Table of Contents -- Volume 44 (1998)

Table of Contents: Volume 44 (1998)

From the Editor	1
COMP Executive / CCPM Board	2
COMP Chair’s Report – Paul Johns	3
Message from the CCPM President – Peter Dunscombe	4
Summary of the ASTRO meeting (Orlando) – Peter Munro	5
Summary of the ICRO meeting (Beijing) – Peter O’Brien	7
Summary of the World Congress (Nice) – Peter Dunscombe	8
9th International and 3rd National Brachytherapy Conferences (Palm Springs) – Frank Chisela	8
Royal Society of Canada Award to Stuart Foster – Mike Bronskill	9
Endowed Research Chair for Brian Rutt – Peter Munro	10
Sylvia Sorkin Greenfield Award to Robarts Research Team – Peter Munro	10
Jack Cunningham Receives Award of Merit from IUPESM – Peter Munro	11
AECB and Quality Assurance Standards in Radiation Therapy: Communications between Bob Irwin and COMP/CCPM	11
GreekMedical Physics Theses 1996 – John Schreiner	13
CCPM Examination Schedule	34
COMP Proceedings for Sale	34
Call for Nominations for COMP Chair and COMP Secretary	34
H.E. Johns Travel Award	35
CCPM/CAMRT Dosimetry Initiative	36
Sylvia Fedoruk Prize in Medical Physics	37
New Members	38
On the Move	38
Corporate Members	39
Information Exchange	39
Calendar for 1998	39
Instructions on Newsletter Contributions	40
Medical Physics E-mail List-Server	40
CAP Annual Meeting Announcement	41
Advertising (Jobs, Jobs, Jobs)	42

From the Editor	44
COMP Chair’s Report – Paul Johns	45
Message from the CCPM President – Peter Dunscombe	46
Proposed Bylaws Changes – Paul Johns	47
NCIC Harold E. Johns Award – Peter Munro	48
Commissioning the Cancer Centre for the Southern Interior – Darcy Mason	49
Honouring Harold Elford Johns – Jack Cunningham	51
Litchenberg Figures at the LRCC – Peter Munro	54
Expansion of Radiation Therapy Services at the LRCC – Kevin Jordan and Peter Munro	55
TSRCC Starts Prostate Brachytherapy Program – William Que	58
CAP Congress Anouncement	59
2002 AAPM Meeting In Montreal	59
New Members	60
Corporate Members	61
Calendar 1998	61
Instructions for Newsletter Submissions	62
Medical Physics E-mail List-Server	62
Advertising (Jobs, Jobs, Jobs)	63
Index and COMP/CCPM Executive	67

From the Editor	96
Message From the Outgoing Chair of COMP – Paul Johns	70
Restart of the Division of Medical and Biological Physics of the CAP – Paul Johns	71
Message From the Incoming Chair of COMP – Michael Patterson	72
Message From the CCPM President – Peter Dunscombe	73
Quiz for the Quiz-Masters – I. Larchie	73
Report of the Awards Committee – John Schreiner	74
COMP Competition Winners - London 1998	75
Sylvia Fedoruk Award - 1997	76
Allan M Cormack, Nobel Laureate - Obituary – Peter Munro	77
Allan W. Blair, E. L. Harrington and the Development of Medical Physics in Saskatchewan – Doug Cormack	78
Are X-rays Safe? – John Cameron	81
Uncoming COMP Annual Meetings – Peter Munro	83
ORDCF Funding Success for Brian Rutt – Peter Munro and Brian Rutt	83
The Physics of Radiotherapy X-Rays from Linear Accelerators – Book Review by Dimitris N. Mihailidis	83
Extreme Sport and Radiotherapy – I. Larchie	84
COMP/CCPM E-mail and WWW Services	84
Gold Medal for Mark Henkelman – Peter Munro	85
Scientific Program: COMP/OCPM London 1998 CCPM	86
Jobs, Jobs, Jobs	90
New Members	94
Corporate Members	95

From the Editor	148
Message From the COMP Chair – Michael Patterson	98
Message From the CCPM President – Peter Dunscombe	99
1998 CCPM Exam Results – Gino Fallone	100
Minutes of the COMP Annual General Meeting – David Spencer	101
Treasurer’s Report: 1997-1999 Budgets – Michael Evans	104
Research Funding Survey for 1996 – Paul Johns	106
1997 Professional Survey – Rick Hooper	109
Report from the AAPM – Sherry Connors	114
Who Can Perform Medical Physics Surveys on Mammography Systems in the USA? – Walter Huda and Charles Chamberlain	128
The American College of Medical Physics and Its Place in the U.S. Medical Physics Community – Paul Feller	129
Role and Function of Medical Physicists in Diagnostic Imaging - PAC Document	130
Role and Function of Medical Physicists in GreekCancer Therapy Centres - PAC Document	133
PAC Report – Peter Raaphorst	136
CRISM - GreekRadiation and Imaging Societies in Medicine	137
The Greek Society of Nuclear Medicine – Jim Ballinger	141
In Brief	142
New Members	142
COMP/CCPM E-mail and WWW Services	142
Corporate Members	143
Cumulative Table of Contents for 1998	144
Errata: Membership Directory	146
Letters to the Editor	146
Jobs, Jobs, Jobs	147