EFOMP Announcements
19th ENEN PhD Event & Prize 2025
Nov 26th, 2024 21:08EFOMP Announcements
ENEN PhD event 2025 that will be held at the FISA-EURADWASTE conference 2025. The Conference will take place between May 12-16 in Warsaw, Poland. The key details of the contest: Application dead...
A new Special Interect Group (SIG) in "Magnetic Resonance Imaging" | Call for Members
Nov 24th, 2024 20:10EFOMP Announcements
EFOMP is delighted to inform you that we have launched a new Special Interest Group (SIG) Magnetic Resonance Imaging. The increasing role and activities of MPEs and MPs in MRI Safety, MRI Quality A...
Physica Medica - New special issue about women in medical physics!
Nov 22nd, 2024 14:54EFOMP Announcements
Special Issue dedicated to Women in Medical Physics! It is our great pleasure to invite you to submit a contribution for a high-profile Special Issue of the journal Physica Medica – European ...
Composition of EFOMP Joint WG on "Software as a Medical Device in Medical Physics"
Nov 14th, 2024 21:49EFOMP Announcements
After a successful call for nominations for members to create a Working Group (WG) Software as a Medical Device in Medical Physics. The EFOMP governing committee is proud to announce that the final co...
Composition of EFOMP Joint WG on “DICOM-QSPECT-MRT”
Nov 14th, 2024 21:43EFOMP Announcements
After a successful call for nominations for members to create a Working Group (WG) DICOM QSPECT MRT. The EFOMP governing committee is proud to announce that the final composition was approved accordin...
EFOMP Leadership Course
Nov 12th, 2024 12:53EFOMP Announcements
EFOMP together with EUTEMPE and ESMPE and in collaboration with ECO, ENEN, COCIR, ICRP, would like to invite you to the EFOMP leadership course on 17th-19th March 2025. Leading Medical Physics to a...
EFOMP-ESR core curriculum update for Medical Physics Experts working in Radiology - Working Group composition
Sep 23rd, 2024 23:11EFOMP Announcements
Dear National Member Organisations Presidents and Delegates, Following the call for nominations for the EFOMP-ESR core curriculum revision for Medical Physics Experts working in Radiology, we ar...
Abstracts of the 5th European Congress of Medical Physics 2024 (Munich, Germany) in EJMP - Physica Medica
Sep 8th, 2024 00:36EFOMP Announcements
The Abstract book of the 5th European Congress of Medical Physics 2024 (11-14 September 2024) is published in the European Journal of Medical Physics! We are pleased to announce that the Supplement...
EFOMP: Call for Bidding for 7th European Congress of Medical Physics 2028
Aug 23rd, 2024 22:39EFOMP Announcements
Dear NMO Presidents and Delegates, As we enter the final weeks of preparation for our 5th European Congress of Medical Physics, we are delighted to announce the call for bidding to host the 7th Eur...
EFOMP Vice Chair Committee Nominations
Aug 23rd, 2024 22:19EFOMP Announcements
Dear NMO Presidents and Delegates, please find attached an invitation letter (Vice Chair Nominations) to submit nominations for the vice chair position of the following advisory committees: EU &...
EJMP new Impact Factor 2023 is released!
Jul 25th, 2024 10:56EFOMP Announcements
Dear Colleagues, we are thrilled to announce that the new Impact Factor of 3.3 is released! Physica Medica: European Journal of Medical Physics (EJMP) is in Quartile 1 (rank 42/204) of the journals...
A new EFOMP Working Group: Software as a Medical Device in Medical Physics
Jul 16th, 2024 10:59EFOMP Announcements
EFOMP hereby announces a new Working Group (WG) entitled “Software as a Medical Device in Medical Physics” The rationale behind this WG is that not many publications have appeared so far i...
A new EFOMP Working Group: DICOM-QSPECT-MRT
Jul 16th, 2024 10:00EFOMP Announcements
EFOMP hereby announces a new Working Group (WG) entitled “DICOM-QSPECT-MRT” Unlike PET, the current SPECT DICOM standard does not include mandatory fields for quantitative imaging (e.g., S...
EUTEMPE-net: planning Q3 and Q4
Jul 5th, 2024 10:51EFOMP Announcements
Dear Colleagues and Friends, EUTEMPE-net has prepared an interesting post-summer medical physics teaching program for you. The objectives are unchanged from the Horizon2020 EUTEMPE project: we offe...
Composition of a new Working Group on “The role of the Medical Physicist in the management of medical laser sources” – EFOMP Policy Statement 21
Jun 23rd, 2024 21:43EFOMP Announcements
After a successful call on new Working Group (WG) entitled “The role of the Medical Physicist in the management of medical laser sources”, EFOMP governing committee is proud to announce, t...
EFOMP-ESR core curriculum update for Medical Physics Experts working in Radiology - Call for members
Jun 16th, 2024 17:16EFOMP Announcements
In 2011, EFOMP together with ESR, EANM and ESTRO published the European Core Curricula (CC) for Medical Physicists working in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Radiotherapy. Recent advances in these ...
Special Interest Group (SIG) in Particle Therapy is officially kicked off!
Jun 12th, 2024 21:35EFOMP Announcements
The EFOMP Special Interest Group (SIG) in Particle Therapy is officially kicked off on the 5th of June! This group is open to anyone with an interest in medical physics-related topics within partic...
The Galileo Galilei Award 2023 in Medical Physics
May 29th, 2024 23:49EFOMP Announcements
The Galileo Galilei Award in Medical Physics is given every year to the best paper published in this journal in the previous year. Physica Medica - the European Journal of Medical Physics, is happy...
