Author: Admin IndoseCT

PIT-FMB 2024

Pertemuan Ilmiah Tahunan Fisika Medis dan Biofisika 2024

Pada: 08-10 Agustus 2024

Tempat: Hotel ASTON Tropicana Bandung

Informasi: www.afismi.org

THE 15th ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING OF TMPS

The 15th Annual Scientific Meeting of Thai Medical Physicist Society (TPMS)
Title: “Advanced Medical Physics Improves Patient Outcomes”
Venue: @ Rua Rasada Hotel, Trang, Thailand
Date: 1-3 March 2024
Link: http://www.thaimps.org/index.html

IOMP SCHOOL WEBINARS 2023

IOMP Webinar: IOMP’s Focus: Early Career in Medical Physics and the most recent trends in diagnostic and radiotheraphy
19 December 2023 at 12 pm GMT; Duration 1 hour
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Organizer: M Stoeva

Moderator: KH Ng

Speakers: Tan Hong Qi & Choirul Anam, IUPAP Early Career in Medical Physics awardees

Title:

Impact of dispersive proton beam on reference dosimetry in a synchrotron spot scanning system

Dr Tan Hong Qi is currently a senior medical physicist in National Cancer Centre of Singapore (NCCS) and is also a clinical instructor in Duke-NUS medical School. He received his PhD from National University of Singapore and completed his residency in NCCS. He is active in both the radiotherapy research and education in Singapore for which he was recognized with institutional level awards and recent SEAFOMP young leader award. His current research interests are the application of AI in radiotherapy, adaptive radiotherapy, and proton therapy.

Abstract:

We have recently commissioned the largest proton therapy center in Singapore and have treated more than 30 patients over the last 4 months after the first clinical start date. This talk will share some of our commissioning experience with Hitachi ProBeat proton therapy which is a spot scanning synchrotron delivery system. In particular, we will report the observation of a large fluctuation in reference dosimetry measurement with a square field and an ion chamber measurement at the plateau region of a monoenergetic proton beam. An investigative journey reveal that the fluctuation originated from the dispersion in the proton beam. This accelerator physics term will be introduced, and we will show for the first time, the feasibility of measuring it in the clinic.

 

Title:

Automated dose and image quality measurements from clinical CT images for CT optimization

Dr. Choirul Anam completed his Ph.D at Physics Department, Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB).  He received Master degree from University of Indonesia (UI) and the B.Sc degree in physics from Diponegoro University (UNDIP). He is currently working as a Lecturer and Researcher at the UNDIP. His research interests are medical image processing and dosimetry for diagnostic radiology, particularly in CT. He has authored and co-authored over 200 papers. In the last ten years, he was the first author over 50 papers. One of his papers published in the Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics had been awarded as the Best Medical Imaging Physics Article in 2016. He received the Best Paper Award during 15th South East Asian Congress of Medical Physics (SEACOMP). He was also recognised as an Outstanding Reviewer for Physics in Medicine and Biology in 2018 and for Biomedical Physics and Engineering Express in 2019. He was also awarded as the SEAFOMP Young Leader Awards 2019 for his contribution in CT dosimetry and image quality from the South East Asian Federation of Organizations for Medical Physics (SEAFOMP). He is developer of two software, i.e. IndoseCT and IndoQCT (www.indosect.com).

 

Abstract:

Recent studies revealed that computed tomography (CT) scanning poses a potential cancer risk in patients. Although the risk is considered much smaller than the benefits of CT scanning to accurately diagnose patient abnormalities, the CT examination must be optimized. In radiation optimization, an image of sufficient quality to diagnose the patient must be achieved with the smallest possible dose. Up until now, image quality and radiation dose were usually evaluated using a standard phantom of standardized characteristic. The evaluation of image quality and radiation dose using the standard phantom is very good for assessing dependency on controllable variables, such as tube currents, tube voltage, pitch, reconstruction filter, and beam width. However, they are also influenced by uncontrollable variables, such as body size and body region. For optimization purposes, the controllable and uncontrollable variables must be considered simultaneously. This talk will discuss methods of automated image quality (noise and spatial resolution) and patient dose (i.e. size-specific dose estimate (SSDE)) directly from image of patient.

IUPAP EARLY CAREER SCIENTIST PRIZE IN 2022

Pada tahun 2023, Dr. Choirul Anam terpilih untuk mendapatkan perhargaan The IUPAP Early Career Scientist Prize in Medical Physics 2022 dari International Organization for Medical Physics (IOMP) bekerja sama dengan International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP).

