Key themes and topics
- Hospital / Clinical accreditation
- Quality systems/quality assurance
- Clinical audits
- Future perspectives on areas requiring standardization/accreditation and certification
- Role of regulatory bodies
- Standards
- International healthcare accreditation
- National accreditation schemes
- Innovation and new/emerging technology in Radiation Oncology
- Innovation and new/emerging technology in Diagnostic Radiology
- Innovation and new/emerging technology in Nuclear Medicine
- Target ablation by using microwave, radiofrequency, cryotherapy, etc
- Small animal research technologies
- Robotics and mechatronics in cancer diagnostics and therapeutics
- Others
- Biosensors
- BioMEMs
- Microfluidics & Lab-on-Chip
- Mutli-scale devices & systems
- Nanobiotechnology
- Bioelectronics devices and applications
- Emerging characterization techniques, devices and materials
- Cell-material interface in natural systems
- DNA damage and repair in cells and tissues
- Off target radiation effects (cytoplasmic damage, bystander effect, genomic instability, fetal dose)
- Tumour heterogeneity and radiation response
- Cell radio sensitivity/radio resistance
- Dose hypofractionation and hyperfractionation
- Particle and high-LET radiations: implications for cancer treatment
- Low dose effects
- Radiomics and systems radiobiology
- Biodosimetry
- Clinical radiobiology
- Others
- Artificial organs
- Biomaterials
- Controlled drug delivery
- Pharmaceutics
- Tissue engineering
- 3D printing and Bioprinting
- Cardiovascular mechanics
- Cell & molecular mechanics
- Organ and tissue mechanics
- Orthopaedic biomechanics
- Mechanobiology
- Sports biomechanics & human performance
- Computer-assisted surgery
- Medical robotics
- Rehabilitation engineering & assistive technology
- Exoskeletal & wearable devices
- Smart sensors
- Soft robotics
- Modelling in treatment planning
- Modelling for diagnostic imaging
- Detector modelling
- Modelling for radiation protection applications
- Physiological modelling
- Phantom modelling
- Hemodynamic
- Neurodynamic
- Transport and physiological modelling
- Ultrasound simulation
- Others
- Radiography/Fluoroscopy
- Mammography/Tomosynthesis
- Multi Detector CT
- MRI
- PET/MR
- Optical
- Small animal imaging systems
- Radiomics (see L: Healthcare Analytics, Big Data and AI)
- Quality assurance
- Others
- Cell-free synthetic biology
- Engineering synthetic ecosystems
- Microbial production of drugs
- Artificial cells
- Synthetic viruses
- Genetic engineering
- Artificial photosynthesis
- Computational designs
- Tools and techniques
- AI in healthcare
- Data mining
- Machine learning
- Radiomics
- Genomics
- Quantitative Image Analysis
- Deep learning
- Treatment response
- Autosegmentation
- Statistical Models
- Feature extraction
- Computational Models
- Cybersecurity
- Telemedicine & healthcare
- Digital medicine
- Clinical decision support systems
- Personalised medicine
- Diagnostics
- Therapeutics
- Immunotherapy
- Immuno-engineering
- Liquid biopsy
- Precision medicine
- Vaccine Development
- Bioethics
- Education and training
- Continuous professional development
- Accreditation and certification
- Regional/national experiences
- Teaching healthcare professionals
- Technology enhanced education
- Career development
- Disruptive technology for education
- BioDesign in the BME curriculum
- Imaging techniques for Radiation Therapy
- MRI in Radiation Therapy
- Imaging techniques for Particle Therapy
- Imaging for Surgery and Interventional Radiology
- Quantitative Imaging
- Cone beam CT and IGRT
- Treatment response assessment
- Small Animal Systems
- Others
- Neuroimaging
- Brain-machine interfaces
- Advanced brain monitoring
- Innovations in neurotechnology
- Nuclear medicine instrumentation – present and future designs
- Computed tomography in nuclear medicine
- Magnetic resonance in nuclear medicine
- SPECT, SPECT/CT imaging
- PET/CT imaging
- PET/MR imaging
- Image reconstruction and correction strategies
- Image registration and segmentation
- Image quantification
- Radionuclide therapy
- Tracer kinetic modelling
- Molecular Imaging
- Nuclear medicine dosimetry
- Monte Carlo modelling in nuclear medicine
- Dosimetry in nuclear medicine (experiments, calculations)
- Quality Assurance
- Biosignal Processing
- Others
- Reporting systems
- Accidents, incidents, and risk management
- Skin injuries
- Nuclear and radiological emergencies and preparedness
- Mathematical modelling of radiation protection
- Shielding design
- Risk and dose optimization for radiation protection
- Remote dose monitoring
- Occupational dosimetry
- Diagnostic reference levels
- Caregivers
- Safety of non–ionizing radiation
- Human factors engineering for medical device and system design
- Patient safety, medical errors, and adverse event prevention related to health technologies
- Protocol optimization
- Regulatory aspects of radiation protection and safety
- Dosimetry in therapy (experiments, calculations)
- Dosimetry in imaging (experiments, calculations)
- Dosimetric techniques and phantoms
- Micro– and nano-dosimetry
- Small Field Dosimetry (see E: Radiation Therapy Physics)
- Dosimetry and calibration
- Nuclear medicine dosimetry
- Imaging Dosimetry
- Internal Dosimetry in nuclear medicine (experiments, calculations)
- Clinical Dosimetry
- Novel Dosimeters
- Others
- Brachytherapy (HDR, LDR and QA)
- Photon therapy: VMAT and IMRT Planning and Delivery
- Photon therapy: VMAT and IMRT Verification and QA
- Stereotactic Radiotherapy: Planning, Delivery and QA
- Electron Therapy: Planning, Delivery and QA
- Particle Therapy: Planning and Delivery
- Particle Therapy: Verification and QA
- IGRT: Progress, delivery and QA
- IGRT: Surface Guided RT and Ultrasound Guided RT
- MR-Linac
- Adaptive Radiation Therapy
- Motion management
- Radiobiological modelling
- Treatment planning: Optimization, evaluation and robustness
- Immobilisation technology
- QA equipment technology
- Dose calculations and delivery verification
- Small field dosimetry
- Quality Assurance
- Ultrasound and Photodynamic therapy techniques
- Others