EFOMP Announcements
EFOMP’s “Mentoring in Research programme”
Mar 25th, 2020 07:11EFOMP Announcements
The new programme “Mentoring in Research” aims at supporting early-career Medical Physicists (MPs) who want to set up a research project. It is about mentors helping mentees who have littl...
EMPNews - 3rd photo contest
Mar 18th, 2020 20:15EFOMP Announcements
The Communications and Publications committee hereby announces the 3rd EMPNews photo contest. The reward for the best three photos will be their publication in the corresponding issue of EMP News in a...
COVID-19 virus - EFOMP President's message
Mar 13th, 2020 12:47EFOMP Announcements
Dear EFOMP Colleagues, We are in the midst of an unprecedented challenge to the health systems in Europe and this is a worrying time for all of us. As medical physicists we have a role to play in h...
Working Group on the role of Medical Physicist Experts in Clinical Trials
Mar 10th, 2020 21:53EFOMP Announcements
The EFOMP hereby announces a new Working Group (WG) entitled “Role of MPE in clinical trials”. The WG will operate under Scientific Committee from 25th June 2020 to 14th June 2022. The r...
EFOMP Officers` Elections 2020 - new deadline
Feb 26th, 2020 07:03EFOMP Announcements
Announcement for the National Member Organisations. According to the present Constitution there are 3 Officer’s position opened for election in 2020: Treasurer C...
ESMPE Scientific Board Elections 2020 - new deadline
Feb 20th, 2020 09:29EFOMP Announcements
Announcement for the National Member Organisations According to the present European School for Medical Physics Experts Terms of Reference, 3 positions in the Scientific committee of ESMPE will be ...
4th European Congress of Medical Physics
Feb 14th, 2020 07:04EFOMP Announcements
The Board of EFOMP is delighted to announce that, after careful evaluation of all the excellent bids received, Dublin (Ireland) has been chosen as the venue for the 4th European Congress of Medical Ph...
EFOMP - survey on Artificial Intelligence
Feb 12th, 2020 21:38EFOMP Announcements
Dear colleagues, EFOMP Working Group on Artificial Intelligence is building an AI Curriculum for medical physicists. At this point it would be very useful for the WG to know more about your needs a...
ECR2020 Physics Subcommittee & EFOMP social evening and booth
Feb 11th, 2020 09:29EFOMP Announcements
Dear collegues, The chair of the 2020 European Congress of Radiology Physics Subcommittee Mika Kortesniemi and EFOMP would like to invite all Medical Physicists that will attend ECR2020 in Vienna, ...
ECMP Newsletter 2 - February 2020
Feb 8th, 2020 20:40EFOMP Announcements
Don’t miss the opportunity to be an active participant in ECMP 2020! Submit your abstract by March 10, 2020 The Scientific Committee and Congress Planning Committee has proceeded with...
Individual Associate Membership - EFOMP President’s message
Jan 20th, 2020 09:58EFOMP Announcements
Dear Colleagues, EFOMP wishes to involve in its activities as many Medical Physicists as possible. At the same time, it reiterates, that EFOMP is a Federation of National Member Organisations and i...
Announcement of EFOMP Officers Elections 2019
Jan 17th, 2020 09:51EFOMP Announcements
Dear Colleagues, The postal ballots on EFOMP officers elections 2019 ended on 3rd of January 2020. The officers elected will take up their posts from 1st January 2020. Padd...
EORTC - EFOMP questionnaire
Jan 10th, 2020 17:16EFOMP Announcements
In an effort to paint a picture of radiotherapy quality assurance in different countries, EFOMP and EORTC have drafted a questionnaire on local regulations and practices for acceptance tests and perio...
Obituary - Dr. John Robert Cunningham
Jan 9th, 2020 20:54EFOMP Announcements
Dear Physica Medica Readers, I have been just informed with these words, from Prof. Jerry Battista, of the passing away of John Robert "Jack" Cunningham, in Canada. "Yesterday eve...
EFOMP Working Group on PET/CT AND PET/MR QC Protocol
Jan 2nd, 2020 11:03EFOMP Announcements
The EFOMP hereby announces a new Working Group (WG) entitled “PET/CT PET/MR QC Protocol”. The WG will operate under Scientific Committee from 1st February 2020 to 1st February 2022. The...
Season's Greetings
Dec 25th, 2019 12:10EFOMP Announcements
Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year!
EFOMP's Examination Board (EEB) - Call for nominations - NEW DEADLINE!
Dec 14th, 2019 07:47EFOMP Announcements
According to the present EEB Terms of Reference all positions in EEB Board will be now opened for elections: National Member Organisations are invited to submit nominations for these positions...