Penerima penghargaan ini adalah ilmuan muda yang dianggap paling memberikan kontribusi terhadap fisika medis di dunia. Ilmuan muda di sini maksudnya adalah ilmuan yang telah melakukan penelitian fisika medis dalam waktu paling lama 8 (delapan) tahun setelah lulus dari program doktor. Informasi lebih detil tentang penghargaan ini dapat dilihat pada laman: https://iupap.org/awards/young-scientist-prizes/. Penerima penghargaan ini hanya satu orang di dunia untuk setiap tahunnya. Penerima penghargaan dipilih oleh panitia khusus yang terdiri dari para ilmuan terkemuka dunia dalam bidang fisika medis.

Dr. Anam terpilih untuk menerima penghargaan ini untuk tahun 2022 ini. Penghargaan ini diberikan pada acara International Conference on Medical Physics (ICMP) yang diadakan pada 6-9 Desember 2023 di Mumbai, India. Sebelumnya, para ilmuan penerima penghargaan ini adalah: Dr. Ali Asghar Mowlai (2006, Iran), Dr. Leif Schröder (2009, Germany), Dr. Magdalena Stoeva (2012, Bulgaria), Dr. Ferdinand Schweser (2013, Germany), Dr. Jan-Bernd Hövener (2014, Germany), Dr. Guerda Massillon-JL (2015, Mexico), Dr. Francis Hasford (2016, Ghana), Dr. Abdul Nashirudeen Mumuni (2017, Ghana), Dr Kuo Men (2018, China), Dr Mitsuhiro Nakamura (2019, Japan), Dr Jaydev K Dave (2020, USA), dan Dr Chai Hong Yeong (2021, Malaysia) (https://www.iomp.org/recipients-iupap-young-scientist-award-in-medical-physics/).

Dr. Anam telah melakukan riset secara komprehensif tentang dosis radiasi dan kualitas citra dari pesawat computed tomography (CT). Dia bersama tim telah mengembangkan dua software untuk dosimetri CT (yaitu IndoseCT) dan untuk image quality pada CT (IndoQCT). Kedua software tersebut dapat diunduh dari laman: www.indosect.com. Hingga saat ini, kedua software telah didownload oleh mahasiswa, ilmuan, dan peneliti dari sekitar 65 negara.

Hingga saat ini, Dr. Anam telah mempublikasi sekitar 200 paper. Lebih dari 50 diantaranya, Dr. Anam menjadi penulis pertama dan sekitar 100 diantaranya terindeks di Scopus. Salah satu paper yang ditulis oleh Dr. Anam dan tim juga pernah diberi penghargaan oleh Asosiasi Fisikawan Medik Amerika (AAPM) sebagai Best Paper untuk Medical Imaging Physics. Dr. Anam juga telah mendapatkan penghargaan dua kali sebagai Outstanding Reviewer dari IOP Publishing. Pada tahun 2019, Dr. Anam juga mendapat penghargaan Young Leader Awards dari Asosiasi Fisikawan Medik Asia Tenggara (SEAFOMP). Pada tahun 2023 ini, Dr. Anam juga mendapat penghargaan sebagai Trusted Reviewer dari IOP Publishing.

2nd IPPT USM-UNDIP JOINT WEBINAR

Theme:

Digital Image Processing in Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

 

Speaker:

*Dr. Mohd Syahir Mansor (IPPT USM)

*Dr. Choirul Anam (UNDIP)

 

Moderator:

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mohd Zahri Abdul Aziz (IPPT USM)

 

Date:

14 October 2023 (Saturday)

 

Time:

10 AM – 12 PM (MYT)

9 AM – 11 AM (WIB)

 

Registration link:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfU-MlUI9EF1GykqJDcc5YCc7r9StpG99KSPVqvL9uEnQsOGQ/viewform

INOVASI TERBAIK BAPETEN 2023

Peneliti dari Rumah Sakit Kraton Pekalongan (Heryani, Ari Dwi Reskianto, Ryan Wahyu Widhianto, dan Arie Chintya Martania) dan dari Departemen Fisika Undip (Choirul Anam) mendapatkan penghargaan terbaik pada Inovasi BAPETEN 2023 untuk Penguatan Proteksi dan Kesalamatan Radiasi pada Pasien. Heryani dan kawan-kawan melakukan inovasi yaiatu membuat fantom khusus untuk pengukuran dosis dan kualitas citra CT scan. Makalah yang dipresentasikan berjudul: PembuatanIn-House Phantom untuk Pengukuran Image Quality dan Dosimetri sebagai Tool untuk Optimasi Protokol Pemeriksaan CT-Scan Thorak. Penghargaan ini merupakan pernghargaan kedua dari BAPETEN. Pada tahun sebelumnya para peneliti ini juga mendapatkan penghargaan yang serupa dari BAPETEN.

IOP TRUSTED REVIEWER

Institute of Physics (IOP) Trusted Reviewer status is designed to recognise the very best peer reviewers. Only the top 15% of IOP reviewers will achieve this recognition and receive certification.  For more information, please see: https://ioppublishing.org/researchers/peer-review-excellence-training-and-certification/