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Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of December 23 – COMP Winter School 2025/H.E. Johns Travel Award Report/COMP Career Page

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of December 23 – COMP Winter School 2025/H.E. Johns Travel Award Report/COMP Career Page

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of December 23 – COMP Winter School 2025/H.E. Johns Travel Award Report/COMP Career Page The COMP Winter School early bird deadline...

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the work of December 16 – COMP Winter School 2025/Insights from the Re-irradiation Collaborative/Happy Holidays from COMP!

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the work of December 16 – COMP Winter School 2025/Insights from the Re-irradiation Collaborative/Happy Holidays from COMP!

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the work of December 16 – COMP Winter School 2025/Insights from the Re-irradiation Collaborative/Happy Holidays from COMP! This year, gift...

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of December 9 – Join Us at COMP Winter School 2025!/The Inaugural Clinical Scripting And Automation Workshop/The Role of Vibrational Spectroscopy Techniques in Radiotherapy

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of December 9 – Join Us at COMP Winter School 2025!/The Inaugural Clinical Scripting And Automation Workshop/The Role of Vibrational Spectroscopy Techniques in Radiotherapy

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of December 9 – Join Us at COMP Winter School 2025!/ The Inaugural Clinical Scripting and Automation Workshop/The Role of...

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the Week of December 2 – Executive Director Report/AI Can Now ‘Feel’ Surfaces with Quantum Tech/Join Us at COMP Winter School 2025!

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the Week of December 2 – Executive Director Report/AI Can Now ‘Feel’ Surfaces with Quantum Tech/Join Us at COMP Winter School 2025!

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the Week of December 2 – Executive Director Report/AI Can Now ‘Feel’ Surfaces with Quantum Tech/Join Us at COMP Winter School 2025! Read the...

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of November 25, 2024 –COMP Lunch Bites Series/Memorium for Mark Henkelman/63rd Annual PTCOG Conference (PTCOG 63)

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of November 25, 2024 –COMP Lunch Bites Series/Memorium for Mark Henkelman/63rd Annual PTCOG Conference (PTCOG 63)

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of November 25, 2024 –COMP Lunch Bites Series/Memorium for Mark Henkelman/ 63 rd Annual PTCOG Conference (PTCOG 63) COMP Lunch...

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of November 18 - Register Now for COMP Winter School 2025!/Message from the CCPM President/Provincial Government Recognizes Medical Radiation Technologists as a Regulated Profession

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of November 18 - Register Now for COMP Winter School 2025!/Message from the CCPM President/Provincial Government Recognizes Medical Radiation Technologists as a Regulated Profession

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of November 18 - Register Now for COMP Winter School 2025!/Message from the CCPM President/Provincial Government Recognizes Medical...

Pieces of interest from COMP for the week of November 11, 2024 – Last Week to Submit COMP Winter School Abstracts/Message from the COMP President/Ontario Expanding Ability to Process Cancer Fighting Medical Isotopes

Pieces of interest from COMP for the week of November 11, 2024 – Last Week to Submit COMP Winter School Abstracts/Message from the COMP President/Ontario Expanding Ability to Process Cancer Fighting Medical Isotopes

Pieces of interest from COMP for the week of November 11, 2024 – Last Week to Submit COMP Winter School Abstracts/Message from the COMP President/Ontario Expanding Ability to...

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of November 4

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of November 4

Last Week to Enter the COMP IDMP Photo Contest!/Submit Your Abstracts for COMP Winter School 2024/Celebrating Medical Radiation Technology Week Celebrate International Day of...

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of October 28

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of October 28

IDMP2024/2025 COMP Winter School Keynote/Montreal General strengthens nuclear medicine/McMaster joins Canadians for CANDU campaign in support of made-in-Canada nuclear...

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the Week of October 21

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the Week of October 21

Winter School 2025/COMP Imaging Lecture Series/IUPESM Survey Registration is now open for the upcoming IN-PERSON COMP Winter School in Calgary, Alberta! Register here . The...

Pieces of Interest for the week of October 14

Pieces of Interest for the week of October 14

Canada's Top Breast Cancer Experts Unite to Elevate National Standards in Care/Hands-On Brachytherapy Workshop/St. Michael’s Hospital opens first-in-Canada hybrid biplane OR...