A new Special Interest Group (SIG) in “Artificial Intelligence”
Apr 23rd, 2024 10:41EFOMP Announcements
EFOMP hereby announces a new Special Interest Group (SIG) in “Artificial Intelligence”. The SIG will operate under the Projects Committee and is established as a permanent structure. Ar...
Survey on the practical implication of the ESTRO/EFOMP Core Curriculum for education and training of Medical Physics Experts in Radiotherapy
Apr 20th, 2024 18:30EFOMP Announcements
Dear Colleagues, We are reaching out to you to fill out the ESTRO-EFOMP Core Curriculum questionnaire and potentially participate in a discussion with us. In 2019, an ESTRO/EFOMP worki...
Deadline EXTENDED to 22nd of April: EFOMP Nomination Call for Members Policy Statement 21: “The role of the Medical Physicist in the management of medical laser sources”
Mar 21st, 2024 10:16EFOMP Announcements
A new EFOMP Working Group to establish Policy Statement 21: “The role of the Medical Physicist in the management of medical laser sources”. Call for members. EFOMP hereby announces a ne...
Online submission form for all EMPnews articles!
Feb 1st, 2024 21:31EFOMP Announcements
The purpose of EMP News is to bring attention to the medical physics activities all over Europe, via presentation of innovations, research, professional and educational matters of National Member Orga...
Christmas and New Year Greetings
Dec 23rd, 2023 10:13EFOMP Announcements
Dear Medical Physics Friends, Christmas and New Year are both a time of renewal and tradition. Our current executive committee tenure is coming to an end and we look forward to th...
ENEN2plus - Bulletin No. 3
Dec 17th, 2023 17:52EFOMP Announcements
The Quarterly Newsletter Autumn Bulletin of ENEN2plus. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the authors only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European ...
EFOMP Town Hall Meeting 2023
Nov 9th, 2023 12:34EFOMP Announcements
This EFOMP town hall meeting will give an overview and update of EFOMP activities for 2023 . It is open to all free and will also touch on strategic ...
EURAMET project 22NRM01 TraMeXI "Traceability In Medical X-Ray Imaging Dosimetry
Nov 2nd, 2023 09:44EFOMP Announcements
Dear colleague, We need your help and expertise on medical X-ray imaging dosimetry! Please provide replies to these two surveys: Survey on dosimeters and measurement protocols (~30 min) http...
EFOMP - Officer Positions 2023 results
Oct 29th, 2023 07:39EFOMP Announcements
Dear EFOMP Members, Please find attached the results of the recent ballot for two officer positions: Vice Chair of Education & Training Committee 2024 Vice Chair of Science Committe...
Mobility Grants for Young Professionals
Oct 6th, 2023 10:15EFOMP Announcements
ENEN2PLUS MOBILITY GRANTS Website: https://www.enen2plus.eu/home The EU funded ENEN2plus project stands for the largest and most integrative nuclear Education and Training (E&T) efforts...
Composition of EFOMP - EANM WG on “Quality controls in conventional and solid state detector gamma cameras”
Sep 17th, 2023 10:45EFOMP Announcements
After a successful call on new Working Group (WG) entitled “Quality controls in conventional and solid state detector gamma cameras”, EFOMP governing committee is proud to announce, t...
ICRP - Ethics in Radiological Protection for Medical Diagnosis and Treatment
Aug 1st, 2023 10:23EFOMP Announcements
The ICRP document "Ethics in Radiological Protection for Medical Diagnosis and Treatment", is currently open for consultation. EFOMP comments can be found here: https://www.icr...
New Impact Factor for the European Journal of Medical Physics
Jul 6th, 2023 10:04EFOMP Announcements
Physica Medica - European Journal of Medical Physics – is very glad to announce the new Impact Factor of 3.4!. Our journal is in Quartile 2 (rank 43/135) of the journals in the category Radio...
EFOMP Malaga Declaration 2023: An updated vision on Medical Physics in Europe
Jun 12th, 2023 19:36EFOMP Announcements
Please find attached the new EFOMP Malaga Declaration 2023: an updated vision on Medical Physics in Europe which was published today in our journal EJMP. This important document was updated by members...
EFOMP Special Interest Group in Particle Therapy | Call for Members
Apr 6th, 2023 10:33EFOMP Announcements
The group is open to anyone with an interest in medical physics-related topics within particle therapy e.g. radioprotection, quality assurance / quality control, regulatory aspects, etc, and &nb...
ICTP master on Medical Physics - call for applications
Feb 28th, 2023 19:48EFOMP Announcements
Call for applications for the next cycle 2024-25 of the ICTP (International Centre for Theoretical Physics) Master on Medical Physics The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical...
Composition of EFOMP WG on “Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy - Breast”
Feb 28th, 2023 17:07EFOMP Announcements
After a successful call on new Working Group (WG) entitled “Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy - Breast”, EFOMP governing committee is proud to announce, that the final composition was ...
EURAMED Winter Webinar, Feb. 15
Feb 8th, 2023 16:22EFOMP Announcements
Dear colleagues We are pleased to invite you to the online winter webinar organised by the European Alliance for Medical Radiation Protection Research (EURAMED), of which EFOMP is a founding member...
Composition of a new Working Group on Physiological Measurements and Medical Physicists– EFOMP Policy Statement 20
Jan 10th, 2023 21:23EFOMP Announcements
After a successful call on new Working Group (WG) entitled “Physiological Measurements and Medical Physicists”, EFOMP governing committee is proud to announce, that the final composit...
Implementation of the Medical Device Regulation (MDR)
Jan 3rd, 2023 10:15EFOMP Announcements
To EFOMP National Member Organisations Please find enclosed a letter from the Council of the EU with respect to the implementation of the Medical Device Regulation. The Commission has listened to t...
