Continuing Education

The 2026 AAPM | COMP Meeting has been approved by the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics Education Programs, Inc. (CAMPEP) for 202.03 MPCEC hours, which includes 8 hours of General Poster Viewing

Obtaining Credits

• To obtain MPCECs, attendees must attend or view each session in its entirety and complete the online evaluation.
• Use your registration email and Badge ID to access the Online CEC Evaluation System.
• Presentations will be available On-Demand so registrants can view missed sessions and earn additional credits.
• On-demand content is available ~24 hours after each session ends. Viewing is tracked electronically.
• Individuals registered as Guests are not eligible for MPCEC.
• AAPM does not offer MDCB credits for on-demand viewing.

After the Meeting

• After the online CEC evaluation system closes on September 2, 2026 at 11:59 PM ET, AAPM will provide CAMPEP with participant details and credits for transcripts in the CAMPEP MPCEC Repository.
• Participants will not receive a hard-copy CAMPEP transcript. If needed, order directly from CAMPEP.
• Credits will be released to attendees on September 9, 2026.

Continued On-Demand Access for Registered Attendees

• As an added benefit of registration, On-Demand recordings will be available via the meeting platform for up to a year. After that time selected content will be moved into the Virtual Library.

For Non-Registrants

• AAPM members will be able to access meeting content via the AAPM Virtual Library after one year post-meeting.
• Non-members will receive access to the meeting content via the AAPM Virtual Library two years post-meeting.

AAPM will apply to the Medical Dosimetrist Certification Board (MDCB) for approval of MDCB CMD credits for the 2026 AAPM | COMP Annual Meeting & Exhibition.

• To obtain credit, attendees must attend each session and complete an online evaluation survey. AAPM does not offer MDCB credits for on-demand viewing.
• The Email address associated with the registration the Registration/ Badge ID and a CMD# will be required to access the Online CEC Evaluation System to obtain MDCB credits.
• AAPM will report the credits earned to the MDCB on September 9, 2026.

