MEDICAL PHYSICS International The Journal of the International Organization of Medical Physics (IOMP)

Contents

EDITORIAL

10th Anniversary of the IOMP Journal Medical Physics International

Slavik Tabakov, Perry Sprawls

CONGRATULATION ADDRESS TO MPI JOPURNAL FROM JOURNAL PHYSICS MEDICA – EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL PHYSICS

Iuliana Toma-Dasu

CONGRATULATION ADDRESS TO MPI JOPURNAL FROM JOURNAL HEALTH AND TECHNOLOGY - THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF IUPESM

Magdalena Stoeva & Kang Ping Lin

EDUCATIONAL TOPICS

FIVE TIPS TO IMPROVE YOUR TEACHING OF MEDICAL PHYSICS

George Starkschall, PhD, FAAPM, FACR

The AAPM Educators Resource Guide

Karen Brown, Perry Sprawls

Introducing Medical Physics to Students for Career Opportunities

Perry Sprawls

MAPS FOR DEVELOPING MEDICAL PHYSICS CONCEPT NETWORKS IN THE MIND

P. Sprawls

The Encyclopaedia of Medical Physics II Edition: The update of General Terms field

Slavik Tabakov , Magdalena Stoeva

The Encyclopaedia of Medical Physics II Edition: The update of Diagnostic Radiology field

Slavik Tabakov , Perry Sprawls , Paola Bregant

The Encyclopaedia of Medical Physics II Edition: The update of Nuclear Medicine and Ultrasound Sections

Sameer Tipnis , Slavik Tabakov

The Encyclopedia of Medical Physics II Edition: The update of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Section

John N. Oshinski

The Encyclopaedia of Medical Physics II Edition: The update of Radiation Protection Terms field

Magdalena Stoeva

The Encyclopaedia of Medical Physics II Edition: Radiotherapy Update

Franco Milano, Eva Bezak, Thomas Davies, Callum Gillies, Samuel Ingram, Virginia Marin Anaya, Edward Smith, Mark Wanklyn, Carla Winterhalter, Yunzhou Xia, Angelo Filippo, Tracy Underwood

PROFESSIONAL TOPICS

IAEA TRAINING RESOURCES ON RADIATION PROTECTION IN DENTAL RADIOLOGY

J. Vassileva, O. Holmberg

THE ASEAN DIAGNOSTIC REFERENCE LEVELS IN MEDICAL IMAGING

A. Krisanachinda, S. Srimahachota, I.D. McLean, N. Jamal, K. Matsubara, F. Haryanto, V. Ath, C. Anam, L.E. Lubis, E. Kunarsih, I.B.G. Putra Pratama, V. Inphavong, N M Ariffin, T.T. Myint, A. Peralta, D. Arzabal, V. Dalin, JCL Lee, S Somanesan, Y M Kwok, NT Chau

REPORT ON THE VIRTUAL MEETING OF 19th SEACOMP, 14th ACOMP and 13th TMPS

T. Sanghangthum, S. Suriyapee, C. Tannanonta, C. Kakanaporn, P. Tangboonduangjit, A. Krisanachinda

HOW-TO

STRATEGIC PLANNING: CASE STUDY FOR A DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY CONSTANCY TESTING PROGRAMME IN A MAJOR HOSPITAL IN MALTA

K. Vella, C.J. Caruana, N. Vella, K. Schembri, M.L. Camilleri, M. Busuttil, E. Pace

A NOVEL TEST OBJECT AND METHOD FOR PRECISE ASSESSMENT OF GAMMA CAMERA INTRINSIC SPATIAL RESOLUTION DURING ACCEPTANCE TESTING

Trindev, P.

SELECTING A COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER

M. Mahesh

TOWARDS POTENTIAL HARM ASSESSMENT FROM THE INDIVIDUAL PATIENT RADIATION DOSES IN IMAGING PROCEDURES: A PROPOSAL FOR A NEW QUANTITY

Ehsan Samei, Kimberly Applegate, Francois Bochud, Mahadevappa Mahesh, Colin Martin, Francois Paquet, M. Antonia Lopez Ponte, Filip Vanhavere, Richard Wakeford , Weihai Zhuo

IOMP AWARDEES

PROFESSOR EHSAN SAMEI AWARDED THE MARIE SKLODOWSKA-CURIE AWARD OF IOMP, 2022

PROFESSOR GEORGE STARKSCHALL AWARDED THE HAROLD JOHNS MEDAL, 2022

PROFESSOR XIE GEORGE XU AWARDED THE IUPESM AWARD OF MERIT, 2022

BOOK REVIEW

“INTRODUCTION TO MEDICAL PHYSICS”, EDITED BY STEPHEN KEEVIL, RENATO PADOVANI, SLAVIK TABAKOV, TONY GREENER AND CORNELIUS LEWIS

De Vita, Enrico

HISTORY

PAUL LANGEVIN (1872-1946): THE FATHER OF ULTRASONICS

F A Duck, A M K Thomas

ANNEX

THE SCIENCE OF MEDICAL IMAGING

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE QUEST FOR VISIBILITY

P. Sprawls

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Principles, Methods, and Techniques

Perry Sprawls

INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS