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EFOMP would like to invite you to the next ESMPE in AI in medical physics. The school will be organized as pre-course in remote with self-training (AI course part 1) plus a 2.5 days face to face meeting (advanced AI course part 2, which will be held in October 2023). The course is organized in collaboration with COCIR
The online course is preparatory to the AI part 2 course. Participation in the part 2 course requires that you have taken (self-study) the online course.
The school will be focused on the medical physics aspects of artificial intelligence and will be aimed at presenting the background, practical methodology, state-of-the-art and future developments of AI.
This course (remote self-training and evaluation) is intended for medical physicists who wish to expand their knowledge in artificial intelligence. Certificates of attendance will be issued to those who attend the whole course (part 1 e part 2).
Content for the remote training
The strategic role, competence and education of medical physicist in the era of AI
- Medical Imaging analysis
- Basics of machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL) in imaging
- Introduction on how to develop AI applications
- Role of the MP: how to deal with AI-based commercial solutions
- Big Data and Enterprise Imaging
- Radiomics
- Quality, Regulatory and Ethical issues
Organisers
Federica Zanca (Chair of the School), Alberto Torresin (Chair of the School),
Brendan McClean (Chair of the ESMPE)
Efi Koutsouveli (Secretary General) and
Christos Alexakos (ESMPE online platform)
The purpose of the course is to introduce medical physicists to new tools and methods that can be applied in QA routines to improve efficiency and quality of work. These methods include automation of image-based QA, application of model observers and AI-based image quality analysis. The course also includes topics related to patient specific dosimetry, dose tracking and protocol management systems; tools that are essential for a medical physicist. The course will also discuss how to adopt these topics in the training of future medical physicists. Every webinar will also include a practical demonstration of a QA- or dosimetry-related topic.
The programme has been accredited by EBAMP as CPD event for Medical Physicists at EQF Level 7 and awarded 23 CPD credit points.
NACP Organisers: Daniel Aadnevik, Ahmed Jibril Abdi, Mika Kortesniemi, Touko Kaasalainen, Angelica Svalkvist, Joanna Sierpowska
This one day satellite meeting will be held in conjunction with the 3rd European Congress of Medical Physics and teaching sessions covering the main topics of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and focusing mainly on Machine Learning (ML) and Deep Learning (DL).
These methods are becoming increasingly essential in the field of medical physics and healthcare in general. The methods are also developing fast and there is a clear need to provide training of the fundamentals and recent findings concerning AI/ML/DL techniques to medical physicists in Europe.
This is the motivation to create this ESMPE module. The event will be accredited by EBAMP (European Board for Accreditation in Medical Physics) and is intended for practising clinical Medical Physicists who are involved in any of our sub-fields. The main lecture topics are related to radiology and radiation therapy applications.
Organizers: Mika Kortesniemi, Annalisa Trianni (Scientific Chairs) Alberto Torresin (Chair of the School)
The Hellenic Association of Medical Physics (HAMP) and the Medical Physics Unit of the 2nd Dept. of Radiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian, University of Athens would like to invite you to an online workshop in non ionizing and ionizing radiation against COVID-19. The workshop will be organized as a 3 hours virtual meeting and will be held on 9th July 2021, 16:30-19:50 CEST. It aims at presenting the main aspects regarding the use of ionising and non ionising radiations against SARS CoV2 and Covid19. Specifically, the workshop includes an introductory session on SARS cov2, followed by a session on the use of non ionizing radiation for protection purposes against the coronavirus. The third session focuses on the use of ionizing radiation for diagnostic and treatment purposes in the fight against Covid19. This one-day event is accredited by EBAMP (European Board of Accreditation for Medical Physics) as a CPD event for Medical Physicists at EQF Level 7 and awarded 11 CPD credit points.
HAMP Organizers: Pola Platoni, Efstathios Efstathopoulos, Ioannis Seimenis, Efi Koutsouveli
A new series of EFOMP-COCIR webinars are planned between March and October 2021. These webinars will give an overview of IEC standards related to different disciplines such as radiotherapy, nuclear medicine, diagnostic imaging, radiation dosimetry and electrical systems.
COCIR Organizers: Riccardo Corridori
EFOMP Organizers: Loredana Marcu, Emer Kenny, Efi Koutsouveli
This "warm-up webinars series" is a precursor to the 3rd European Congress of Medical Physics (ECMP 2020) which will take place virtually, initially planned to take place in Torino, Italy, in June 2021.
Organisers: Mika Kortesniemi, Efi Koutsouveli, David Lurie, Paddy Gilligan
Providing experts in the field of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiologic Physics with high-quality practical (EQF8) training is what the EUTEMPE team stands for. Unfortunately, COVID-19 is preventing us from doing this in the way we love: welcoming you to our facilities where you interact with our experts and gain practical experience, top level knowledge, skills and competencies. However, our aim of sharing our knowledge to help colleagues in our field grow as medical physicists has not changed! We just needed to find other ways to do this! Hence, we are very happy to announce a series of EFOMP-EUTEMPE didactic webinars, followed by online masterclasses, which are free of charge. The webinars will be in a familiar format, introducing a specific subject by means of a presentation, with room for interaction with the lecturers. The online masterclass for each topic will follow on two weeks after the original webinar. The masterclasses, which have a greater number of educational hours, will provide the opportunity to delve deeper into the subject, gaining a more comprehensive understanding of the topic and helping cement the knowledge gained. The Masterclasses will consist of a mix of (short) lectures and short (group) assignments, and they will be highly interactive!
EUTEMPE Organisers: Danielle Dobbe, Ruben van Engen
EFOMP Organisers: Paddy Gilligan, Efi Koutsouveli, David Lurie
The aim of the series of talks was to bring Medical Physicists closer together during the Covid19 first and second wave in 2020, discuss new working processes and practices, issues arising in our working environments, share approaches to providing physics services through the pandemic, define novel strategies and prepare ourselves for the challenges to come.
Following on from EFOMP president's Marco Brambilla’s communication on the corona virus in March 2020, it became clear that many physicists were having similar experiences in adapting their medical physics service in the Covid19 era. It was also evident that sharing of good scientific knowledge and experience would help defeat the virus (or instead perhaps “would help in the fight against the virus”).
The webinars are organised by IAPM (Irish Association of Medical Physicists) and EFOMP with contribution from the Medical Physics societies of Germany, The Netherlands, Sweden and UK. Lectures have a duration of 45 minutes and 15 minutes discussion with audience interaction and polls.
EFOMP Organizers: Paddy Gilligan, Efi Koutsouveli, David Lurie.