EFOMP - membership of Albanian Association of Medical Physicists
Dec 11th, 2019 06:53EFOMP Announcements
The postal ballot on EFOMP Membership of the Albanian Association of Medical Physicists (AAMP) was closed on the 30th of November 2019. The majority of EFOMP council delegates responded and all o...
EFOMP - Photo Contest
Dec 2nd, 2019 16:14EFOMP Announcements
Dear colleagues the Communications and Publications committee is very happy to inform you about the success of “the hobby section” of EMP News. We feel that this social part of EMP News...
Radiological Hazards Information for Safe use - Guidelines for Manufacturers
Nov 18th, 2019 19:45EFOMP Announcements
A document has been developed jointly by COCIR, EFOMP and ESTRO to meet the requirements of article 78.2 of the BSS Directive (Council Directive 2013/59/Euratom of 5 December 2013 laying down basic sa...
Happy International Day of Medical Physics (November 7, 2019)!
Nov 7th, 2019 08:09EFOMP Announcements
Europe celebrates the International Day of Medical Physics EFOMP IDMP2019 subpage What is Medical Physics? EFOMP Subpage with information and videos for the public ...
EFOMP-ESTRO Survey on Medical Physics Education and Training in Europe
Oct 26th, 2019 09:34EFOMP Announcements
Survey on Medical Physics Education and Training in Europe addressed to EFOMP National Members Organisations Welcome to our survey! EFOMP and ESTRO are starting the review of the Core Curriculum (...
ECMP Newsletter 1 September 2019
Oct 1st, 2019 08:21EFOMP Announcements
One year to go to ECMP 2020 in Torino! Embracing Change, Sharing Knowledge. It is my pleasure to welcome all European medical physicists to participate in ECMP 2020 in Torino, Italy. Follo...
New procedure for National Registration Scheme (NRS) approval
Oct 1st, 2019 07:38EFOMP Announcements
Dear colleagues, Please find attached a letter from the chair of the Professional Matters Committee, Dr Ad Maas describing National Registration Schemes and experiences collected by the chair ...
European calls for research projects (Horizon 2020)
Jul 22nd, 2019 07:55EFOMP Announcements
Horizon 2020 is the biggest EU Research and Innovation programme ever with nearly €80 billion of funding available over 7 years (2014 to 2020) – in addition to the private investment that t...
European Journal of Medical Physics latets Impact Factor is published
Jun 26th, 2019 08:45EFOMP Announcements
The 2018 Impact Factors have just been released. European Journal of Medical Physics has a great increase. IF 2018 = 2.532 (IF 2017 = 2.240) In the category “radiology & nuclear medici...
Updated Cite Score of the European Journal Of Medical Physics
Jun 7th, 2019 06:44EFOMP Announcements
The 2018 Citescores have just been released. The European Journal of Medical Physics (EJMP) is the official journal of the Associazione Italiana di Fisica Medica, the European Federa...
EFOMP Working Group on EFOMP PS14 – Safety of MRI - final composition
Jun 3rd, 2019 08:09EFOMP Announcements
A NEW WG ON REVISION OF EFOMP PS14 – SAFETY OF MRI After a successful call on new Working Group (WG) entitled “Revision of EFOMP PS14 – Safety of MRI” EFOMP is proud to anno...
EFOMP Working Group on Artificial Intelligence - final composition
May 27th, 2019 09:37EFOMP Announcements
A new EFOMP Working Group on Artificial Intelligence! After a successful call on new Working Group (WG) entitled “Artificial Intelligence” EFOMP is proud to announce, that the final com...
EFOMP Working Group on Angiographic and Fluoroscopic QC Protocol - final composition
May 1st, 2019 21:21EFOMP Announcements
A new EFOMP Working Group on Angiographic and Fluoroscopic QC Protocol! After a successful call on new Working Group (WG) entitled “Angiographic and fluoroscopic systems - QC prot...
Announcement of the death of Professor Marta Wasilewska - Radwańska a collaborator of EFOMP
May 1st, 2019 17:50EFOMP Announcements
With deep regret and sadness, we inform that on April 25, 2019 Professor Marta Wasilewska-Radwanska died. Professor Marta Wasilewska - Radwańska was a collaborator of EFOMP for many years. &...
EFOMP Working Group on Digital Breast Tomosynthesis QC - final composition
Apr 11th, 2019 19:57EFOMP Announcements
A new EFOMP Working Group on Breast Tomosynthesis Quality Control Protocol After a successful call on new Working Group (WG) entitled “Breast Tomosynthesis QC Protoc...
