تقوم فيدرالية منظمات الفيزياء الطبية في آسيا و جزر المحيط الهادئ  Asian-Oceania Federation of Organizations in Medical Physics – AFOMP  بتنظيم أول ندوة لها على الإنترنت في الفيزياء الطبية، و هو مشروع في مرحلته التجريبية تتبناه لجنة التعليم و التدريب في الفيدرالية لترويج التعليم عن بعد في منطقة آسيا و جزر المحيط الهادئ.

الندوة عبارة عن سلسلة من المحاضرات بدأت في النصف الثاني من عام ٢٠١١م و ما زالت مستمرة حتى نهاية العام الميلادي في مجال فيزياء العلاج الإشعاعي و يحاضر فيها نخبة من الخبراء. من المتوقع أن تغطي الندوات القادمة بقية مجالات الفيزياء الطبية.

برنامج الندوة موجود في موقعها الإلكتروني.

تتوفر شرائح عرض المحاضرات في أسفل الصفحة الإلكترونية للندوة، مع وجود تسجيل مرئي لأغلب المحاضرات.

المحاضرات المسجلة حتى تاريخ نشر هذه التدوينة:

Patient Specific Quality Assurance for IMRT and VMAT
Clinical Radiobiology I
Clinical Brachytherapy with LDR and HDR
Monte Carlo Methods for Advanced Radiotherapy Treatments
Basic Concepts in IMRT and VMAT
SBRT:  Ready, Set, Go !
The physics and techniques of proton therapy I
QA for frameless stereotactic treatments
The Importance of Out-of-Field Dose
Real time 4D IMRT treatment planning based on a dynamic virtual patient model
Clinical Radiobiology II
Deformable Image Registration
The physics and techniques of proton therapy II

Online application to the M.Sc. Medical Physics program at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) is now open. See the following messge for details about graduate studies application.

More details about the KFUPM M.Sc. Medical Physics program: MEDPH-Program-Booklet-2007

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KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM & MINERALS (KFUPM)

DEANSHIP OF GRADUATE STUDIES

Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

The Deanship of Graduate Studies at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) is pleased to invite your attention that application to Graduate Studies at KFUPM is now open online from the link http://www1.kfupm.edu.sa/gs/application/preonline.asp until October 12, 2011. KFUPM provides full MS and PhD scholarships for distinguished graduate applicants who demonstrate high potential for conducting original research in the fields of Engineering, Sciences and Business.

Distinguished Partnership of KFUPM with International Institutions

KFUPM has very strong collaborative partnership on conducting innovative research with the following international institutions:

• MIT: Clean Water and Clean Energy research.
• Stanford: Oil and Gas research.
• California Institute of Technology (Caltech): Refining and Petrochemicals research.
• Technical University of Munich: Refining and Petrochemicals research.
• Cambridge University: Oil and Gas research.
• Georgia California Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech): Geo-signal Processing.
• KAUST:  Many research disciplines in Engineering and Sciences.
• Saudi Aramco (the largest oil company worldwide): Many research disciplines.
• SABIC (one of the petrochemical companies worldwide): Refining, Petrochemical and Polymers research.
• Many other world-class universities and industries on different research fields.

Centers for Research Excellence at KFUPM

To provide extreme support for research in areas of excellence, KFUPM has established the following Centers for Research Excellence:

• KFUPM-MIT Collaboration Center on Clean Water and Clean Energy (http://ccwce.mit.edu/).
• National Center of Research Excellence on Nanotechnology (http://www2.kfupm.edu.sa/cent/).
• National Center of Research Excellence on Renewable Energy (http://corere.kfupm.edu.sa/).
• National Center of Research Excellence on Refining and Petrochemicals (http://core-prp.kfupm.edu.sa/).
• National Center of Research Excellence on Corrosion (http://core-c.edu.sa/).
• Center in Development on Transformative Research in Petrochemicals and Polymers (http://cid-rpp.kfupm.edu.sa/).
• Center of Excellence on Maintenance (http://se.ikfupm.com/department/ce/ceim/).
• Center of Excellence on Supply Chain Management (http://se.ikfupm.com/department/ce/cescm/).
• National Technology Innovation Center on Carbon Capture.

