International Organization for Medical Physics
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International Organization for Medical Physics (IOMP) is the world's premier professional organization for medical physics
. It is one of the constituent organizations of International Union for Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine
(IUPESM).
With over 18,000 members, the organization has members in 80 countries, since its establishment in 1963.
Medical physics
Medical physics is the application of physics to medicine. It generally concerns physics as applied to medical imaging and radiotherapy, although a medical physicist may also work in many other areas of healthcare...
. It is one of the constituent organizations of International Union for Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine
International Union for Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine
The International Union for Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine is the umbrella organization for the International Organization for Medical Physics and International Federation of Medical and Biological Engineering , and other affiliate organizations that represent the fields of...
(IUPESM).
With over 18,000 members, the organization has members in 80 countries, since its establishment in 1963.
Regional organizations
- European Federation of Organizations for Medical Physics (EFOMP)
- Asia-Oceania Federation of Organizations for Medical PhysicsAsia-Oceania Federation of Organizations for Medical PhysicsThe Asia-Oceania Federation of Organizations for Medical Physics was founded in 2000 to promote medical physics in the Asia and Oceania regions, through the advancement in status and standard of practice of the medical physics profession...
(AFOMP) - Latin American Medical Physics Association (ALFIM)
- Southeast Asian Federation of Organizations of Medical PhysicsSoutheast Asian Federation of Organizations of Medical PhysicsSouth East Asian Federation of Organizations for Medical Physics was officially formed when it was accepted as a regional chapter of the International Organization for Medical Physics at the World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, held in Chicago, Illinois, in 2000.The...
(SEAFOMP) - Federation of African Medical Physics Organisations (FAMPO)
- Middle East Federation of Organisations for Medical Physics (MEFOMP)