Conveners
Friday morning - Poster Presentations - Screen2
- Oleg Belyakov (IAEA)
Cecilia Haddad
(Hospital Sírio Libanes)
23/06/2017, 10:30
Education and Training of Professionals Working in Radiotherapy
Poster
Introduction. Advances in radiotherapy technologies have led to many benefits including better quality of treatments with potential less morbidity and survival improvement. These technologies, however, require not only more advanced equipment with higher costs, but also well trained human resources. In places where this technology is being implemented, qualified personnel is desired in order...
Francis HASFORD
(Federation of African Medical Physics Organizations)
23/06/2017, 10:35
Education and Training of Professionals Working in Radiotherapy
Poster
**Introduction:**
Accreditation of clinical medical physics training programmes is necessary to promote consistent quality training and to ensure conformance to a defined standard. The Federation of African Medical Physics Organizations (FAMPO), as the Africa Chapter of the International Organization for Medical Physics (IOMP), plays an essential role in the recognition and promotion of...
Angela Gaerlan
(St. Luke's Medical Center, Bonifacio Global City)
23/06/2017, 10:40
Global Cancer Challenges and Role of RT
Poster
**Introduction of the Study:** Despite being home to about 60% of the world’s population, an estimate of only 27% of the world’s radiotherapy facilities are found in Asia. Radiotherapy is an essential part of the treatment of cancer. It is estimated that for every 1,000 new cancer patients, about 60% should receive radiotherapy as part of their treatment, out of which 23% would require a...
Md. Nahid Hossain
(Principal Scientific Officer, National Institute of Nuclear Medicine & Allied Sciences (NINMAS), Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC))
23/06/2017, 10:45
Education and Training of Professionals Working in Radiotherapy
Poster
Introduction:
In the present day Medical physics is one of the most demanding and rewarding applications of physics in society. As a professional, Medical Physicist who works in the hospital environment is a member of a wide clinical team which is responsible for the accurate diagnosis and the therapeutic methods applied using radiation.
Medical physics activities in country:
The Medical...
Layth Yahya Mula-Hussain
(Zhianawa Cancer Center - Kurdistan Board for Medical Specialties),
Shwan Ali
(Zhianawa Cancer Center)
23/06/2017, 10:50
Poster
Background:
Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) is one of the modern radiotherapy (RT) techniques after the 3-Dimentional Conformal Radiation Therapy (3D-CRT) that became available early 2000s in the developed countries. Iraq, a war-torn country since 1980s, is a developing country where many of the civil services had been affected, including the health sector in general and the...