The Research Institute

The Research Institute is the cornerstone of applied research activities at KFUPM, solving critical scientific and technical problems as well as working on turning knowledge into practice. More details are available on the website of the Research Institute at the link: http://www.kfupm.edu.sa/ri/

Research Groups at KFUPM

To provide special support for research in focused areas of interest to Saudi Arabia, KFUPM has established 13 Research Groups in Science and Engineering areas. More details are available on the website of the Deanship of Scientific Research at the link: http://www.kfupm.edu.sa/dsr/

Graduate programs offered at KFUPM

Online Admission System

The online graduate admission application for the coming Spring Semester 2011-2012 (Starting in Feb. 2012) is now available until October 12, 2011 through this link: http://www.kfupm.edu.sa/gs/application/preonline.asp

After submission a complete online application, mandatory documents need to be uploaded before October 19, 2011 through the Upload System using the same Login ID and PIN created for the online application using this link: http://adgs.kfupm.edu.sa/

Mandatory documents for application (without which application will not be processed)

• Copy of identification (National ID for Saudi nationals / Passport for international applicants / Iqama for residents of Saudi Arabia).
• Complete official transcripts for BS degree (and MS degree if applying to PhD).
• Statement-of-Purpose (a one-page essay focusing on career and research goals at KFUPM).
• Recommendation Letters from academic referees through the online recommendation system after submitting the online application.
• Certificates for BS degree (and MS degree if applying to PhD) if available.
• GMAT score (for international MBA applicants).

Other supporting documents (needed for final decision)

• TOEFL score (min. is 68 IBT for MS and 79 IBT for PhD) or IELTS score (min. is 6 for MS and 6.5 for PhD).
• Acceptable GRE General score (min. Quant. is 720, min. Analytical is 4.0).
• Upon approval, original/certified copies of degree certificate(s) and transcript(s) are to be sent through postal mail.

Application Deadlines

• Deadline for submitting the online application is October 12, 2011.
• Deadline for uploading mandatory documents is October 19, 2011.
• Deadline for recommendation letters to be received via the online recommendation system is October 19, 2011.

If there are any questions or further clarifications are required, please feel free to contact us at [email protected] or Telephone : +966-3-860-2800, or check our website at: http://www.kfupm.edu.sa/gs

We wish you the best in your endeavor.

Best regards,

Admission Office

Deanship of Graduate Studies

Tel: 00966-3860-2800

Fax: 00966-3860-2829

P.O. Box 5055

King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM)

Dhahran 31261

Saudi Arabia

E-mail: [email protected]

نشرت الوكالة الدولية للطاقة الذرية IAEA مؤخرا كتيبا لبرنامج الجودة النوعية في تصوير الثدي الرقمي IAEA Human Health Series 17: Quality Assurance Programme for Digital Mammography

كما نشرت الوكالة صفحة بها مراجع إضافية خاصة بموضوع الجودة النوعية في تصوير الثدي الرقمي.

و بالنسبة للمهتمين ببرامج الجودة النوعية في تصوير الثدي باستخدام الأفلام، فيمكنهم الإطلاع على كتيب الوكالة  IAEA Human Health Series 2: Quality Assurance Programme for Screen Film Mammography

و بالمثل هناك صفحة خاصة بمراجع اضافية في موضوع الجودة النوعية في تصوير الثدي باستخدام الأفلام.

الكلية الأمريكية للأشعة ACR تقوم بإعتماد برامج تصوير الثدي و لديها عدة منشورات تفيد المهتمين ببرامج الجودة النوعية في تصوير الثدي:

صفحة الإعتماد في تصوير الثدي

ACR–AAPM–SIIM Practice Guideline for Determinants of Image Quality in Digital Mammography

ACR Practice Guideline for the Performance of Screening and Diagnostic Mammography

Mammography Quality Control Manual -1999 (غير مجاني)

بالإضافة إلى الدليل الأوربي من European Reference Organisation for Quality Assured Breast Screening and Diagnostic Services EUREF:

European Guidelines for Quality Assurance in Breast Cancer Screening and Diagnosis – 4th Edition
و للكلية الأسترالية Australasian College  of Physical Scientists and Engineers in Medicine ACPSEM عدة منشورات في هذا الموضوع:

Digital Mammography QA 2.0 (2009)

ACPSEM Position Paper on Mammography Quality Assurance

RANZCR Mammography Quality Control: Medical Physics Forms

Mammography Equipment Evaluation: Excel Spread sheet

كما أن هناك اصدار في هذا المجال من الـ National Council on Radiation Protection & Measurements NCRP:

NCRP Report No. 149, A Guide to Mammography and Other Breast Imaging Procedure (غير مجاني)