A Program on the occasion of

“INTERNATIONAL DAY OF MEDICAL PHYSICS 2023”

To be celebrated on 18th Nov 2023
Organised by Medical Physics Unit of State Cancer Institute,
Gauhati Medical College, Guwahati, Assam

International Organization for Medical Physics (IOMP) organizes annually the

International Day of Medical Physics (IDMP) on November 7, an important date in the
history of Medical Physics. On that day in 1867, Marie Sklodowska-Curie, known for her
pioneering research on radioactivity, was born in Poland. We celebrate the IDMP on
November 7. The theme of IDMP 2023 is ‘IOMP’s 60th Anniversary: Standing
on the Soulders of Giants’.

Mr. Jibon Sharma

Sr. Physicist cum RSO,
SCI

Mr. Biswajit Nath,

Junior Physicist,
Speakers
Silchar Medical
College

Mr. Sachindra Goswami

Sr. Medical Physicist
cum RSO,
Dr. BBCI

Free Registration link: https://forms.gle/6jXd9TJ9aUrNvTVVA on or before 13th November’ 2023.

Interested participants for Oral presentation are requested to send their topic of Interests in the email- ID
sciidmp2023@gmail.com. Duration for Oral Presentation is 10min. The best two Oral presenters
will be awarded by the Organizing Committee.

Venue: Conference hall, 2nd Floor, Administrative block, State Cancer Institute, GMC.
 1980
John Mallard and his team obtained the first clinically useful
image of a patient's internal tissues using the full-body MRI
scanner they built. The first MRI images were produced in
1973 by Paul Lauterbur while MRI techniques were refined by
Peter Mansfield. Lantenbur and Mansfield received the 2003
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

1972
Godfrey Hounsfield first commercially available CT scanner. He co-
invented the technology with Allan McLeod Cormack. Named after
Hounsfield, the HU is a measure of radiodensity used in CT.
Hounsfield and Cormack received the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physiology or
Medicine.

1952
Franklin's work on X-ray diffraction helped to reveal the structure of DNA,
which paved the way for the development of medical imaging
technologies such as CT scans and MRI.

1950s
Progress in Radiotherapy. Harold Johns invented the 60Co teletherapy unit
in 1951. In 1953 the first clinical linear accelerator for cancer treatment
was installed. This pioneering work helped establish medical physics as a
unique field in healthcare.

Marie Curie and Henry Bequerel's pioneering research on radioactivity

laid the foundation for the field of medical physics and helped to
establish radiation therapy as a treatment for cancer.

Röntgen discovered X-rays in 1895 that revolutionized medical

diagnostics. In recognition of his work, Röntgen was awarded the first
Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901.
 Program Schedule (10am – 4pm)

Light Tea (9:30 am- 10:00 am)

10 am: Welcome speech
10:10 am : Lighting of Lamp and Cake cutting
10:20 am : Felicitation
10:30 am : Inauguration of the program

Invited Talk (10:45 am- 12:30 noon)

10:45 am : Mr. Jibon Sharma
11:15 am am : Mr. Sachindra Goswami
11:45 am : Mr Biswajit Nath

Lunch (12:30 pm- 1:30 pm)

Oral Presentation (1:30 pm- 2: 45 pm)

Presentation by the students (2:45 pm-3:45 pm)

1) Presentation on “Accuray Radixact Tomotherqpy unit and its Quality Assurance

tests”- Shruti Jangra , Intern Medical Physicist, SCI
2) Presentation on “Set-up verification of Different Radiation Field Analysers
available in SCI, GMC”- Tejender Sharma, Intern Medical Physicist, SCI

Award ceremony (3:45 pm- 3:55 pm)

Vote of Thanks (3:55pm-4:00 pm)