want to celebrate with the COMP community through a photo contest! The theme of IDMP this year is...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the Week of October 2 – InterACTIONS Feature/High-dose Radiation Offers New Treatment Option for Older Patients with Inoperable Kidney Tumors/CNSC Innovation Grant
A ‘Good Catch Near Misses’ Program – Is It the Solution to Prevent Serious Injuries in Cancer Centres? Older adults diagnosed with kidney tumors that are not...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the Week of September 25 – Deep-Learning Model Detects More Breast Cancers in High-Risk Women/Executive Director Report/COMP Career Page
A mammogram-based deep learning model can identify more breast cancers at screening MRI than traditional risk assessment models, according to a study published September 19...