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of October 7 - IDEAs @ Home/Career Catalyst Networking Event/IDMP2024

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of October 7 - IDEAs @ Home/Career Catalyst Networking Event/IDMP2024

IDEAs @ Home: October 8th, 2024, 3 PM EST Join CWC-IDEA for an insightful session on "Truth and Reconciliation Day, Jordan’s Principle, and You." We’ll explore our...

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of September 30 – Imaging Lecture Series/How Australia Aims to Close the Health Gap/Vanier Scholar Develops Innovations for Use of AI In Cancer Treatment Planning

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of September 30 – Imaging Lecture Series/How Australia Aims to Close the Health Gap/Vanier Scholar Develops Innovations for Use of AI In Cancer Treatment Planning

The COMP Imaging Lecture Series starts in October! Read about the sessions being offered this year. Registration is now open. Spartan First and TeleMed Health Services have...

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of September 23 – Registration Open - COMP Imaging Lecture Series/New Workflow Enhances Proton Therapy by Adapting to Daily Changes in Cancer Patients/Hope for B.C.'s Cancer Care System

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of September 23 – Registration Open - COMP Imaging Lecture Series/New Workflow Enhances Proton Therapy by Adapting to Daily Changes in Cancer Patients/Hope for B.C.'s Cancer Care System

Registration is now open for the 2024-2025 COMP Imaging Lecture Series! Check out this years’ speakers and topics here . Irradiation can be adjusted daily based on the...

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of September 9 COMP Virtual Library/Quantum Entanglement Puzzle Solved: 25-Year-Old Question Finally Answered/IDEAs @ Home

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of September 9 COMP Virtual Library/Quantum Entanglement Puzzle Solved: 25-Year-Old Question Finally Answered/IDEAs @ Home

Did you know that as a COMP member you have access to a virtual library full of past COMP event recordings? Check it out here ! A groundbreaking study by Julio I de Vicente...

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of September 2 – Canadian Radiologists Call for Better Medical Imaging Access/Chief Examiner Report/Enhancing Cancer Treatment to Prevent Heart Risks

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of September 2 – Canadian Radiologists Call for Better Medical Imaging Access/Chief Examiner Report/Enhancing Cancer Treatment to Prevent Heart Risks

Radiology groups are urging the federal government to address issues of growing wait lists, staff shortages, and outdated equipment by improving staffing, equipment, and...

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of August 26 - 2024 CNSC Innovation Grant by COMP/NRC-Not Just a Calibration Laboratory/ NRC and Ionizing Radiation Standards Group/Medical Breakthrough Provides Hope for Early Risk Stratification of a Deadly Bloo

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of August 26 - 2024 CNSC Innovation Grant by COMP/NRC-Not Just a Calibration Laboratory/ NRC and Ionizing Radiation Standards Group/Medical Breakthrough Provides Hope for Early Risk Stratification of a Deadly Bloo

COMP, in collaboration with the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC), is excited to announce the 2024 CNSC Innovation Grant Competition . The Grant supports the creation...

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of August 19, 2024 – Wearable PET Scanner Allows Brain Scans of Moving Patients/MPWB in Kenya/Sunnybrook Applies AI To Breast-Cancer Radiation Therapy

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of August 19, 2024 – Wearable PET Scanner Allows Brain Scans of Moving Patients/MPWB in Kenya/Sunnybrook Applies AI To Breast-Cancer Radiation Therapy

Traditional brain imaging methods are limited by the need for subjects to lie still. To address this, neuroscientists at West Virginia University developed a wearable,...

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the Week of August 12 – Medical Physicists Play Crucial Role in Cancer Care at Niagara Health/2024 COMP Award Winners/IOMP School on IMRT

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the Week of August 12 – Medical Physicists Play Crucial Role in Cancer Care at Niagara Health/2024 COMP Award Winners/IOMP School on IMRT

At the Walker Family Cancer Centre (WFCC), located at the Marotta Family Hospital in St. Catharines, medical physicists apply their knowledge of physics to a variety of...

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of August 5 – 2024-2027 COMP Strategic Plan/ The International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) Survey/2025 Winter School in Calgary!

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of August 5 – 2024-2027 COMP Strategic Plan/ The International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) Survey/2025 Winter School in Calgary!

Check out the 2024-2027 COMP Strategic Plan in the July issue of InterACTIONS. The International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) is extending its survey on human...