Warm Wishes | Happy New Year
Dec 23rd, 2022 10:51EFOMP Announcements
Dear Medical Physics friends and colleagues, EFOMP would like to thank all of our volunteers and community for all their hard work in 2022. We are inspired and very proud of what ...
EFOMP’s Protocol Quality controls in PET/CT and PET/MR | EJMP - Physica Medica 105 (2023) 102506
Dec 22nd, 2022 21:00EFOMP Announcements
EFOMP’s Protocol Quality controls in PET/CT and PET/MR | EJMP - Physica Medica 105 (2023) 102506 (see attachment). This article presents the protocol on Quality Controls in PET/CT and PET/MRI...
Travel support for young radiation protection professionals | PIANOFORTE
Dec 19th, 2022 09:24EFOMP Announcements
The PIANFORTE partnership offers travel support for young radiation protection professionals, see here . The coming deadline for applications is 31 December 2022, but there will be more opportuniti...
Abstracts of the European Congress of Medical Physics 2022 (Dublin, Ireland) in EJMP - Physica Medica
Dec 15th, 2022 13:59EFOMP Announcements
Abstracts of the 4th European Congress of Medical Physics 2022 (17-20 August 2022) in the European Journal of Medical Physics! We are pleased to announce that the Supplement of EJMP with the Abstra...
The Best Presentations and Posters award | ECMP2022, Dublin, Ireland
Dec 15th, 2022 11:01EFOMP Announcements
We would like to express the warmest congratulations on the achievements in ECMP2022, Dublin, Ireland and announce the winners! Overall Winner Presentation (Award for free registration in E...
EFOMP Special Interest Group in Dental Imaging | Call for Members
Nov 24th, 2022 08:58EFOMP Announcements
The EFOMP hereby announces a new Special Interest Group (SIG) entitled “Dental Imaging”. The SIG will operate under the Scientific and Education & Training Committees and is estab...
EFOMP call - Professional Matters committee chair 2024
Nov 10th, 2022 14:16EFOMP Announcements
Dear NMO Presidents & Delegates, Please find attached the EFOMP call: Nomination call – EFOMP Professional Matters Committee chair in 2024! More information related to "Nominatio...
EFOMP call - Bid to host OM&CM in 2023
Nov 10th, 2022 14:09EFOMP Announcements
Dear NMO Presidents & Delegates, Please find attached the EFOMP call: Bid - Invitation to host the EFOMP Officers and Council Meetings in Autumn 2023! More information related to "Invi...
EFOMP Governing Committee elections 2022 - Electronic postal ballot results
Nov 5th, 2022 20:42EFOMP Announcements
Dear NMO Presidents and Delegates, On behalf of EFOMP Governing Committee we would like to thank all delegates who sent their votes and NMO presidents for submitting nominations. We also want to ac...
TOURR workshop at ERPW2022
Sep 20th, 2022 15:47EFOMP Announcements
Dear NMOs and Colleagues, we would like to inform you that Mid-term workshop will be held on 10th of October 2022, in Estoril (Portugal) as a side event to ERPW2022. The workshop is organised in...
EFOMP Special Interest Group in Early Career Medical Physicists | Call for Members
Sep 10th, 2022 09:29EFOMP Announcements
The EFOMP hereby announces a new Special Interest Group (SIG) entitled “Early Career Medical Physicists”. The SIG will operate under the European Matters Committee and is established as a ...
PET/CT QC - Python codes version compatibility issues
Sep 7th, 2022 10:39EFOMP Announcements
The EFOMP Working Group on “PET/CT and PET/MR QC Protocol” chaired by Dr Roberta Matheoud (IT) prepared the EFOMP GUIDELINE "Quality control in PET/CT and PET/MR" - software tool...
Working Group "Quality controls in conventional and solid state detector gamma cameras" | Call for Members
Sep 1st, 2022 10:03EFOMP Announcements
EFOMP hereby announces a new Working Group (WG) entitled “Quality controls in conventional and solid state detector gamma cameras”. The WG will operate under the Science Committ...
Working Group "Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy - Breast | Call for Members
Sep 1st, 2022 09:20EFOMP Announcements
EFOMP hereby announces a new Working Group (WG) entitled “Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy - Breast”. The WG will operate under the Science Committee from March 2023 to Mar...
EFOMP Policy Statement 20 “Physiological Measurements and Medical Physicists | Call for Members
Sep 1st, 2022 08:59EFOMP Announcements
EFOMP hereby announces a new Working Group (WG) entitled “EFOMP Policy Statement 20 “Physiological Measurements and Medical Physicists”. The WG will operate under the Prof...
PET/CT QC - Python scripts | Prepared by the EFOMP Working Group (WG) on "PET/CT and PET/MR QC Protocol"
Aug 30th, 2022 21:32EFOMP Announcements
The EFOMP Working Group on “PET/CT and PET/MR QC Protocol” chaired by Dr Roberta Matheoud (IT) prepared the EFOMP GUIDELINE "Quality control in PET/CT and PET/MR" - software tool...
Call for members for an AAPM-EFOMP joint Task Group on "Invasive Cardiovascular X-ray Imaging"
Aug 22nd, 2022 18:06EFOMP Announcements
EFOMP hereby announces a new AAPM-EFOMP joint Task Group (TG) entitled “Invasive Cardiovascular X-ray Imaging”. The Vice chair of the TG to represent EFOMP is Prof. Hilde Bosmans (BE).&...
ECMP2022 | Meet Our Sponsors & Exhibitors
Aug 15th, 2022 16:02EFOMP Announcements
We look forward to seeing you at ECMP 2022 in Dublin! A heartfelt thank you, to our Sponsors, Exhibitors, Partners, Speakers and Industry colleagues, for your support and participation. Please &...
