1;Preface;6 2;Table of Contents;9 3;Education and Training of the Medical Physicist in Europe;14 4;Concerns of Editors and Publishers: Plagiarism, Rights of Authors, Open Access, etc.;18 5;Quantification of the experimental limitations of a semiconductor PET camera;26 6;Nanosecond-Duration Electric Pulses Open Nanometer-Size Pores in Cell Plasma Membrane;30 7;Thermosensitive Mn2+- Liposomes for MR-Guided Hyperthermia - Solvent- Dependent Mn2+- Release.;34 8;Causes, Detection and Characterization of Tumor Hypoxia;45 9;Electroporation and Behind: The Action of Nanosecond Pulsed Electric Field;62 10;IMAGE-GUIDED STEREOTACTIC SMALL ANIMAL IRRADIATOR;68 11;Nanoparticle-mediated radionuclide-gene therapy of liver cancer;76 12;MEDICAL PHYSICS DEGREE: A MATURE CHOICE FOR GREECE;91 13;Numerical models of microneedle electrodes for gene electrotransfer in skin;97 14;Small Animal Imaging with Micro, Flat-panel and Clinical CT-Scanners: An Applicability Analysis;101 15;Intramuscular fat content estimation in the loin muscle of pig carcasses by ultrasound spectral parameter analysis;105 16;Sound velocity and attenuation of porcine loin muscle, backfat and skin;109 17;Design and Synthesis of A Novel Inhibitor of 5- Enolpyruvylshikimate - 3- phosphate Synthase;113 18;Introduction of Apoptosis and Inhibition of SMMC-7721 Growth by 2- Arsonoacetic Acid;115 19;Laser-accelerated ion beams for future medical applications;119 20;Medical Physics Status in the Middle East Countries;121 21;Locoregional hyperthermia in combination with chemotherapy for metastatic breast cancer patients: The Mammatherm- trial;124 22;The Future of Medical Physics The Role of Medical Physics in Research and Development An Opinion;127 23;Thermographic measurements of allergen-induced skin reactions;133 24;Automated Laboratory of Electromagnetic Radiation for the Study of Biological Effects and Oncologic Hyperthermia;145 25;Medical Physics Education and Training in South East Asia;156 26;The Assessment of Heart Rate Variability (HRV) and Task Load Index (TLI) as Physiological Markers for Physical Stress;159 27;Method for treatment planning of tissue ablation by irreversible electroporation;163 28;Effects of automation to the surgeons;167 29;Object-oriented Model Library of the Cardiovascular System Including Physiological Control Loops;179 30;AFOMP's Draft Policy #2: "Recommended Clinical Radiation Oncology Medical Physicist Staffing Levels in AFOMP Countries";199 31;Mechanical Ventilation: Much Ado about Ventilation Modes;206 32;Phase contrast imaging for medical diagnostics: towards clinical application with compact laser- based X- ray sources;213 33;ETHICS IN RESEARCH William R. Hendee PhD Distinguished Professor Medical College ofWisconsin P. O. Box 170970 Whitefish Bay, WI 53217 whendee@ mcw. edu 414.351.6527 ( H) 414.531.1756 ( M);217 34;WORKSHOP THE CHALLENGE AND THE REWARD OF BEING AN ENTREPRENEUR IN MEDICAL PHYSICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;219 35;The Art of Grantsmanship;221 36;Author Index;237