EFOMP officers Spring meeting 2019
Apr 10th, 2019 21:51EFOMP Announcements
EFOMP Officers Spring meeting took place in Zeist hosted by the Dutch Society for Medical Physics, the NVKF, during it’s Spring Conference. EFOMP officers participated in specific ses...
IOMP becomes a Supporting Society to European Journal of Medical Physics
Apr 8th, 2019 06:52EFOMP Announcements
European Journal of Medical Physics becomes official organ of IOMP Physica Medica - European Journal of Medical Physics (EJMP), official organ of EFOMP, AIFM, SFPM, IAPM, CAMP, HAMP, has become off...
Free access to the European Journal of Medical Physics for a limited period
Mar 30th, 2019 11:53EFOMP Announcements
Free access to the latest issues of the European Journal of Medical Physics - Physica Medica (the official journal of EFOMP) for a limited period via Science Direct https://www.sciencedirect....
Welcome message from the President of the 3d European Congress of Medical Physics (ECMP2020)
Mar 30th, 2019 07:18EFOMP Announcements
Embracing change, sharing knowledge Welcome Message It is my pleasure to welcome all European medical physicists to participate in ECMP 2020, the third European Congress of M...
ICTP master on Medical Physics - call for applications
Mar 20th, 2019 20:25EFOMP Announcements
Call for applications for the next cycle 2020-21 of the ICTP (International Centre for Theoretical Physics) Master on Medical Physics The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical P...
IAEA-EUTEMPE RX joint webinar Modules 6 and 7
Mar 15th, 2019 08:32EFOMP Announcements
IAEA-EUTEMPE RX joint webinar Modules 6 and 7 Tuesday, March 19, 2019 2:00 pm Europe Time (Berlin, GMT+01:00) Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes Title: The value of quantitative measuremen...
Revision of an International Standard for ionization chambers/radionuclide calibrators: your input is welcome!
Mar 9th, 2019 09:13EFOMP Announcements
The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), Technical Committee 45 "Nuclear Instrumentation" is revising the International Standard IEC 61145 "Calibration and use of ioniz...
ECIBC: New breast cancer recommendations just published
Feb 9th, 2019 19:26EFOMP Announcements
In line with World Cancer Day's goals, 4th of February, the EU Commission Joint Research Centre released 17 new recommendations on breast cancer screening and diagnosis. The published recom...
Working Group on “Angiographic and fluoroscopic systems - QC protocol”
Dec 20th, 2018 08:53EFOMP Announcements
The EFOMP hereby announces a new Working Group (WG) entitled “Angiographic and fluoroscopic systems - QC protocol”. The WG will operate under Scientific Committee from Jun 2019 to Jun 2021...
Working Group on “Artificial Intelligence”
Dec 20th, 2018 08:46EFOMP Announcements
The EFOMP hereby announces a new Working Group (WG) entitled “Artificial Intelligence (AI)”. The WG will operate under Scientific Committee, supported by Projects Committee and Professiona...
Working Group on “Breast Tomosynthesis QC Protocol”
Dec 14th, 2018 08:24EFOMP Announcements
The EFOMP hereby announces a new Working Group (WG) entitled “Breast Tomosynthesis QC Protocol”. The WG will operate under Scientific Committee from April 2019 to March 2021. The ra...
Working Group on PS14 revision announcement
Dec 4th, 2018 09:53EFOMP Announcements
A new WG on MRI safety recommendations - open for member candidates The EFOMP hereby announces a new Working Group (WG) entitled “Revision of EFOMP PS14 - Safety of MRI” . The WG will o...
Announcement of the death of Oskar Chomicki - Honorary Member of EFOMP
Nov 7th, 2018 10:48EFOMP Announcements
On October 25th, 2018, Oskar Chomicki passed away A fundamental figure in the world of medical physics Co-founder and long-term Secretary of the Board of the Polish Society of Medica...
International Day of Medical Physics 2018 Awards
Nov 7th, 2018 08:06EFOMP Announcements
IDMP Awards 2018 are given by the International Organization for Medical Physics to: Jamila Salem Humaid Ali MEFOMP Renato Padovani EFOMP Kavuma Awusi FAMPO Hasin Anupama Azhari AF...
Opportunity to seek support for courses and conferences as well as scientific research activities via the ENEN+ Project grants
Oct 26th, 2018 21:25EFOMP Announcements
Medical physics students, post-docs and professionals are able to seek financial support for a number of activities in connection to the European project ENEN +. The ENEN+ Project was initiated by ...