Winter EMP News | Invitation to write articles about Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schlegel and Prof. Dr. Hans-Karl Leetz - Honorary Member and Past President of EFOMP
Aug 5th, 2022 13:42EFOMP Announcements
Dear NMO's and Colleagues, We would like to invite everyone, who were somehow related with the two outstanding researchers: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schlegel ✝ and Prof. Dr. Hans-Karl Leetz ✝ (pa...
Composition of a new Working Group on Dosimetry in Nuclear Medicine Therapy – Molecular Therapy– EFOMP Policy Statement 19
Jul 28th, 2022 11:20EFOMP Announcements
After a successful call on new Working Group (WG) entitled “Dosimetry in Nuclear Medicine Therapy – Molecular Therapy”, EFOMP governing committee is proud to announce, that the final...
Support | Ukrainian RT departments
Jul 26th, 2022 17:43EFOMP Announcements
Dear NMO's and Colleagues, Since the war broke in Ukraine, I have been doing my best to help Ukrainians to survive through this dark period of their history. My family and friends are there at ...
Announcement of the death of Prof. Dr. Hans-Karl Leetz - Honorary Member and Past President of EFOMP
Jul 21st, 2022 11:04EFOMP Announcements
In Memoriam Prof. Dr. Hans-Karl Leetz At the age of 91, Prof. Dr. Hans-Karl Leetz passed away in July. Prof. Leetz was Director of the Institute of Medical Physics at Saarland Universit...
Announcement of the death of Prof Dr Wolfgang Schlegel - Honorary Member and Past President of EFOMP
Jul 11th, 2022 12:10EFOMP Announcements
In Memoriam Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schlegel Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schlegel passed away on June 30, 2022 at the age of 77. Wolfgang Schlegel worked for most of his career at the German Cancer Research Cent...
SINFONIA project - training courses announcement
Jul 6th, 2022 09:24EFOMP Announcements
Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to share with you information about the first 4 courses of the SINFONIA training programme: * Course 1 - Measuring radiation-induced DNA damage, DNA repair and ce...
Survey on SAMIRA study "the implementation of the Council Directive 2013/59/Euratom requirements for medical equipment with respect to monitoring and control of patient’s radiation exposures”
Jul 1st, 2022 15:22EFOMP Announcements
NucAdvisor & EFOMP were selected by the European Commission to implement a study, in the frame of SAMIRA, on “the implementation of the Council Directive 2013/59/Euratom requirements for med...
EFOMP Working Group on Dosimetry in Nuclear Medicine Therapy Molecular Therapy. Call for members
Jun 16th, 2022 22:38EFOMP Announcements
EFOMP hereby announces a new Working Group (WG) entitled “Dosimetry in Nuclear Medicine Therapy – Molecular Therapy”. The WG will operate under the Science Committee from August 2022...
SIMPLERAD project - pre-survey for dissemination
Jun 9th, 2022 19:24EFOMP Announcements
The project “SAMIRA study on the implementation of the Euratom and the EU legal bases with respect to the therapeutic uses of radiopharmaceuticals,” nicknamed SIMPLERAD, is funded un...
EFOMP Protocol for Quality Control in PET/CT and PET/MRI
May 9th, 2022 16:10EFOMP Announcements
Dear National Member Organisations Presidents and Delegates, dear EFOMP committee members, Please find here the new EFOMP Protocol for Quality Control in PET/CT and PET/MRI, which was produced by...
IMPW 2022
May 9th, 2022 15:30EFOMP Announcements
Dear fellow colleagues from all over the globe, On behalf of IOMP, I wish to extend my greetings for the IMPW 2022 which is starting tomorrow. I wish to sincerely thank those who are organizing ...
Winners of the Galileo Galilei Award 2021
Apr 15th, 2022 15:05EFOMP Announcements
The Galileo Galilei Award in Medical Physics is given every year to the best paper published in this journal in the previous year. Physica Medica - the European Journal of Medical Physics, is happy...
EFOMP-EANM Working Group on the Core Curriculum for Medical Physics Experts in Nuclear Medicine
Apr 15th, 2022 10:33EFOMP Announcements
The Core Curriculum for Medical Physics Experts (MPEs) in Nuclear Medicine "Curriculum for education and training of Medical Physicists in Nuclear Medicine* Recommendations from the EAN...
European Core Curricula for Medical Physicists
Apr 9th, 2022 10:07EFOMP Announcements
European Core Curricula for Medical Physics Experts In 2011 EFOMP together with ESR, EANM and ESTRO published European Core Curricula (CC) for Medical Physicists working in Radiology, Nuclear Medic...
Support for Ukranian students and researchers in Europe
Mar 19th, 2022 10:07EFOMP Announcements
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) We are following with great concern the tragic situation in Ukraine, which is also directly impacting many students and academics from Ukraine and their...
Do It Yourself - Fair at the European Congress of Medical Physics 2022
Mar 16th, 2022 20:27EFOMP Announcements
Do It Yourself - Fair at the European Congress of Medical Physics 2022! If you made it! You can share it! Join the DIY-fair at ECMP22! The do-it-yourself -...
EFOMP Honorary Membership
Mar 16th, 2022 15:22EFOMP Announcements
To the National Member Organisations of EFOMP Please find an invitation letter to submit a nomination for EFOMP's Honorary Membership. EFOMP's Honorary Membership recognizes an in...
EFOMP-ESTRO Core Curriculum for Medical Physics Experts (MPE) in Radiotherapy
Mar 3rd, 2022 09:55EFOMP Announcements
Dear colleagues, Please find here the Core Curriculum for Medical Physics Experts (MPE) working in Radiotherapy which was prepared jointly by ESTRO Physics committee and EFOMP N...
