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8-11 April 2011: College of Radiology Annual Scientific Meeting (RSNA Visiting Professors Programme)28 May 2011: College of Radiology Annual General MeetingMember Details Update - Please update the College of Radiology Secretariat with your latest contact details, so that information can be sent to you more efficiently via email!

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33 New College of Radiology Members Inducted at the Academy of Medicine of Malaysia’s Conferment of Fellows & Induction Ceremony, Kuala Lumpur – 8 Aug 2010
The College of Radiology has great pleasure in welcoming to its fold, 33 newly inducted members, representing a mix of oncologists, radiologists and a nuclear medicine physician. Nine of its members were also conferred their Fellowship in the Academy of Medicine of Malaysia’s Conferment of Fellows and Induction of Academicians Ceremony, held for the first time at the Medical Academies of Malaysia Building in Jalan Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur.

Full report here


An Evening with Prof Rethy Chhem: The Future of Medical Imaging-Transforming Challenges into Opportunities, Petaling Jaya - 4 July 2010
The College of Radiology was honoured and privileged to hear Prof Rethy K Chhem share his thoughts and vision on the future of medical imaging. Rethy Chhem is a radiologist, educator, researcher, speared projects and programmes and is also a health advocate. Rapid development and progress of medical imaging science and technology during the last three decades has totally transformed the way physicians perceive the anatomy of the human body and establish diagnosis of diseases, and, as a consequence, has triggered a revolution in all fields of medical practice. Prof Chhem gave his perspective and experience garnered from his 25 years in academic radiology in North America, Europe and Asia.

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Historic Milestone for the Asian Oceanian Society of Radiology, Seoul - 21 April 2010
For the first time, the Asian Oceanian Society of Radiology (AOSR) will have a permanent secretariat. It will be at the Korean Society of Radiology Office in Seoul, Korea. This arrangement was made official during the opening ceremony at the KSR office in Seoul on 21 April 2010. An agreement was signed between the Presidents of the AOSR and Korean Society of Radiology (KSR), Professors Byung-Ihn Choi and Dong-Ik Kim respectively to formalise this arrangement. In charge of the management of the AOSR “office” would be Professor Joon-Koo Han, Secretary of the KSR and member of the website committee of the AOSR, whilst Mr Young-Suk Chae, General Manager of the KSR and Ms Da-Woon Kim would be assisting in the management.

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What a turnout at the 2010 College of Radiology Annual Scientific Meeting – The Heart & Lungs: From Basics to Intervention, Kuala Lumpur – 9-11 April 2010
The College of Radiology (CoR), Academy of Medicine of Malaysia recorded an unprecedented turnout at our recent annual scientific meeting held in the Legend Hotel, Kuala Lumpur. There were 280 delegates in the 2 day scientific meeting and 175 delegates at the precongress workshop “A Holistic Approach to Mammography”. The Heart & Lungs represented the pulse of medicine with a multidisciplinary approach. The keynote address was by Ramesh Ramchandra Bhonde, PhD who enthralled the audience on Stem Cell – Bench to Bedside. On the 11th April, was the CoR’s Annual General Meeting. Congratulations to Prof Dato’ Dr Humairah Samad Cheung, who was elected as the new President of the CoR.

Full report here


“Radiology – The Core of Healthcare” at the 13th Asian Oceanian Congress of Radiology, Taipei International Convention Centre – 20-23 Mar 2010
The 13th Asian Oceanian Congress of Radiology (AOCR2010) kicked off with concurrent tracks in seven radiological specialities at 8.30am on Saturday, 20th March 2010. Chinese drums and a lion dance added fanfare to the Opening Ceremony held the same afternoon. Congratulations to the new AOSR President, Dr Byung-Ihn Choi from Korea. The distinguished international faculty for the AOCR2010, boasted more than 100 speakers, whilst about 2000 participants descended at the Taipei International Convention Centre in Taipei, Taiwan Republic of China.