We ❤ IDoR! New book on cardiac imaging online
Oct 26th, 2018 11:55EFOMP Announcements
We IDoR! New book on cardiac imaging online An IDoR book on cardiac imaging was just published to celebrate the International Day of Radiology 2018 (IDoR2018). This year's theme is Card...
ENEN+ Project - First European Nuclear Competition for Secondary School Pupils
Oct 8th, 2018 12:04EFOMP Announcements
Video submission deadline: April 1st, 2019 The primary motivation of the ENEN+ project is to substantially contribute to the revival of the interest of young generations in careers in the nuclear...
Abstracts of ECMP2018 in EJMP
Aug 21st, 2018 07:27EFOMP Announcements
Abstracts of the 2nd European Congress of Medical Physics 2018 in the European Journal of Medical Physics We are pleased to announce that the Supplement of EJMP with the Abstracts of ECMP 2018 is n...
Welcome to ECMP 2018
Aug 16th, 2018 11:16EFOMP Announcements
We look forward to welcoming you in Copenhagen next week! Please find in the attachment some useful practical information regarding the congress. ECMP2018 Programme We are pleased to announce t...
ECMP 2018 Online Sample Issue
Aug 8th, 2018 09:05EFOMP Announcements
View a selection of recent EJMP articles, hand-picked by Paolo Russo, which will be freely available on the EJMP website for the duration of the 2nd European Congress of Medical Physics. T...
A dedicated trimodality (PET/MR/EEG) imaging tool for schizophrenia
Jul 30th, 2018 11:55EFOMP Announcements
The TRIMAGE project is an EU-funded FP7 project whose aim is to design and build a novel (PET/MR/EEG) brain scanner for early diagnosis of schizophrenia that could be also useful for other mental heal...
EFOMP officers elections 2018
Jul 6th, 2018 20:10EFOMP Announcements
Please find in the attachement the results of the recent elections for the positions of Vice-Chair of the Communications and Publications committee Vice-Chair of the Projects committee...
Extended deadline for early reduced registration fee
May 31st, 2018 21:32EFOMP Announcements
Εxtended deadline for the early reduced registration fee until 13 August 2018 (CET 11.59 pm) Reduced registration fee: A limited amount of up to 50 reduced registration fees ...
Reduced registration fee for EFOMP congress and EFOMP examinations!
May 5th, 2018 11:29EFOMP Announcements
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Call for papers: Advances in Geant4 applications in medicine
May 3rd, 2018 12:16EFOMP Announcements
EJMP seeks papers for a volume of the journal dedicated to reporting the latest advancements of Monte Carlo simulations in medicine using the Geant4 software toolkit. The volume will be guest Edited b...
EFOMP policy statement 16: The role and competences of medical physicists and medical physics experts under 2013/59/EURATOM
Apr 18th, 2018 07:52EFOMP Announcements
The EFOMP policy statement 16: The role and competences of medical physicists and medical physics experts under 2013/59/EURATOM has been recenlty published. Physica Medica (European Journal of ...
ECMP 2018 – Scientific Sessions
Apr 12th, 2018 06:28EFOMP Announcements
Scientific Sessions The Scientific Sessions at ECMP 2018, will ...
Call for EFOMP Officer Nominations 2018
Apr 3rd, 2018 09:01EFOMP Announcements
According to the present EFOMP Constitution 3 positions will be now open for elections: Communications and Publications Vice-Chair Professional Matters Vice-Chair Projects Vice-Chair EF...
600 Abstracts were Submitted to the European Congress Of Medical Physics (ECMP2018)
Mar 20th, 2018 10:44EFOMP Announcements
We are happy to announce that more than 600 abstracts were submitted to the European Congress of Medical Physics (ECMP2018) that will take place in Copenhagen, August 23-25, 2018...
Next EFOMP Examination Board exams in Copenhagen, August 21 and 22
Mar 15th, 2018 22:34EFOMP Announcements
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EMP News Spring 2018 issue just released
Mar 7th, 2018 21:51EFOMP Announcements
Dear Readers, your increasing interest in this publication has motivated the decision of the EFOMP Communication and Publications Committee to produce four (instead of two) issues of this E...
ΙΑΕΑ publication No. 15: Medical Physics Staffing Needs in Diagnostic Imaging and Radionuclide Therapy: An Activity Based Approach
Feb 27th, 2018 19:20EFOMP Announcements
Over the last decades, the rapid technological development of diagnostic and interventional radiology and nuclear medicine has made them major tools of modern medicine. However, at the same time the i...
ENEN Grants for attending ECMP 2018 and ESMPE Satellite meetings
Feb 27th, 2018 08:01EFOMP Announcements
ENEN's mission is the preservation and further development of expertise in the nuclear fields by higher Education and Training. The mobility grants are intended for those, who would like to impro...
