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Linac Quality Assurance From Daily Checks To Annual ConfidenceA medical linear accelerator can deliver highly conformal treatment only when its mechanical, dosimetric and imaging systems remain aligned. Quality assurance…Lessons from the Banff venue for future medical physics conferencesFor medical physicists who regularly travel between Australian teaching hospitals and international symposia, the choice of conference venue shapes the entire…Evaluating a New Detector for In Vivo DosimetryA new detector for in vivo dosimetry should be judged by how reliably it supports clinical decisions, rather than by sensitivity alone. The central question is…How to Organize a Local Medical Physics Day Outreach EventMedical Physics Day is an opportunity to show how physics supports safer diagnosis, more precise treatment and better health care. A well-designed local event…Why mentorship matters in medical physicsMedical physics is a profession where scientific knowledge must become safe, reliable clinical practice. A graduate may understand radiation transport, imaging…Navigating Radiotherapy Device Approval Across Canada and AustraliaRegulatory frameworks for medical devices vary considerably across jurisdictions, even between countries that share many clinical practices. For radiation…A Practical Approach to Commissioning a 3D Scanner for BrachytherapyBrachytherapy treatment has evolved rapidly over the past decade, moving away from two-dimensional planning toward fully three-dimensional image-guided…a Radiation Shielding Plan for a New Linear Accelerator VaultThe 2014 Annual Scientific Meeting of COMP in Banff brought medical physicists together to trade notes on the practical realities of building and upgrading…Medical Physics on Display at the 2014 COMP Poster Session in BanffThe 2014 Annual Scientific Meeting of the Canadian Organization of Medical Physicists (COMP) drew researchers from across Canada and abroad to the mountain…Imaging Biomarkers and the Next Phase of Radiation OncologyRadiation oncology is moving towards treatment decisions that reflect the biology of an individual tumour, rather than relying solely on anatomy, stage and…