A new Working Group on “Medical Physics Education for the non-physics healthcare professions”
Mar 1st, 2022 09:54EFOMP Announcements
Dear colleagues, Please find atatched the final composition (members and consultants) of the new Working Group on “Medical Physics Education for the non-physics healthcare...
EFOMP's support to the Ukrainian Medical Physics community
Feb 25th, 2022 14:31EFOMP Announcements
EFOMP's thoughts are with our National Member Organisation and the whole Medical Physics community in Ukraine, during this time. May our Medical Physics colleagues stay safe and well. They are ...
Early career medical physicist groups in Europe: An EFOMP survey in the European Journal of Medical Physics
Feb 9th, 2022 20:27EFOMP Announcements
The results of the EFOMP survey on the status of early career groups in EFOMP NMOs, prepared by the members of the European Matters Committee chaired by Loredana Marcu have been published in the Europ...
Abstract Book of ECMP2020/2021 Congress and Focus Issue ECMP2020/21
Jan 18th, 2022 09:51EFOMP Announcements
Abstracts book of the European Congress of Medical Physics 2020/2021 The supplement issue of the European Journal of Medical Physics containing the abstracts of the 3rd European Congress of Me...
EFOMP's Individual Associate Member (IAM) 2022 Subscription
Jan 12th, 2022 10:26EFOMP Announcements
Dear EFOMP IAMs, By joining EFOMP as an Individual Associate Member (IAM) you became part of a large (and growing) community, with over 900 IAMs registered by the end of 2021! We hope that you e...
EJMP: European consensus on patient contact shielding
Jan 4th, 2022 15:55EFOMP Announcements
Congratulations and huge thank you to all the authors of publication "European consensus on patient contact shielding" on the European Journal of Medical Physics (EJMP) - Physica M...
Happy New Year 2022!
Dec 30th, 2021 23:32EFOMP Announcements
Dear Medical Physicists, It’s time to look forward to 2022, which we hope will mark the further advancement of medical physics in Europe to benefit our patients and staff. ...
EFOMP-EANM joint Core Curriculum for MPEs revision - Call for members
Dec 15th, 2021 18:24EFOMP Announcements
Dear NMO Presidents and Delegates, You may find attached an invitation to join the new Working Group responsible for updating the Core Curriculum for Medical Physics Experts working in Nuclea...
EFOMP Calendar 2022
Dec 10th, 2021 09:34EFOMP Announcements
Dear Medical Physicists, It’s time to look forward to 2022, which we hope will mark the further advancement of medical physics in Europe to benefit our patients and staff. In 2...
EFOMP Governing Committee Elections 2021- Results
Dec 10th, 2021 09:10EFOMP Announcements
Dear NMOs Presidents and Delegates, Please find attached a letter announcing the results of the recent ballot on vice chairs and chair of EFOMP committees. Thank you all for taking part in the p...
A new Working Group on “Medical Physics Education for the non-physics healthcare professions” - CALL FOR MEMBERS
Dec 10th, 2021 09:03EFOMP Announcements
Dear NMO Presidents and Delegates, Please find enclosed an announcement and related application form for a new Working Group on “Medical Physics Education for the non-physics healthcare...
EFOMP-themed lapel pins
Nov 9th, 2021 13:43EFOMP Announcements
EFOMP is pleased to announce the upcoming release of a limited series of EFOMP-themed lapel pins. Those 500 pins for medical physicists are available in five colors, ranging from exceedin...
ECR 2022 reduced registration fee for MP/MPE
Oct 29th, 2021 15:44EFOMP Announcements
ESR are happy to inform you that they offer a reduced registration fee for EFOMP members again. Instead of the current fee (EUR 790 for members, EUR 990 for non-members) they offer a&nb...
Nomination call - EFOMP chair of Communications and Publications committee elections 2021- new deadline!
Oct 26th, 2021 11:12EFOMP Announcements
The deadline for sending nominations for the vice chairs positions in 4 EFOMP committees ended on Friday 22nd October. Thank you for the nominations sent. No nominations have been received for the po...
Physica Medica - MRI Focus Issue
Oct 22nd, 2021 10:15EFOMP Announcements
Physica Medica - European Journal of Medical Physics, will publish in December 2022 a Focus Issue entitled “Towards quantitative MRI for the clinic” focused on methods for standardisation,...
3rd EFOMP-COCIR Webinar on IEC Standards
Oct 21st, 2021 13:09EFOMP Announcements
The 3rd EFOMP-COCIR Webinar will take place on Friday November 26th, 2021, 12.00 - 13.30 CET Webinar: "IEC standards for diagnostic imaging equipment" Registration...
Physica Medica Focus Issue: New Developments in MRI: System Characterization, Technical Advances and Radiotherapy Applications
Sep 24th, 2021 10:43EFOMP Announcements
The latest Physica Medica Focus Issue is "New Developments in MRI: System Characterization, Technical Advances and Radiotherapy Applications". This FI will be of great interest ...
Nomination call for EFOMP advisory committees - Vice Chairs`elections 2021
Sep 9th, 2021 14:10EFOMP Announcements
NMOs are invited to nominate candidates for EFOMP advisory committees. Please find attached a letter regarding nominations of vice chairs for 4 EFOMP advisory committees and a related procedur...
EFOMP Photo Calendar 2022
Sep 6th, 2021 12:55EFOMP Announcements
Dear Colleagues The Communications and Publications committee have decided upon another activity related to our photo contest – PHOTO CALENDAR 2022. We&r...
European Congress of Medical Physics (ECMP2022) – invitation for members of the scientific committee
Aug 23rd, 2021 14:26EFOMP Announcements
Preparations for the organisation of the 4th ECMP which will take place in Dublin next year have already started. NMOs are invited to propose colleagues for joining the congress scientific committee. ...
