Afomp policy statement No. 2: Recommended clinical radiation oncology medical physicist staffing levels in AFOMP countries by Round, W.H., Tay, Y.K., Ng, K.H., Cheung, K.Y., Fukuda, S., Han, Y., Huang, Y.X., Kim, H.J., Krisanachinda, A., Liu, H.L.

“…The main purpose of the document is to give guidance as to how many medical physicists are required to staff a radiation oncology department. …”

Highlights of medical physics symposium on "safety, accuracy and quality in radiotherapy" under association of medical physicists of India (Karnataka-chapter) by Holla Raghavendra

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Variations in Head and Neck Treatment Plan Quality Assessment Among Radiation Oncologists and Medical Physicists in a Single Radiotherapy Department by Elisabetta Cagni, Elisabetta Cagni, Andrea Botti, Linda Rossi, Cinzia Iotti, Mauro Iori, Salvatore Cozzi, Marco Galaverni, Ala Rosca, Roberto Sghedoni, Giorgia Timon, Emiliano Spezi, Ben Heijmen

“…Differences between ROs and planning medical physicists (MPs) in perceived quality of head and neck cancer plans were assessed.Materials and MethodsFive ROs and four MPs scored 65 plans for in total 15 patients. …”
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Book review of the modern technology of radiation oncology (Volume 4): A compendium for medical physicists and radiation oncologists for the Journal of Medical Physics by Rajesh A Kinhikar

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Impact of Covid-19 Outbreak Pandemic on the Radiotherapy Practice: A Survey Study of Indian States by Vindhyavasini Prasad Pandey, Teerthraj Verma

Subjects: “…covid-19, medical physicist, qa amid covid-19, radiotherapy practices, sanitization…”
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Current Status of Medical Physics Education and Workforce in AFOMP Region by ARUN CHOUGULE

Subjects: “…medical physicists…”
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Quality Management System and Quality Assurance Programs in Radiotherapy in the Light of Regulations Applicable in México by Johnatan Peña-Ramírez, Héctor Mendoza-Nava, Miguel Valle-González, Jonathan Elizalde-Cabrera, Verónica Vélez-Donis, Steven Rodríguez-Cubillos, Ariel Carrera-Martínez, Raúl Guzmán-Trigueros

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Perceptions of Canadian Radiation Oncologists, Medical Physicists, and Radiation Trainees about the Feasibility and Need of Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT) in Canada: A National Survey by Al-Retage Al-Bader, John Agapito, Ming Pan

“…However, it remains unclear how Canadian radiation oncologists (RO), medical physicists (MP), and their trainees perceive BNCT and its impact on radiation oncology as a discipline. …”
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Technical Challenges to the Delivery of Quality Radiation Therapy During the COVID-19 Unlock Period: Medical Physics Perspective by Priyanka Agarwal, Jamema Swamidas, Sarwani Ghosh Laskar, Shrikant Kale, Ashutosh Mukherji, Satyajit Pradhan

Subjects: “…medical physicist challenges during covid-19…”
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A survey on radiation protection awareness at various hospitals in Karachi, Pakistan by Mishkat Ali Jafri, Salman Farrukh, Roohi Zafar, Nasir Ilyas

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Medical Physics and Technology / by Barnett, Timmy, author 647983, Zambrano, Hsiu author 647984, Zambrano, Hsiu 647984

“…It generally concerns physics as applied to medical imaging and radiotherapy, although a medical physicist may also work in many other areas of healthcare. …”

Dosimetry Evaluation of Treatment Planning Systems in Patient-Specific 3D Printed Anthropomorphic Phantom for Breast Cancer after Mastectomy using a Single-Beam 3D-CRT Technique fo... by Endarko Endarko, Siti Aisyah, Aditya Prayugo Hariyanto, Mohammad Haekal, Nandia Kavilani, Ahmad Syafi’i

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Monte Carlo Methods for Radiation Transport : Fundamentals and Advanced Topics / by Vassiliev, Oleg N., author 651632

“…This topic is of great interest for medical physicists. Praised as a "gold standard" for accurate radiotherapy dose calculations, Monte Carlo has stimulated a high level of research activity that has produced thousands of papers within the past few years. …”
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Long Term Clinical Outcome and Late Toxicity of Intensity Modulated Versus Conventional Pelvic Radiation Therapy for Locally Advanced Cervix Carcinoma by Ajeet Kumar Gandhi, Daya Nand Sharma, Goura Kishor Rath, Pramod Kumar Julka, Vellaiyan Subramani, Seema Sharma, Durai Manigandan, Sunesh Kumar

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Evaluation of Six-Dimensional Cranial Target Positioning Accuracy in Two Different Immobilization Methods Using Exactrac System by Tamil Selvan Kasirajan, Padma Ganesan, Revathy Murugesan Kesavan, Arunai Nambi Raj N, Senthilnathan K, Ramesh Babu P

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Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) Versus Rapidarc in the Treatment of Carcinoma Left Breast – Finding the Optimal Radiation Therapy Technique by Preety Negi, Raja Sellapandiyan, Himanshu Srivastava, Harnoor Pruthi, Gokul Anandhan, Priyanka Singh

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Dosimetric study of patient specific quality assurance using LINAC log files for volumetric modulated arc therapy by Lew, Kah Seng

“…This is normally done by medical physicist with a measurement device using gamma analysis as a verification metrics. …”
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Potential Advantages of Bone Marrow Sparing IMRT in Cancer Cervix: A Dosimetric Evaluation by Neha Gupta, Chandra Prakash, Kalpak Chakrabarty, Upendra Giri, Ankita Patel, Sunil Choudhary

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Friends, partners, and orphans by Jenna Grant

“…What technology of partnership will the medical physicist of 2050 unearth, and what ethic of relationality will come to care for, repair, and secure it?…”
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Stereotactic radiotherapy: An educational narrative review by Agha Muhammad Hammad Khan, Syed Furqan Ahmad Hashmi, Benjamin Li, Fatima Shaukat, Yumna Ahmed, Mahmoud Alfishawy, Iqbal Al‐Amri, Rashid Bashir, Furhan Altaf, Sercan Yilmaz, Jamsari Khalid, Zahid Al Mandhari, Nadeem Pervez, Salim Chaib Rassou, Layth Mula‐Hussain

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