Carlos Uribe, Leader, Clinical Molecular Imaging and Therapy Physics at BC Cancer, shared on LinkedIn:
“Medical physics comes in many flavors. As theranostics grows, the differences between our specialties matter.
Radiopharmaceutical Therapy brings together:
- Activity measurements
- Imaging systems
- Image reconstruction
- Biokinetics
- Dosimetry
- Radiation safety
Supporting that workflow requires training and clinical experience in molecular imaging and therapy physics.
It also gives us an opportunity to learn from our radiation oncology physics colleagues. Their rigorous quality control, independent checks and treatment verification experience can help us build stronger theranostics programs.
For International Day of Medical Physics IDMP, I wrote a little post about our specialties, what qualification means, and how we can work together while respecting the expertise each brings.
My view: growing theranostics programs need both collaboration and clearly accountable, board-certified nuclear medicine physics expertise.”
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