List of MDCB-Approved Credit Sessions

• Real-Time Motion Management in Today's Clinical Practice
• Session in Memory of Adel Mustafa: Therapy Physics Scientific Session: Dosimetry and Instrumentation
• Rethinking Evidence: Working Towards Equitable Practice of Medical Physics through Understanding Limitations of Past Research
• Lung Ventilation/Perfusion (V/Q)
• Optimizing Energy Use in CT and MRI: From Definitions and Measurement to Operational and Protocol Efficiency
• New NCRP Recommendations for Patient Shielding in Medical Imaging
• Therapy Physics SNAP Oral: Advanced Imaging In RT
• Accelerating Access, Managing Risk: Implementing Safe and Efficient Direct-to-Treatment Adaptive Workflows
• Medical Physics JACMP Joint Workshop for Journal Peer Review
• The Surface Revolution: Intelligent Imaging, Motion Correlation, and Augmented Reality in Radiotherapy
• Therapy Physics Scientific Session: Outcome Models
• AAPM's Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Programs: A Ten-Year Update and Stories from Past Fellows
• International Council Symposium: Building Global Medical Physics Capacity (Joint AAPM-IOMP)
• ACR Updates for Imaging Physicists
• Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Physics Scientific Session: Artificial Intelligence for Disease Characterization and Longitudinal Assessment in Medical Imaging
• Professional SNAP Oral
• Proton Therapy for Reirradiation: Clinical and Technical Advances
• Sunday Keynote
• From Pixels to Patients: Practical Pipelines for Implementing AI in Radiation Oncology
• GRACE Grand Challenge Session: Advancing Total Body, Marrow, and Lymphoid Irradiation Treatment Planning
• Shaping the Future of Medical Physicist Education in Brachytherapy: From CAMPEP Standards to Emerging New ABS Consensus Guidelines
• Dosimetry in Radiopharmaceutical Therapy: Why It Matters
• Artificial Intelligence in Breast Imaging: Challenges and Opportunities
• Therapy Physics SNAP Oral: Segmentation
• Re-Irradiation: Current Status, Challenges and Opportunities
• Science Council Session: Innovations in Medical Physics
• Frontiers of AI in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy
• Learning from Experience: Real-World Lessons from Physics Plan Review
• I Screwed Up! Admitting My Mistake and Learning from It
• Dosimetry in Radiopharmaceutical Therapy: How to Do It
• Read with An Expert: Pediatric Imaging
• Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Physics SNAP Oral: Breast Imaging
• Building an International Framework to Improve Reirradiation Care
• Therapy Physics Scientific Session: Acoustic Imaging in RT
• Therapy Physics Scientific Session: Biological Modeling
• Enhancing Brachytherapy Safety: Learning from Past Errors and Simulated Training
• Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Physics Scientific Session: Advances in Interventional and Fluoroscopic Imaging, Dose Monitoring, Simulation, and Quality Assurance
• Embracing AI-Assisted Programming for Problem Solving and Development in Medical Imaging Physics
• Radiopharmaceuticals SNAP Oral: Imaging Instrumentation and Quantitative Methods for RPT
• Expanding Radiation Oncology into Benign Disease: Translating Evidence to Modern International Practice
• Innovation in Medical Physics Education: Arthur Boyer Award
• Therapy Physics Scientific Session: MRI in RT
• QA Management in a Diverse Multicenter Institution
• History Symposium: History of Brachytherapy
• Navigating the Shifting Landscape of Research Funding in the United States
• Cardiac MRI: Fundamentals to Clinical Application
• Therapy Physics SNAP Oral: CT/CBCT in RT
• Session in Memory of Robert J. Schulz: Bragging Rights and Bragg Peaks: Who Really Wins the Proton vs Photon Debate?
• Phase I Clinical Trials: Testing the Physics
• Detectors for Dosimetry Measurements in Ultra-High Dose Rate (UHDR) Beams Used for Flash Radiotherapy Applications
• Various Career Paths and Career Transitions for Graduates from Medical Physics
• Glomerular Filtration Rate: Fundamentals and Clinical Implementation Using Radiopharmaceuticals
• IEC Standards and AdvaMed Efforts in Radiography and Fluoroscopy of Interest to Clinical Diagnostic Medical Physicists
• Therapy Physics SNAP Oral: MRI in RT
• Do We Still Need Patient-Specific Quality Assurance? Modern Approaches for Safe and Effective Delivery of Same-Day Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Online Adaptive Radiotherapy
• John R. Cameron & John R. Cunningham Early-Career Investigator Symposium (ECIS)
• Combining External Beam Radiation Therapy (EBRT) with Radiopharmaceutical Therapy (RPT) in Prospective Clinical Trials
• Ultra-Fast Delivery and Imaging in Particle Therapy: Bridging Time, Dose Rate, and Biology
• Session in Memory of Peter J. Biggs: Reinventing Residencies: Innovative Approaches to Strengthen the Future Medical Physics Workforce
• Basic Y-90 Image-Based Dosimetry Workshop: Past and Present
• Shielding Strategies for Atypical Diagnostic System Installations
• Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Physics SNAP Oral: MRI - Joint Imaging and Therapy Applications
• AAPM Medical Physics Student Meeting: International Impact Through Collaboration in Global Health
• Beyond CIEDs: Assessing Risk to Patients with Electronic Devices
• President's Symposium: Medical Physics Community: Inspiration. Innovation. Impact.
• Joint ESTRO-AAPM Session on Clinical Trial Design for Medical Physicists: Moving from QA into Oncologic Outcomes and Biomarker Applications
• Therapy Physics Scientific Session: Ultra-High Dose Rate
• Adaptive Radiotherapy Readiness: A Peptalk on Training, Credentialing, and Confidence-Building
• A Primer on Radiopharmaceutical Therapy Radiobiology
• MRI Safety of Active Implanted Devices: Past, Present, Future
