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Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of July 15 – Message from the COMP President/Blood Cancer Drug Could Help Improve The Efficiency Of Radiotherapy In Meningiomas/COMP ASM Photo Memories

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of July 15 – Message from the COMP President/Blood Cancer Drug Could Help Improve The Efficiency Of Radiotherapy In Meningiomas/COMP ASM Photo Memories

Read the Message from the new COMP President in the July issue of InterACTIONS! Drugs developed to fight blood and other cancers could also help improve the efficiency of...

July 15, 2024

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Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of July 8 – July 2024 InterACTIONS!/Canadian Undergraduate Medical Physics Conference/ASTRO Guideline on Radiation Therapy for Patients with HPV-related Throat Cancer

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of July 8 – July 2024 InterACTIONS!/Canadian Undergraduate Medical Physics Conference/ASTRO Guideline on Radiation Therapy for Patients with HPV-related Throat Cancer

The July 2024 issue of InterACTIONS is now available! Do you have any summer or honours project students with projects in medical physics (radiotherapy, imaging, dosimetry,...

July 8, 2024

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Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of July 1 – Olympic Imaging Squad Gets Set for Summer Games/First MRI Exam – July 3, 1977/Radiation Protection for Patients: ChatGPT Compared to Radiology Institutional Websites

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of July 1 – Olympic Imaging Squad Gets Set for Summer Games/First MRI Exam – July 3, 1977/Radiation Protection for Patients: ChatGPT Compared to Radiology Institutional Websites

A team of 32 radiologists and 36 radiographers are limbering up to work at the summer Olympics, which begins on 25 July. They are likely to perform more than 1800 scans on...

July 1, 2024

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Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of June 24 – COMP Winter School 2025/SNMMI: New Study Suggests Merits of FAPI PET/CT for Breast Cancer Staging/CUMPC Conference

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of June 24 – COMP Winter School 2025/SNMMI: New Study Suggests Merits of FAPI PET/CT for Breast Cancer Staging/CUMPC Conference

Get ready! The next COMP Winter School will be in person in Calgary, Alberta January 29 – February 1, 2025. Can fibroblast activation protein inhibitor (FAPI) PET/CT have...

June 24, 2024

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Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of June 17 – 2024-2027 COMP Strategic Plan/Words Matter – InterACTIONS Feature/COMP Virtual Library

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of June 17 – 2024-2027 COMP Strategic Plan/Words Matter – InterACTIONS Feature/COMP Virtual Library

Read the brand-new COMP Strategic Plan for 2024 – 2027 now here ! Words matter – taking a look at “legacy” language and how to incorporate more precise and inclusive...

June 17, 2024

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Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of June 10 – Shattering Glass Ceilings: Celebrating Remarkable Physicists/IDMP 2023 Article/Welcome to the 2024-2025 COMP Board of Directors!

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of June 10 – Shattering Glass Ceilings: Celebrating Remarkable Physicists/IDMP 2023 Article/Welcome to the 2024-2025 COMP Board of Directors!

The Canadian Organization of Medical Physicists (COMP) Women’s Committee IDEA (Inclusivity, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility) group's series “Shattering Glass Ceilings:...

June 10, 2024

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Pieces of Interest from COMP for the Week of June 3 – Congratulations to the COMP Gold Medal Winner/IAEA Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship Programme/Updates from Cancer Centres

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the Week of June 3 – Congratulations to the COMP Gold Medal Winner/IAEA Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship Programme/Updates from Cancer Centres

Congratulations to Dr. Frank Prato, the 2024 COMP Gold Medal Award Winner. Read more about Frank here . Spread the word! The IAEA Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship Programme...

June 3, 2024

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Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of May 27, 2024 – LAST WEEK to Register for the COMP ASM/Treatment Method to Precisely Target Tumor Cells/CNSC Lifecycle License

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of May 27, 2024 – LAST WEEK to Register for the COMP ASM/Treatment Method to Precisely Target Tumor Cells/CNSC Lifecycle License

LAST WEEK to register for the COMP ASM! Don’t miss the chance to foster collaborative relationships and to share and embrace new knowledge! Chinese scientists have...

May 27, 2024

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Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of May 20, 2024 – 100 Rules of Radiology/Executive Director Report/ Volunteer with COMP!

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of May 20, 2024 – 100 Rules of Radiology/Executive Director Report/ Volunteer with COMP!

Paul McCoubrie discusses his next publication: 100 rules of radiology , following the rave reviews of his first 50 rules, published in 2021. Read the Executive Director...

May 20, 2024

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Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of May 6 – ‘How I Live’ Documentary Screening/Message from the CCPM President/ New Era of Medical Imaging Enhances Patient Radiation Protection

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of May 6 – ‘How I Live’ Documentary Screening/Message from the CCPM President/ New Era of Medical Imaging Enhances Patient Radiation Protection

Don’t miss the screening of How I Live - a documentary about 4 families, 5 countries and the global fight to cure childhood cancer, at the COMP ASM . Stay after the...

May 6, 2024

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Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of April 29 – COMP ASM Program/Message from the COMP President/NIST Researchers Develop Magnetics-Based Analyte Sensor

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of April 29 – COMP ASM Program/Message from the COMP President/NIST Researchers Develop Magnetics-Based Analyte Sensor

Thinking about registering or getting excited for the COMP ASM? Check out the latest program here ! Read the latest Message from the COMP President in the April Issue of...

April 29, 2024

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Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of April 22 – COMP Awards/April Issue of InterACTIONS/COMP Career Catalyst Seminar/Happy Earth Day!

Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of April 22 – COMP Awards/April Issue of InterACTIONS/COMP Career Catalyst Seminar/Happy Earth Day!

Last week to submit your award nominations for the COMP Gold Medal, Fellow of COMP and Jerry Battista Awards ! The April 2024 issue of InterACTIONS is now out! Student and...

April 22, 2024

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