Medical Physics in 2020: Will we still be relevant?

Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 85-89

  Ng, Kwan Hoong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Education and training; Medical imaging; Medical physics; Professional practice; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY; RESEARCH LABORATORIES;

BIOMEDICAL INFORMATICS; CROSS-DISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; EDUCATION AND TRAINING; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; MEDICAL PHYSICS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES; RADIOACTIVE PARTICLES; SCIENTIFIC ADVANCES;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEALTH SERVICE; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOLOGY;

EID: 48049108658     PISSN: 01589938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03178583     Document Type: Article

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