At the AOCR President’s Dinner, 20 March 2010, the stipends for those who qualified for the Young Investigators’ Award/Scholarships were given out. One of the recipients was Ahmad Razali from Malaysia and he submitted a paper on the “Role of Superselective Embolisation in the Management of Acute Lower Gastrointestinal Haemorrhage”. The AOCR2010 was organised by the Chinese Taipei Society of Radiology (CTSR) and co-hosted by the Asian Oceanian Society of Radiology (AOSR). Congratulations to Yi-Hong Chou, President of the AOCR Executive Committee and his team for an educational extravaganza and indeed, a congress to be remembered.


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The Breast Week in Kuantan – 31 Oct-6 Nov 2009
Three breast meetings were held in Kuantan from 31 October to 6 November 2009. These were the Asian Breast Diseases Association (ABDA) 7th Teaching Course 2009; Pre-Course Breast Imaging Workshop and the Tabar Course. These were very well attended and the Tabar course had participants from Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Japan, South Africa, India, and United Arab Emirates. The 7th ABDA Teaching Course attracted a total of 181 participants, inclusive of 19 international participants from Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. The meeting was multi-disciplinary with the theme “Screening, Staging and Optimal Management of Breast Cancer”.

Full report here

Sarawak General Hospital is now one of the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) Designated Centers of Integrated Oncology and Palliative Care, Berlin – 22 Sept 2009
The Department of Radiotherapy, Oncology and Palliative Care Unit, Sarawak General Hospital was recently awarded the ESMO Designated Centres of Integrated Oncology and Palliative Care after satisfactorily fulfilling the required 13 criteria. The prestigious “ESMO Designated Centres of Integrated Oncology and Palliative Care” program is an incentive program initiated in 2003 in which cancer centres can receive special recognition for achieving a high standard of integration of medical oncology and palliative care. The ESMO designation is valid for 3 years.

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iPhone/iPod Touch Program “Radiation Passport” Estimates Radiation/Cancer Risks from Radiology and Related Examinations and Procedures – 2009
Radiation Passport - for the iPhone and iPod Touch allows physicians and other healthcare professionals to enter the age and gender of their patient, and the specific examination (modality and body part), and receive an estimate of the average associated radiation dose, and associated risk of developing cancer (total, and fatal cancers separately). The overall goal of Radiation Passport is to increase awareness and education among patients about the potential risks of medical radiation. Mark Otto Baerlocher, a final year radiology resident in the University of Toronto, Canada teamed up with his brother to create this programme.

Full report here


9th Asian Oceanic Society of Paediatric Radiology (AOSPR) Congress, Kuala Lumpur – 19-21 Nov 2009
What overwhelming response to the first ever regional paediatric congress hosted and organised by the College of Radiology, Academy of Medicine of Malaysia as there were 313 delegates to this congress, of which some 50 including the faculty were non-Malaysians. The faculty boasted of speakers from United Kingdom, Australia, Thailand, Hong Kong, Mauritius, Philippines, Singapore, United States of America and Canada.

Prof Dr Kim In-One, President of the AOSPR was the guest of honour officiating at the Opening Ceremony. The congress was held in Hotel Istana, Kuala Lumpur and the opening ceremony’s fanfare was provided by the Kompang Group from the Tourism Malaysia. Accolades to the Paediatric Special Interest Group within the CoR, chaired by Dr Zaleha Abdul Manaf for having taken on and successfully organising this congress. Thank you also to sponsors and the industry for supporting the trade exhibition.
College of Radiology WALKS for WORLD PINK, Kuala Lumpur – 3 Oct 2009
It was great weather for College of Radiology members, supporters and friends to join Estée Lauder Companies’ initiative to raise breast cancer awareness and funds, i.e. Walk for World Pink at Menara Kuala Lumpur. The walk flagged off at 6.30pm, but participants and supporters were there earlier with a host of activities to keep everyone’s spirits high despite the humidity! There were at least 1,200 registered for the 3.8km walk, but many more came with their children to support the event, and walked together in solidarity for the common cause. The Walk for World Pink was followed by the Illumination of Menara KL where they were entertained to the action of four base jumpers off the top of Menara KL.