• Session in Memory of Tao Wu, PhD: Wide vs Narrow: The Decade Long Unsettled Debate on DBT Acquisition Angle
• Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Physics SNAP Oral: Advances in Radiographic and Fluoroscopic Physics From Dose Metrics to Clinical Practice
• Biomarkers to Biologically-Guided Radiotherapy: Innovation & Clinical Translation of Quantitative MRI
• Joint ASTRO-AAPM Session on Clinical Trials Changing Clinical Practice: Re-Irradiation and Oligometastatic Breast Cancer Therapy
• Therapy Physics Scientific Session: Enhancing Everyday Clinical Practice
• Professional Council: The Evolving Role of Medical Physicists in a Modern World
• Implementing ACR NM & PET QC Manuals
• Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Physics Scientific Session: Photon Counting CT
• The Medical Imaging and Data Resource Center (MIDRC): Building Trustworthy AI through Curated, Harmonized Imaging Data
• Radiopharmaceuticals SNAP Oral: Computational and AI-driven Approaches for RPT Dosimetry and Imaging
• Volunteering for the ABR: From Soup to Nuts
• Adapting to More Than Shape: Leveraging the Full Potential of Adaptive Radiotherapy Technologies
• Partners in Solutions Therapy: Fast Track Treatment Planning: Dose Predictions and Automated Plannng for Non-Adaptive Workflows
• Expanding the Role of Medical Physics: Building Robust System Architectures to Facilitate AI in Clinical Trials
• No, I Know the Real Mechanism of the Flash Effect - A Mini-Debate
• Editorial Perspectives Bridging Radiation Oncology and Medical Physics Publishing
• Personalized Dosimetry in Clinical Trials for Beta-Emitting Radiopharmaceutical Dosimetry
• Imaging Physics Task Group Reports (TG245, TG367) - DBT QC, DEXA QA
• Technology Developments to Overcome Global Disparities in Imaging and Treatment
• Therapy Physics SNAP Oral: Proton Therapy
• Therapy Physics Scientific Session: ART: Modeling and Prediction
• Clinical Trials in Breast Cancer Screening: Clinical and Physics Perspectives
• Therapy Physics Scientific Session: Particle Therapy
• Ampere (Access for Medical Physicists to Education and Research Excellence): Building Global Leaders in Medical Physics
• Targeted Radiation From Within: The Expanding Role of Radiopharmaceutical Therapy
• Imaging Physics Task Group Reports (TG333, TG316) - MR-Guided Focused Ultrasound QC, Ultrasound display QC
• Emerging Technologies in Cone Beam CT
• Therapy Physics SNAP Oral: ART
• Therapy Physics Scientific Session: Treatment Planning
• Imaging Across the SRS Workflow: From Planning Precision to Treatment Guidance and Response Assessment
• Session in Memory of Marilyn Stovall: Evolution of Dose Evaluations for Brachytherapy: From Adoption of Model-Based Dose Calculations to Impact on Patient Treatments
• Dependable and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence in Clinical Practice - Does It Exist?
• Molecular Breast Imaging: Clinical Advances and Future Directions
• Artificial Intelligence for Ultrasound: From Imaging to Biomarkers
• Breast MRI: Technical Aspects and Cutting-Edge Techniques
• Radiopharmaceuticals SNAP Oral: Microscope Dosimetry and AI for RPT Optimization
• Therapy Physics Scientific Session: AI in Radiation Oncology and Beyond
• Therapy Physics Scientific Session: PET in RT
• Building and Revitalizing Brachytherapy Programs: Strategies for Success
• Reirradiation and Medical Physicists - Professional, Legal, and Training Perspectives
• Ask the Experts: A Roundtable Session on Radiopharmaceutical Therapy
• Carson-Zagzebski Ultrasound Distinguished Lectureship
• Breast Cancer Risk Management - Past, Present, and Future
• Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Physics SNAP Oral: CT
• Outcome Models: How Far Have We Come and What More Do We Need to Test in Clinical Trials
• Photon-Counting CT in Radiotherapy: From Physics to Advanced Photon and Proton Treatments
• Therapy Physics Scientific Session: Brachytherapy
• Education Council: Establishing the Next Generation of Medical Physicists
• New Advances in Y90 Radioembolization
• Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Physics Scientific Session: Machine Learning for Image Formation, Reconstruction, and Quantitative Analysis in Medical Imaging
• Breast Biopsies: Radiologist Insights and ACR Update
• Therapy Physics SNAP Oral: Clinical Innovations
• Medical Physics Summit Frontiers BEAM Talks: Expanding into Uncharted Territories
• Emerging CBCT Techniques and Applications in Radiotherapy
• Practice Patterns in Proton Therapy Treatment Planning – A Look at Challenging and Emerging Approaches
• Burnout, Boundaries, and Balance - How to Set Boundaries and Lead a Balanced Life While Achieving Your Career Goals
• The Anne and Donald Herbert Distinguished Lectureship in Modern Statistical Modeling
• Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Physics Scientific Session: From Structure to Function Emerging Methods for Quantitative and Functional CT
• Therapy Physics SNAP Oral: Ultra-High Dose Rate
• Therapy Physics Scientific Session: Foundation Model
• Therapy Physics Scientific Session: Advanced CT/CBCT Imaging
• Joint PTCOG-AAPM Future of Proton Systems
• The Road Less Chosen - Alternate Pathways to Certification for Internationally Trained Medical Physicists
• Simulation Tools for Multiscale Modeling for Radiopharmaceutical Applications
• Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Physics Scientific Session: Patient-Specific Dose Optimization and Image Quality Assessment in CT From Phantoms to Clinical Practice
• Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Physics Scientific Session: Advances in Quantitative and Multiparametric MRI for Tissue Characterization and Disease Assessment