ECMP 2018 - Extended deadline for abstract submission
Jan 29th, 2018 13:13EFOMP Announcements
Extended deadline for abs...
New President of the European Federation of Organizations in Medical Physics editorial
Jan 23rd, 2018 11:12EFOMP Announcements
Dear collegues, Attached please find the editorial of the new President of EFOMP, Dr. Marco Brambilla, which has been recently published online on the European Journal of Medical Physics. Sincer...
EUTEMPE-RX: best wishes for 2018 ! Grasp the 2018 EUTEMPE-RX opportunities !
Jan 14th, 2018 18:20EFOMP Announcements
Dear colleagues and friends, On behalf of the EUTEMPE-net, I wish you a very happy and interesting 2018. 2018 may be an important year for the EUTEMPE-RX network: we have another ser...
ECMP 2018 - Pre-meetings and EEB examinations
Jan 11th, 2018 12:35EFOMP Announcements
Do not miss the oppo...
European Medical Physics News edition Autumn 2017
Jan 3rd, 2018 19:44EFOMP Announcements
The EFOMP Communications & Publications Committee is responsible for the representation and promotion of the application of physical sciences to medicine in the public. This includes: ...
BSS Transposition in the Medical Sector Executive Summary
Dec 20th, 2017 10:16EFOMP Announcements
The Executive Summary of the final report 'Evaluation of national actions regarding the transposition of Council Directive 2013/59/Euratom's requirements in the medical sector' is av...
ECMP 2018 - Abstracts submission by 22 January
Dec 18th, 2017 20:54EFOMP Announcements
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EFOMP at the International Conference in Radiation Protection in Medicine 2017 ΙΑΕΑ
Dec 17th, 2017 11:55EFOMP Announcements
The third International Conference in Radiation Protection in Medicine took place in Vienna, Austria 11-15 December 2017 following those held in Malaga, Spain (2001) and Bonn, Germany (2012). The co...
EFOMP Advisory Committees - nomination of new members
Nov 29th, 2017 12:24EFOMP Announcements
EFOMP is working towards its aims using six Advisory Committees. The increasing importance of EFOMP work demands an increase in active members willing to share the workload of a particular committee. ...
EFOMP officers elections 2017
Oct 20th, 2017 09:08EFOMP Announcements
Please find in the attachement the results of the recent elections for the positions of Treasurer Vice-Chair of the Scientific committee Vice-Chair of the Education and Training commit...
Annual council and board meeting of the EFOMP at York, September 11-13, 2017
Oct 14th, 2017 12:29EFOMP Announcements
The annual council and board meeting of the European Federation of Οrganisations for Medical Physics (EFOMP) took place in York, September 11-13, 2017 hosted by the Institute of Physics and En...
National Congress of the German Association of Medical Physicists (DGMP)
Oct 5th, 2017 00:00EFOMP Announcements
The National Congress of the German Association of Medical Physicists (DGMP) joint with the Association of the Biomedical Engineers (DGBMT) and the Medical Physics Societies of Austria (ÖGMP) and Swi...
EFOMP session at MEIBioeng/MPEC2017
Sep 15th, 2017 09:00EFOMP Announcements
An EFOMP session was hosted by the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine on the 13th September at Sandown Park Racecourse, Esher, Surrey. This year the Medical Physics and Engineering Confe...
EMP News Summer 2017
Aug 28th, 2017 17:50EFOMP Announcements
Dear subscribers and readers of the EMP News, Please find in attachment the latest issue of the EMP News (Summer 2017), prepared by Markus Buchgeister, Efi Koutsouveli and myself (as new Chairperso...
EFOMP-AAPM leadership meeting Denver, Colorado, 2 August 2017
Aug 27th, 2017 14:07EFOMP Announcements
The EFOMP-AAPM leadership meeting was organized in Denver, Colorado, on Wednesday, August 2. Main agenda items were organization of joint sessions during the 2018 main scientific meetings (EC...
EFOMP Guidelines on the transposition of EU BSS
Jun 17th, 2017 13:07EFOMP Announcements
EFOMP Guidelines on the transposition of EU BSS art. 60 in national legislations approved by the EFOMP Board during the EFOMP Officers meeting held in Girona, Spain, 15-16 June 2017.
Participation of EFOMP in ESTRO36 / VIENNA
May 2nd, 2017 19:59EFOMP Announcements
Dear collegues, ESTRO 36 organized by the European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology will take place 5-9 May 2017, in Vienna, Austria. ESTRO is an interdisciplinary society where radi...