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EIT Breast –A painless way for early detection of breast cancer?
Scientists/medical physicists are in the process of conducting clinical studies to solve quite a few issues regarding the use of impedance measurements in the breasts.  What is EIT? Can it be used to detect early breast cancer?

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How Safe is Radiofrequency?
It is time to find out what RF can do FOR rather than TO people! Radiology Malaysia conducts an online with Prof C-K Chou, PhD, a multiple award-winning scientist and currently Motorola Chief EME Scientist, and the Director of Corporate EME Research Laboratory, responsible for RF product safety.


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Is Maintaining Hope in the Face of Despair Possible?
Hope cannot exist without despair and vice versa. How can one therefore re-ignite hope when all seems pointless or death and suffering seems imminent?

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Tai Chi Chi Kung, Healing and Cancer?
 “….Tai Chi complements Chi Kung. Chi Kung provides the foundation like a tree's roots while Tai Chi is like the trunk of the tree…”

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One-On-One with Prof Dr John R. Cameron: His Mission - Making a Difference to Society!
Prof Dr John R. Cameron, a medical physicist who has devoted his life to the application of physics in the medical world.

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Up Close with the Father of Spiral CT – Prof Dr Willi A. Kalender
Willi Kalender pioneered spiral (volumetric) Computed Tomography (CT)catalysing the explosive development of multislice CT scanners.

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Positron Emission Tomography (PET) – the ultimate in imaging?
PET, despite opening doors to information previously unknown has limitations.


The basics on PET are presented here

Facts on Various Aspects of PET

FAQ on Common Radiological Procedures
Don’t know what’s going to happen for your barium enema or other tests – click here!


Ever wondered what happens behind the thick walls of a Radiotherapy Unit?

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What is Interventional Radiology?

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Check out the RM Training section for Programmes on Interventional Radiology, Ultrasound and Breast Imaging.
12-14 Nov 2010: 1st AMM-AMS-HKAM Tripartite Congress/ 44th Malaysia-Singapore Congress of Medicine “Benefits and Risks of Recent Medical Advances”  -  Academy of Medicine of Malaysia, Academy of Medicine, Singapore & Hong Kong Academy of Medicine

Continuing Biomedical Imaging and Intervention Education programme, UMMC, Malaysia is now available. http://radiology.um.edu.my/cbie

The Australasian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine (ASUM)
get the latest updates on programmes www.asum.com.au

The Asian-Oceanian Textbook of Radiology -
find out more at  www.asianradiology.com
 

EDIPS Download is the European Congress of Radiology’s “free education” highly valued e-learning tool - enabling visitors to download PowerPoint Presentations of lectures given at the last ECR Meeting in March 2006. Over 530 presentations are currently available for download free of charge. This new tool complements ECR’s established e-learning tools EPOS™, eECR and EURORAD.
 

The Imaging of Tropical Diseases by Philip Palmer & Maurice Reeder has been made available by its authors and the publisher, Springer, for distribution in a DVD form to national member societies of the International Society of Radiology and to their individual members. CoR is a member society of the ISR.
 

Please visit the Events Calendar page for the complete listing.

 
”Seeing with Heart”
”We are the CoRe of Quality”

Dr Evelyn Ho
Radiology
Malaysia Editor
August, 2010
 

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Phase 3 of the campaign was launched on 24 Aug 2009. This “STEP LIGHTLY” phase provides materials to reduce radiation dose for providers of Interventional Radiology, all downloadable from the www.imagegently.org

Check it out now for materials with regard CT Radiation protocols, patient/parent brochures and other resources to help you reduce radiation in paediatric imaging, intervention & therapeutics.

 

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Interested in a 1-year paid fellowship for Women’s and Children’s Imaging in Singapore?