ESMPE Workshop at the 15th International Conference “Medical Physics in the Baltic States 2021"
Jul 20th, 2021 10:44EFOMP Announcements
The EFOMP in collaboration with EURADOS, IRPA the Kaunas University of Technology and the Lithuanian Association of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering would like to invite you to the next ESMP...
ECMP 2021 Post-congress Registration
Jul 6th, 2021 10:38EFOMP Announcements
Did you miss ECMP 2021 in June? Good news - registration will stay open for post-congress registrations until July 31st, 2021. Post-congress registration fees (VAT included)*: Senior registr...
Galileo Galilei Award in Medical Physics
Jun 18th, 2021 14:18EFOMP Announcements
The Galileo Galilei Award in Medical Physics is given every year to the best paper published in Physica Medica - the European Journal of Medical Physics in the previous year. In 2019, the...
European Congress of Medical Physics goes virtual!
Jun 16th, 2021 13:55EFOMP Announcements
The current situation of the pandemic prevented ECMP from being a face-to-face meeting. It will now be a fully virtual event over the same dates; June 16-19, 2021. Excitingly, this means we wi...
ESMPE On-line Edition: Nuclear Medicine Dosimetry
Jun 16th, 2021 07:00EFOMP Announcements
This one day satellite meeting will be held in conjunction with the 3 rd European Congress of Medical Physics. This mini-course will focus on practical issues related to the implementation of clinical...
8th EFOMP-EUTEMPE Didactic Webinar
Jun 15th, 2021 23:29EFOMP Announcements
The 8th EFOMP-EUTEMPE didactic webinar will take place Tuesday June 22nd @ 11am BST Webinar: "What do the results of MTF and NPS mean in quality control testing?" ...
2021 WEBINARS of the EU Erasmus+ Safe Europe Project in which EFRS is Partner
Jun 10th, 2021 23:27EFOMP Announcements
Webinar 3 Daily, monthly and annual QA procedures for linear accelerators This webinar is in collaboration with the European Federation of Organisations for Medical Physics (EFOMP) Date: Tu...
EJMP collection: AI in Medical Physics
Jun 2nd, 2021 13:34EFOMP Announcements
The recently published article collection about artificial intelligence in medical physics is freely available now: https://www.physicamedica.com/artificial-intelligence-medical-physics
8th round of EMP photo contest
May 20th, 2021 23:08EFOMP Announcements
The Communications and Publications committee hereby announces the 8th EMPNews photo contest. The reward for the best three photos will be their publication in the corresponding issue of EMP News ...
Physica Medica -Galileo Galilei Award 2020
May 11th, 2021 18:55EFOMP Announcements
The team of Editors of Physica Medica - European Journal of Medical Physics has voted the best paper published in this journal in 2020, and the winner is: Technical challenges for FLASH p...
7th EFOMP-EUTEMPE Didactic Webinar & Masterclass
May 3rd, 2021 11:19EFOMP Announcements
The 7th EFOMP-EUTEMPE didactic webinar will take place Tuesday May 11th Webinar: "Beyond X-ray tubes: Innovation in radiological imaging with monochromatic sources&quo...
2nd EFOMP-COCIR Webinar on IEC Standards
Apr 19th, 2021 16:52EFOMP Announcements
The 2nd EFOMP-COCIR Webinar will take place Thursday May 20th from 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM CET Webinar: "IEC standards for radiotherapy equipment" Registration link: ...
HERCA statement on the work carried out by COCIR, EFOMP and ESTRO on articles 78.2 and 63 of the BSS Directive 2013/59
Apr 13th, 2021 18:04EFOMP Announcements
Heads of European Radiological Competent Authorities (HERCA), Working Group on Medical Applications The collaboration between HERCA and COCIR established in 2011 has led to an important amount of w...
EFOMP-ECMP Warm-up webinar on Proton and Flash Radiotherapy
Apr 3rd, 2021 09:28EFOMP Announcements
EFOMP-ECMP Warm-up webinar on Proton & Flash Therapy. This second "warm-up webinar" is a precursor to the 3rd European Congress of Medical Physics (ECMP 2020) which will take pla...
EFOMP School scientific committee - call for nominations 2021
Mar 31st, 2021 12:49EFOMP Announcements
According to the present EFOMP School for Medical Physics Experts (ESMPE) Terms of Reference, one position in the scientific committee of ESMPE will be open for election in 2021. Elected member will t...
6th EFOMP-EUTEMPE didactic Webinar
Mar 10th, 2021 12:59EFOMP Announcements
The 6th EFOMP-EUTEMPE webinar will take place on Tuesday 23rd, March 2021 12:00 CET. Webinar: A guided tour of x-ray CT through dosimetry and image quality assessment (1 hour) Link! Registe...
Individual Associate Member (IAM) registration
Mar 8th, 2021 10:22EFOMP Announcements
Dear EFOMP IAMs By joining EFOMP as an Individual Associate Member (IAM) you became part of a large (and growing) community, with over 500 IAMs registered by the end of 2020! We hope that you en...
1st EFOMP-COCIR webinar on IEC standards
Feb 20th, 2021 23:08EFOMP Announcements
The 1st EFOMP-COCIR Webinar will take place Friday March 19th at 12:00 AM CET. Webinar: "IEC overview: the importance for the MPE community" The webinar is availabl...
7th round of EMP photo contest
Feb 18th, 2021 16:17EFOMP Announcements
The Communications and Publications committee hereby announces the 7th EMPNews photo contest. The reward for the best three photos will be their publication in the corresponding issue of EMP News in a...
EFOMP Working Group on Artificial Intelligence - final composition
Feb 15th, 2021 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...
