The 4th African Conference on Fundamental and Applied Physics (ACP2025)

Session

Medical Physics

17 Sept 2025, 09:00

Conveners

Medical Physics

• Christoph Jan Trauernicht (Stellenbosch University)
• Amou Komi Apélété (Université de Lomé, Togo)

237. Overview of Medical Physics in Africa

Prof. Stephen Inkoom (University of Ghana)

17/09/2025, 09:00

Stephen Inkoom1.2,3*, 1,2,3Francis Hasford, 1,4Chris Trauernicht, 1,5Taofeeq Abdallah Ige

1 Federation of African Medical Physics Organizations (FAMPO)
2 Ghana Atomic Energy Commission, Ghana
3 School of Nuclear and Allied Sciences, University of Ghana, Ghana
4 Stellenbosch University, South Africa
5 University of Abuja, Abuja, Nigeria

*Corresponding author: Stephen Inkoom
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240. Advancing Cancer Care in Africa: The Promise and Progress of Hypo-fractionated Radiation Therapy

Prof. Christopher Njeh (Indiana University, USA)

17/09/2025, 09:30

Authors: Christopher Njeh(1), Stephen Avery(2), Joseph Weygand(3), Katy Graef(4), Saiful Huq(5), Twalib Ngoma(6), Joerg Lehmann(7) and Wilfred Ngwa(8)
(1)Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana
(2)University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA,
(3)Department of Radiation Oncology and Applied Science, Dartmouth Health, Lebanon, NH,
(4)BIO Ventures for Global Health, Seattle, WA
(5)UPMC...

243. National and Regional Endeavours on Diagnostic Reference Levels in Sub-Saharan Africa

Prof. Christoph Jan Trauernicht (Tygerberg Hospital and Stellenbosch University, South Africa)

17/09/2025, 10:00

Background:
Diagnostic Reference Levels (DRLs) are an optimization tool for medical imaging procedures using ionizing radiation. DRLs indicate whether the dose to the patient in a specified imaging procedure is unusually high or low for that procedure. DRLs can be established either locally, nationally, or regionally, usually on the basis of surveys of median or third quartile doses...