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2011 Derek Harwood-Nash International Fellowship Application

Eligible applicants from academic institutions are invited to apply for the above fellowship which may range from 6 to 12 weeks. The application deadline is 1 July 2010.

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If you are a CoR member, you have been granted free corresponding membership to the ESR. The CoR submits a list of the membership to the ESR periodically to enable them to register you as a corresponding member for free. Please inform us if you have not been contacted by the ESR or have just joined as a CoR member.

The benefits of ESR membership are as follows:

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- reduced registration rates for the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) for 2009
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- free electronic access to EDIPS Download, ECR's Digital Preview System
- all activities of the European School of Radiology (ESOR) are offered exclusively to members of the ESR
- free access to the online job forum

 

International Society of Radiology
Imaging of Tropical Diseases DVD


This book developed into DVD form has been made available by its authors (Philip Palmer and Maurice Reeder) and publisher (Springer) free of charge to members of the ISR. If you are a CoR member, access this DVD at www.isradiology.org

Other Resources Available from the International Society of Radiology (ISR):
1. GoRad: Monthly Compendium of practice-related articles selected from 16 leading radiology journals
2. Virtual Congress
3.Other educational contents and reference materials

The ISR website continues to add contents.

Download the ISR Aug 2010 Newsletter

Download the ISR Feb 2010 Newsletter

 

Journal of Biomedical Imaging & Intervention BIIJ



The BIIJ is a new peer-reviewed open access e journal. It is a multidisciplinary journal covering imaging, nuclear medicine, RT, informatics, molecular imaging, medical physics, biomedical engineering etc. Contributions are welcome and strongly encouraged.

Obtain a free subscription - go to www.biij.org
 

IAEA Calls for Enhanced Radiation Protection of Patients


Advances in medical imaging techniques are allowing doctors to detect hidden diseases and make ever more accurate diagnoses. But radiation safety experts at the IAEA say that overuse of high-tech scanning procedures may unnecessarily expose patients to increased radiation levels.
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For information about the Safe Use of ionising radiation for patients and health professionals,
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Ministry of Health, Malaysia’s MyHealth Portal


A service provided under the MSC Malaysia Telehealth Flagship Programme

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Health News Headlines

QA in Mammo: CoR Survey in Malaysia

Quality assurance is crucial in Radiology and particularly so in mammography where poor quality films can mean a higher miss rate for breast cancers. The results of the CoR’s survey of QA in Mammography in Malaysia can be viewed in a poster that summarises the salient points.  

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Join the Battle Against Tobacco Use!

Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death in the world today. It causes serious health problems. At the WHO Informal Meeting on Health Professionals and Tobacco Control – 28-30 Jan 2004 in Geneva, the Code of Practice on tobacco control for health professional organisations was adopted and signed.

International Treaty for Tobacco Control
 

Radiology Malaysia Forum
This is where you will have your say in Radiology Malaysia. Whether it is for advice, or just an expression of opinion, the Radiology Malaysia Forum is the place to be!
 
Breast Health Info Centre

The Art of Being Breast Aware: It is Everyone’s Business to be Breast Aware:  This is a handy book to learn the basics of being breast aware.  This 2nd edition (2009) has updates to relevant sections and a new chapter. Contact the College of Radiology Secretariat for a copy of the book. The book is also available at the Breast Cancer Welfare Association.

Check out the many features and articles in the Breast Health Info Centre
 

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Get the Malaysian National Cancer Registry reports –

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MyStory:CeritaKu: Read the Prize Winning Stories of the Radiology Malaysia Contest

Take cancer out of the closet!

How to get the most out of living with cancer?

 

How to make the most out of your visit to your doctor?

 

Using blood tests to detect early cancer?

Understanding Fatty liver

What is clinical oncology?

Nausea and Vomitting in Palliative Care

The Camera Pill – Read it here.

Range of Radiological Facilities in CentresClick here!
 

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Radiology Case of the month


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