Call for nominations: EFOMP Special Interest Group in Radionuclide Dosimetry
Feb 9th, 2021 13:31EFOMP Announcements
The EFOMP hereby announces a new Special Interest Group (SIG) entitled “Radionuclide Dosimetry”. The SIG will operate under the Scientific Committee and is established as a permanent struc...
5th EFOMP-EUTEMPE didactic Webinar and Masterclass
Feb 8th, 2021 13:50EFOMP Announcements
The 5th EFOMP-EUTEMPE webinar will take place on Tuesday 23rd, February 2021 12:00 CET and masterclass on Tuesday 9th, March 2021 12:00 CET. Webinar: Personnel Dosimetry – a first step t...
Phishing Attempts / Email Security
Jan 26th, 2021 16:11EFOMP Announcements
Please be aware that there are phising emails circulating that appear to come from EFOMP committee members. Note: Phising emails may look like they’re from a person you know or trust...
EFOMP-ECMP2020 Warm-Up Webinar "AI in Medical Physics"
Jan 25th, 2021 18:52EFOMP Announcements
EFOMP Webinar on "AI in Medical Physics". This "warm-up webinar" is a precursor to the 3rd European Congress of Medical Physics (ECMP 2020) which will take place in Torino, It...
3rd European Congress of Medical Physics (ECMP2020) - Abstract submission!
Jan 16th, 2021 08:24EFOMP Announcements
This is to inform you that the deadline for submission of abstracts to the 3rd European Congress of Medical Physics (ECMP2020) has been extended to 10th February 2021! This is the final dead...
4th EFOMP-EUTEMPE didactic Webinar and Masterclass
Dec 26th, 2020 23:30EFOMP Announcements
The 4th EFOMP-EUTEMPE webinar will take place on Tuesday 12th, January 2021 12:00 CET and masterclass on Tuesday 2nd, February 2021 12:00 CET. Webinar: An introduction to strategic and robust ...
EFOMP - 2021 Photo Calendar
Dec 22nd, 2020 14:49EFOMP Announcements
Dear Medical Physicists, As we approach a new (and hopefully better) year, we thought that you might like to know about our brand new 2021 EFOMP Calendar! We have put together the Calendar using a ...
Working Group “The involvement of Medical Physics Experts in the life cycle of medical devices” - final composition
Dec 1st, 2020 08:56EFOMP Announcements
After a successful call on new Working Group (WG) entitled “The involvement of Medical Physics Experts in the life cycle of medical devices” EFOMP is proud to announce, that the fina...
3rd EFOMP-EUTEMPE didactic Webinar and Masterclass
Nov 26th, 2020 23:52EFOMP Announcements
The 3rd EFOMP-EUTEMPE webinar will take place on Tuesday 8th, December 2020 12:00 CET and masterclass on Tuesday 22nd, December 2020 12:00 CET. Webinar: The philosophy of QC protocols by R...
6th round of EMP photo contest
Nov 25th, 2020 21:46EFOMP Announcements
Dear colleagues, The Communications and Publications committee hereby announces the 6th EMP News photo contest. The reward for the best three photos will be their publication in the corresponding i...
International Day of Medical Physics 2020
Nov 7th, 2020 18:39EFOMP Announcements
Thousands of Medical Physicists celebrate every year the International Day of Medical Physics on the 7th of November — marking the day Marie Skłodowska-Curie was born in 1867. Thi...
2nd EFOMP-EUTEMPE didactic Webinar and Masterclass
Nov 4th, 2020 16:09EFOMP Announcements
The 2nd EFOMP-EUTEMPE webinar will take place on Tuesday 10th, November 2020 12:00 CET and masterclass on Tuesday 24th, November 2020 12:00 CET. Webinar: Building robust QC protocols for the asses...
1st EFOMP-EUTEMPE didactic Webinar and Masterclass
Oct 4th, 2020 10:40EFOMP Announcements
The 1st EFOMP-EUTEMPE webinar will take place on Tuesday 13th, October 2020 13:00 CET. "Telling ain't teaching" Danielle Dobbe, Dutch Expert Centre for Screening, Nijmegen, The Net...
7th EFOMP-IAPM Lockdown webinar
Oct 3rd, 2020 12:04EFOMP Announcements
Dear colleagues, EFOMP and IAPM are inviting you to attend the 7th lockdown webinar. CT screening for lung disease has advantages and disadvantages. Advantages include early diagnosis of disease...
5th round of EFOMP photo contest
Sep 22nd, 2020 10:46EFOMP Announcements
Dear colleagues, The Communications and Publications committee hereby announces the 5th EFOMP photo contest. The reward for the best three photos will be their publication in the corresponding issu...
Role of MPE in clinical trials - Final Composition
Aug 30th, 2020 10:53EFOMP Announcements
After a successful call on new Working Group (WG) entitled “Role of MPE in clinical trials” EFOMP is proud to announce, that the final composition was approved according to EFOMP procedure...
Medical Imaging Physics in ECR 2020
Aug 4th, 2020 13:31EFOMP Announcements
From deep learning to dark fields—medical imaging physics in ECR 2020 by Mika Kortesniemi, Chair of the Scientific Subcommittee “Physics in Medical Imaging” The original prog...
Call for candidates - new Working Group “The involvement of Medical Physics Experts in the life cycle of medical devices”.
Jul 29th, 2020 09:18EFOMP Announcements
EFOMP hereby announces a new Working Group (WG) entitled “The involvement of Medical Physics Experts in the life cycle of medical devices”. The WG will operate under the Professional Mat-t...
Haiku contest - Celebrating 40 years of EFOMP
Jul 10th, 2020 08:00EFOMP Announcements
In the light of EFOMP’s 40th anniversary EMP News invites all medical physicists to write a Haiku and participate in this contest. The Haiku is a popular Japanese verse form in which deep thoug...
