A Survey of Medical Physics
| Date/Time: | Monday, 14 Nov 2016 from 4:10 pm to 5:00 pm |
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| Location: | Phys 0003 |
| Contact: | Gloria Oberender |
| Phone: | 515-294-5441 |
| Channel: | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
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Abstract
Medical physics is an applied branch of physics. A Medical Physicist is a person who is professionally engaged in the application of physics for the imaging and treatment of human disease. In this survey of medical physics, I will address the educational pathway required of Medical Physicists as well as some select topics that arise in the clinical practice of a Medical Physicist. The topics briefly covered are calibration of the output of medical linear accelerators, the components of a medical linear accelerator, the modeling of the photon beams and dose calculation algorithm in a commercial treatment planning system, the quality control of a medical linear accelerator, and some common clinical examples along with quality assurance of patient treatments. My objective is that the audience gain a greater appreciation for the contributions of Physicists in Medicine.
Biography
My name is Brian MacPhail and I have been a consulting Medical Physicist at the W.R. Bliss Cancer Center at Mary Greeley Medical Center since 1993 and full time since 1996. I was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri and completed my undergraduate degree in physics at the University of Missouri in 1990. I completed a graduate degree in medical radiation physics at Wayne State University/Harper Hospital in Detroit Michigan in 1993. I am board certified in radiation oncology physics from the American Board of Medical Physics and am recognized by the American Board of Radiology. I have been married for 25 years to my wife Kandace and we have twin boys that are 11.