Australiasian College of Physical Scientists and Engineers in Medicine

APESM was established in 1978 and is published quarterly by Springer. It is the official journal of the Australasian College of Physical Scientists and Engineers in Medicine, for distribution to members of the College as well as to libraries, individual subscribers, company subscribers and other institutions throughout the world. The APESM web address is: www.springer.com/13246 

APESM published articles on medical physics (including radiotherapy, radiography imaging, nuclear medicine, biomedical engineering and mathematical modelling applied to medicine and biology.

The APESM is also the official journal of the College of Biomedical Engineers, Engineers Australia and the Asia-Oceania Federation of Organizations for Medical Physics. Articles published in APESM are available full text from Springer and Informit e-Library, and are abstracted in: SCOPUS; Thomson Reuters (ISI web of Knowledge); Compendex; IET Inspec; Australian Medical Index (AMI); Index Medicus/MEDLINE; Ulrich’s Periodicals DirectoryTM

The subscription rates for 2010 are available from the website; www.springer.com/13246 

Editorial enquiries should be directed to the Editor:  Dr. Martin Caon, Editor This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

The 2010 Kenneth Clarke award for “best paper published in 2009 by a College member” was jointly awarded to two articles:

John Burrage, Asad, Fox, R. Price, A.M. Campbell and S. Siddiqui "A simple method to measure proton beam energy in a standard medical cyclotron" Australas. Phys. Eng. Sci. med. 32(2), 93.

James Talbot, J. Meyer, R. Watts and R. Grasset "A method for patient ste-up guidance in radiotherapy using augmented reality" Australas. Phys. Eng. Sci. med. 32(3), 203.

Martin Caon