European Journal of Medical Physics - Announcement
Jun 29th, 2020 17:52EFOMP Announcements
We are delighted to announce a new structure of the Editors' Board of the journal Physica Medica. From the middle of the year 2020 our Editor-in-Chief, Professor Paolo Russo, will receive support ...
Obituary Professor Jean Chavaudra - Past President of EFOMP (1983-1986)
Jun 29th, 2020 09:55EFOMP Announcements
We are sorry to have to inform you that our esteemed colleague and friend Professor Jean Chavaudra, former head of the Medical Physics department at Gustave Roussy Institute, passed away on April 2 at...
EFOMP lockdown webinars
Jun 25th, 2020 17:23EFOMP Announcements
Dear EFOMP colleagues, This is the last of our EFOMP Lockdown Webinars which have been organised jointly with the IAPM (Irish Association of Medical Physicists) with contributions from the Medical ...
EFOMP Annual General (AGM) and Council Meeting (CM) 2020
Jun 23rd, 2020 10:17EFOMP Announcements
The National Member Organisations, Honorary Members and Company Members of the EFOMP are hereby invited to the 2020 AGM and CM, which will be hosted by the Hellenic Association of Medical Physicists (...
EFOMP - WG on PET/CT/MR QC - survey
Jun 17th, 2020 10:43EFOMP Announcements
Dear colleagues, An EFOMP Working Group on PET/CT/MRI Quality Control was recently established. In an attempt to map the current situation on various types of PET facilities, interested in nuc...
EFOMP - membership of Ukrainian Association of Medical Physicists
May 26th, 2020 08:03EFOMP Announcements
The postal ballot on EFOMP Membership of the Ukrainian Association of Medical Physicists (UAMP) was closed on the 21st of May 2020. The majority of EFOMP council delegates responded and all of th...
Officers elections 2020 - results
May 20th, 2020 22:15EFOMP Announcements
Dear Colleagues, The postal ballot on EFOMP officers elections 2020 ended on the 17th of May 2020. The officers elected will take up their posts from the 1st of January 2021....
Radiotherapy Physics during the pandemic: Short term changes and longer term possibilities - Lockdown Webinar
May 1st, 2020 08:01EFOMP Announcements
4th Lockdown Webinar IAPM (Irish Society of Medical Physicists) and EFOMP in collaboration with DGMP (German Society for Medical Physics) are pleased to announce the fourth lockdown...
Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of EFOMP
May 1st, 2020 06:41EFOMP Announcements
2020 marks the 40th anniversary of the foundation of EFOMP! Throughout the year we will be celebrating with online events and articles. The first “EFOMP@40” event is a Birthday Cake...
EFOMP joins the celebrations of the International Medical Physics Week (IMPW) 2020
Apr 30th, 2020 08:51EFOMP Announcements
International Medical Physics Week (IMPW) in 2020 announced by the International Organization for Medical Physics Announcing the IMPW, Prof. Madan M. Rehani, President of IOMP, said: "I am del...
SAR vs SARS, MRI and PPE in the time of Covid - Lockdown Webinar
Apr 22nd, 2020 21:40EFOMP Announcements
3rd Lockdown Webinar IAPM and EFOMP are pleased to announce the third lockdown lecture on Tuesday 28th, April at 12 CET: “SAR vs SARS, MRI and PPE in the time of COVID” gi...
A primer on ventilators and organ support systems for medical physicists during the COVID crisis - Lockdown Webinar
Apr 17th, 2020 12:28EFOMP Announcements
2nd lockdown webinar After over four hundred registrations for our first event “Risk Assessment for Mobile Radiography Outside Intensive Care Units”, IAPM and EFOMP are...
To all Medical Physicists in Europe from the DGMP in Germany
Apr 17th, 2020 09:32EFOMP Announcements
We hope that you all had/will have a very happy Easter with your family despite the corona virus pandemic currently occupying all of us. We have seen many reports of drastic situations in overcrowded ...
ECMP 2020 Postponed to June 16-19, 2021
Apr 14th, 2020 14:12EFOMP Announcements
Dear Colleagues, We hope that you and your families are well during this difficult time. We are all together in this crisis. Many countries have been critically affected by C...
Risk Assessment for Mobile Radiography Outside ICU - Lockdown Webinar
Apr 9th, 2020 09:03EFOMP Announcements
The Irish Association of Medical Physicists (IAPM) is hosting a webinar entitled “Risk Assessment for Mobile Radiography Outside Intensive Care Units”. This is the first of a few talk...
EFOMP Working Group on PET/CT AND PET/MR QC Protocol - Final composition
Apr 1st, 2020 11:03EFOMP Announcements
After a successful call on new Working Group (WG) entitled “PET/CT and PET/MR QC Protocol” EFOMP is proud to announce, that the final composition was approved according to EFOMP procedures...
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 10th July 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...
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 Annual Council Meeting - November 2020
Jan 1st, 2020 09:29EFOMP Announcements
Dear colleagues, The EFOMP council meeting in 2020, originally scheduled to take place in Athens, Greece, took place online, on Saturday 21st of November. Twenty five European National...
Season's Greetings
Dec 25th, 2019 12:10EFOMP Announcements
Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year!
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 Physics Committee Working Group
Oct 26th, 2019 09:34EFOMP Announcements
EFOMP and ESTRO are starting the review of the Core Curriculum (CC) in medical physics in radiation oncology. The last version was published in 2011 and there is a need to adapt the CC to the current ...
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
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 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...
AAPM-EFOMP WG on breast dosimetry
Jan 7th, 2019 09:40EFOMP Announcements
This joint WG/TG will develop and disseminate a new model and corresponding methodology to estimate the breast average glandular dose (AGD) from x-ray based image acquisitions including standard mammo...
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...
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...