GREAT WALL 2010 INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON MEDICAL PHYSICS
Dear esteemed colleagues and friends,
You are cordially invited to participate in the Great Wall 2010 International Congress on Medical Physics to be held in Nanjing, China on August 18-22, 2010. The congress is organized by North American Chinese Medical Physicists Association (NACMPA) and Chinese Society of Medical Physics (CSMP).
This congress is intended to facilitate scientific exchange, to promote medical physics research, application and education, and to provide a platform for medical physicists and scientists in related fields worldwide to foster communications, collaborations and friendship.
The theme of the congress is "Better Medical Physics, Better Human Health". The contents will cover all aspects of medical physics such as radiation therapy physics, medical imaging physics, health physics, blood rheology, laser, ultrasound, bioinformatics and medical physics education, etc. Major topics will include image-guided radiotherapy, bio-functional imaging, 3D and intensity-modulated radiotherapy, Monte Carlo methods, radiation safety and quality, image processing methods and radiobiological modeling.
The conference abstracts should only include the latest, non-published research results and scientific findings in the above-mentioned fields. The abstracts should consist of the following 4 components: objectives, materials and methods, results and conclusions. The abstracts should be written using MS Word. The number of words is limited to 300. Please do not include any figures or tables. The abstract should be submitted as an email attachment to Dr. An Liu (aliu@coh.org), with a copy to Dr. Jack Yang (yangjnj@comcast.net). The deadline for submission is June 1, 2010. Once accepted, the authors will be informed by email. Presentations will include invited talks, continuing education lectures, oral presentations and posters. The meeting program will contain plenary sessions, parallel sessions and poster sessions.
The transportation, environment and scenery will be ideal at the conference location, www.jszshotel.com.cn. The organization committee is committed to make the congress a great success by providing modern conference facilities, great scientific programs, comfortable accommodation and delightful cuisine.
We look forward to meeting you in Nanjing!
Co-chairmen, Yimin Hu & Jack Yang