Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of June 5 - Open-Source Resources in Medical Physics/InterACTIONS Feature/Remote Work in Radiology
In the rapidly evolving field of medical physics, open-source resources are becoming an essential tool for innovation and progress. This AAPM Global Research and Scientific...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of May 29 – Peter Kirkby Memorial Medal Winner/New Director of Medical Physics Tom Baker Cancer Centre/Interactive Neuroimaging Exercises
Congratulations to Laura Pankratz, winner of the 2023 CAP-COMP Peter Kirkby Memorial Medal for Outstanding Service to Canadian Physics! Read the full press release...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the Week of May 22 – Pieces of Interest from COMP for the Week of May 22 – McMedHacks 2023/Focused Ultrasound Treatment and Brain Waste/Best of Breast
McMedHacks is an 8-week-long summer program that aims to teach clinicians, researchers and students fundamentals of medical image analysis and deep learning in Python....
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the Week of May 15 – ChatGPT and Medical Physics/IAEA Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship Programme/Executive Director’s Report/CARO-COMPJSM Registration Open!
What are the potential ChatGPT applications in medical physics? The recent article: ChatGPT in Medical Physics: A Glimpse explores the possibilities. The new application...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of May 8 – Deadline Extended – Jerry Battista Award/Message from the CCPM President/COMP 2024 Automation Workshop Survey
Didn’t make the Jerry Battista award deadline? Don’t worry – you can now submit your nominations up until May 15th! Read the April Message from the CCPM President in...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the Week of May 1 - Breast Density Decline Slower in Women Who Develop Breast Cancer/Colorectal Cancer Community Conference/Message from the COMP President
According to a team from Washington University in St. Louis, MO, breast density over time has a significantly slower decline in women who develop breast cancer. This could...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of April 24 – April 2023 InterACTIONS/Decreasing Energy Consumption in Radiology/COMP Awards Nominations
The April 2023 Issue of InterACTIONS is now available! How one hospital reduced their energy consumption and saved big. Read about it here. Nominations for the COMP Gold...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the Week of April 17 – IUPAP Early Career Scientist Prize in Medical Physics 2023/Call for Nominations COMP Board of Directors/COMP Awards Nominations/COMP CWC-IDEA - IDEAs @ Home - Research Funding
The IUPAP Early Career Scientist Prize in Medical Physics 2023 was established and funded by the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) and is awarded...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the Week of April 10 – JSM COMP Keynote Speaker/Women in Physics Canada Conference/IOMP Post Design Contest
Meet the CARO-COMP JSM Keynote Speaker - September 20! Dr. Uwe Oelfke from The Institute of Cancer Research, London and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust will be...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of April 3 – Flash Radiotherapy and Particle Therapy Conference/Casper the Friendly Phantom/FLASH Proton Therapy Trial Begins on Bone Cancers in Chest
The 3rd Flash Radiotherapy and Particle Therapy Conference (FRPT 2023) will be held on 5 - 7 December 2023 in Toronto, Canada. The abstract submission is open and the...
Pieces of Interest from COMP for the Week of March 27 - COMP Mammography Workshop/COMP Job Postings/The Inaugural Edition of the Canadian Undergraduate Medical Physics Conference
The first session of the COMP Mammography Workshop is this Friday March 31st! The workshop features internationally renowned faculty and is not to be missed! Looking for a...
POI for the Week of March 20 – New Linac-MR Machine at the Cross Cancer Institute/Women in Physics Canada Conference/Curietherapies 2023
Exciting news for the Cross Cancer Institute! After 15 years of work, the Linac-MR machine has entered clinical trials. Congrats to COMP member and President of CCPM, Gino...