• Therapy Physics SNAP Oral: AI-Driven Treatment Planning
• Empowering Medicine Through Physics: Insights from the 2026 Summit
• Therapy Physics Scientific Session: ART: Planning and Workflow
• Foundation Models in Radiation Oncology: Applications, Challenges, and Path to Trustworthy AI
• Therapy Physics Scientific Session: Modern Tools for a Safe Clinic
• Teamwork By Design: Scheduling Tools for Physicists
• Photon-Counting-Detector CT in Practice: Clinical Benefits, Quality Assurance, Imaging Protocols, Workflow, and System Optimization
• Clinical Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the MRI Physicist's Domain
• Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Physics SNAP Oral: AI and Data Science in Imaging Physics
• Radiopharmaceuticals Scientific Session: Alpha-Emitters and Dosimetric Infrastructure for RPT
• MedPhys Slam
• Making AI Work: Real-World Implementation Strategies from Clinical Experience
• Safety on the Line Debate: No Custom Software for Clinical Care Vs Custom Software Is Essential to Innovate
• From Idea to Impact: Translating Innovation into Clinical Reality in Radiation Oncology
• Debate: Multi-Time-Point vs Single-Time-Point Dosimetry
• Optimizing Technique Selection for Radiography Examinations
• MRI Protocols: Basics, Optimization, and Management
• Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Physics SNAP Oral: Emerging Imaging Technologies
• New Professional Symposium: Mentoring Up, Down, and Across: Building a Mentorship Mindset
• Therapy Physics Scientific Session: Treatment Planning
• Therapy Physics Committee Newly Published Task Group and Scientific Reports
• From Vision to Value: Project Development, Proformas, KPIs, and Data-Driven Leadership in Radiation Oncology
• Computational Methods in Theranostics and Nuclear Oncology: From Image Voxels to Personalized Radiopharmaceutical Therapies (SNMMI)
• AI in Pediatric Diagnostic Imaging: Transforming Safety, Quality, and Clinical Practice
• Contrast with a Conscience: Integrating Technological Innovation and Environmental Responsibility in CT Contrast Administration
• Radiopharmaceuticals SNAP Oral: Dosimetric Validation, Preclinical Models and Treatment Planning for RPT
• Harnessing and Safeguarding Automation in Clinical Practice: The Medical Physicist's Role
• Wednesday Keynote
• Professional Proffered Session
• Reducing Animal Use through Rigorous Preclinical Research Practices
• Therapy Physics Committee Task Group Reports Writing and Reviewing in the New Era: How Did We Get Here and Where We Need to Go
• Clinical Trials With Alpha Emitters: Promises and Challenges
• Evaluating "Typical": Materials and Methods Associated with Typical Exposure Rate and Low-Contrast Performance Annual Evaluations
• Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Physics Scientific Session: Emerging Multimodal Imaging Technologies for Disease Characterization and Therapy Monitoring
• Therapy Physics SNAP Oral: Dosimetry and Measurement
• How Ready Are You? A Real-Time AI Readiness Session for Physicists
• Therapy Physics Scientific Session: Motion Management
• Image Guidance in Upright Radiotherapy
• Therapy Physics Scientific Session: SBRT/SRS
• Radiation Risk Communication: Empowering Trust, Understanding, and Action
• Radiopharmaceuticals Scientific Session: PET Quantification, Neurodegenerative Disease Imaging and Therapy Response Assessment
• Physics of Quantitative Techniques in CT, MRI, and Ultrasound
• JACMP Debates in Medical Physics: Challenging Perspectives to Advance the Field
• Therapy Physics SNAP Oral: Motion Management
• Improving Patient Safety in Radiation Therapy Using Prospective Hazard Analysis
• Therapy Physics Scientific Session: Segmentation
• Spatially Fractionated Radiation Therapy (SFRT) and Emerging Techniques
• Strategies to Incorporate Soft Skills Training into Medical Physics Residency Curriculum
• Emerging SPECT Technologies
• Translating Phantoms and Phantom-Derived Measurements from Bench to Bedside
• Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Physics Scientific Session: Breast Imaging
• Therapy Physics SNAP Oral: Brachytherapy
• Therapy Physics Scientific Session: Modeling and Measurement
• Therapy Physics Scientific Session: Treatment Response
• Next-Generation Radiation Therapy: Exploring FLASH-RT, SFRT, and ART Innovations
• Physics Meets Finance: A Formula for Your Future
• PET Agents Beyond Oncology
• Joint Therapy-Imaging Digital Twins in Medicine: Transforming Modeling, Personalization, and Prediction
• Best Practices on Using RDIM Data for CT Quality Improvement
• Therapy Physics SNAP Oral: Treatment Planning
• Battle of the Titans TG-51 vs. TRS-398: A Global Dosimetry Debate

Online Evaluation

The Online Evaluation system will remain open through Wednesday, September 2, 2026 at 11:59 PM Eastern time.

• To obtain credit, attendees must complete an online evaluation survey.
• To earn credits, evaluations MUST be completed before the evaluation closes.
• There is no extension of the evaluation deadline.

Helpful Tips

Here are some helpful tips and tricks for navigating the online evaluation system.

• Sign into the evaluation system using the email address you registered with and your Badge ID.
• Access sessions via "Program by Day."
• The system auto-saves all responses. No submit button is needed.
• You can review sessions you have already evaluated by clicking "Review Credits Claimed."
• Claim poster credits via "Credit Claiming Information."
• Upon completion of the evaluation, obtain a credit summary via email from "Review Credits Claimed."

Please Note: Registration Badge ID and the email address associated with your registration are required to access the Online Evaluation System.