The 130th Scientific Meeting

The 130th Scientific Meeting of the Japan Society of Medical Physics was held in September 19-21, 2025 in Kashiwa, Japan. Assistant Professor Kadoya and Students Takayama (D4), Nemoto (D4), Umeda (D3), Ogawa (D3) Tozuka (D2), Tanaka Y (D2), Tanaka S(D2), and Takahashi (M1) have participated the congress.

Report by D2 TANAKA Shinichi

I participated in the Scientific Meeting of the Japan Society of Medical Physics in Kashiwa, where I gave a presentation entitled ‘Comparison of MRI radiomics and biopsy’. This was my third presentation at a medical physics congress, following those in the last autumn and spring. I felt that the audience understood the content of the presentation reasonably well probably because I omitted explanations of complex theoretical issues, although I am still unsure whether it was the right decision. Unfortunately, relatively few people attended our session perhaps because a major event was being held in another room at the same time. Nevertheless, several researchers asked me questions about technically important issues that I had not explained during the talk. The discussion helped me to align our understanding.

Although the number of presentations at the congress was smaller than that in the last spring, some ambitious students gave talks. I believe it is important for students to demonstrate their commitment to study by attending academic congresses. I was slightly disappointed, however, that a few novices simply read from their drafts without ever looking at the audience. We, experienced people, should lead them by examples how to deliver an effective presentation.

Needless to say, very interesting research reports were presented at the congress. The most impressive one was P2-01 by Dr Murata from Kanagawa Institute of Technology. When you use low-dose CT, noise generates non-existent ‘structures’. Their study seeks to distinguish these artefacts from actual anatomical objects. They presented a novel approach to solving problems in clinical medicine, grounded in a precise understanding of clinical issues and supported by sophisticated technology.

I intend to continue reporting my study at the semi-annual congress.