Numbering Category/subcategory

1 IM- X–ray
1 Biomarkers
2 CAD
3 Contrast imaging
4 Densitometry (DXA)
5 Detector development & evaluation
6 Development (new technology and techniques)
7 Digital radiography (DR and CR)
8 Display Technology & Evaluation
9 Dual-energy and spectral
10 Fluoroscopy, digital angiography, and DSA
11 General (Most aspects)
12 Grids, scatter reduction
13 Image processing
14 Image reconstruction
15 Instrumentation
16 Machine learning, computer vision
17 Monte Carlo modeling
18 Multi-modality DSA-CT
19 Phantoms – digital
20 Phantoms – physical
21 Phase contrast
22 Production of X-rays
23 Quality Control and Image Quality Assessment
24 Quantitative imaging
25 Radiation dosimetry & risk
26 Radiomics
27 Tomosynthesis

2 IM- Breast x-ray Imaging

1 Biomarkers
2 Breast CT (see IM-Cone Beam CT for subcategories)
3 CAD
4 Contrast imaging
5 Detector development & evaluation
6 Development (new technology and techniques)
7 Digital Breast Tomosynthesis (DBT)
8 Display Technology & Evaluation
9 Dual-energy and spectral
10 General (Most aspects)
11 Image processing
12 Image reconstruction
13 Machine learning, computer vision
14 Mammography
15 Monte Carlo modeling
16 Phantoms – digital
17 Phantoms – physical
18 Phase contrast
19 Quality Control and Image Quality Assessment
20 Quantitative imaging/quantitative imaging
21 Radiation dosimetry & risk
22 Radiomics
23 Scatter reduction
24 Virtual clinical trials

3 IM- CT
1 4DCT
2 Biomarkers
3 CAD
4 Detector development & evaluation
5 Development (New technology and techniques)
6 Display Technology & Evaluation
7 Drug uptake imaging
8 Dual Energy and Spectral
9 General (Most aspects)
10 Image Reconstruction
11 Instrumentation
12 Machine learning, computer vision
13 Magnetic particle imaging
14 Micro (including small animal imaging)
15 Monte Carlo modeling
16 Motion management
17 Nanoparticle imaging
18 Perfusion imaging, CTA, coronary artery calcium scoring
19 Phantoms – digital
20 Phantoms – physical
21 Phase contrast
22 Quality Control and Image Quality Assessment
23 Quantitative imaging/quantitative imaging
24 Radiation dosimetry & risk
25 Radiomics
26 Scatter reduction
27 X-ray fluorescence computed tomography

4 IM- MRI
1 4D MRI
 2 Biomarkers
3 CAD
4 Contrast imaging
5 DCE–MRI
6 Densitometry imaging
7 Development (New technology and techniques)
8 Diffusion MRI
9 Display Technology & Evaluation
10 Drug uptake imaging
11 Elastography
12 Fingerprinting, synthetic MRI, Parametric mapping
13 Flow imaging
14 Functional MRI (fMRI)
15 General (Most aspects)
16 Hyperpolarized imaging
17 Image Reconstruction
18 Instrumentation
19 Machine learning, computer vision
20 Magnetization
21 Micro (including small animal imaging)
22 Molecular imaging
23 Motion management
24 Multi-modality MRI-CT
25 Multi-modality MRI-PET
26 Multi-modality MRI-US
27 Nanoparticle imaging and contrast agent development
28 Phantoms – digital
29 Phantoms – physical
30 Perfusion imaging
31 Quality Control and Image Quality Assessment
32 Quantitative imaging
33 Radiomics
34 Reconstruction techniques
35 Safety, Risk evaluation & control
36 Spatial distortion/fiedlity
37 Spectroscopy
38 Susceptibility

5 IM- PET
1 Attenuation correction
2 Biomarkers
3 Cyclotron physics and radiopharmaceutical production
4 Depth of interaction detection
5 Development (new technology and techniques)
6 Display Technology & Evaluation
7 Drug uptake imaging
8 General (Most aspects)
9 Image Reconstruction
10 Instrumentation
11 Machine learning, computer vision
12 Micro (including small animal imaging)
13 Molecular imaging
14 Monte Carlo modeling
15 Motion management
16 Multi-modality CT-PET
17 Multi-modality MRI-PET
18 Nanoparticle imaging
19 Phantoms – digital
20 Phantoms – physical
21 Quality Control and Image Quality Assessment
22 Quantitative imaging
23 Radionuclide calibration
24 Radiation dosimetry & risk
25 Radiomics
26 Uptake kinetics

6 IM- SPECT
1 Attenuation correction
2 Biomarkers
3 Development (new technology and techniques)
4 Display Technology & Evaluation
5 General (Most aspects)
6 Image Reconstruction
7 Instrumentation
8 Machine learning, computer vision
9 Micro (including small animal imaging)
10 Monte Carlo modeling
11 Motion management
12 Nanoparticle imaging
13 Phantoms – digital
14 Phantoms – physical
15 Quality Control and Image Quality Assessment
16 Quantitative imaging
17 Radionuclide calibration
18 Radiation dosimetry & risk
19 Radiomics
20 Uptake kinetics
7 IM- Nuclear Medicine General
1 Cyclotron physics and radiopharmaceutical production

2 Gamma Camera/image acquisition hardware (other than PET/SPECT)

3 Monte Carlo modeling (other than PET/SPECT)
4 Quality Control and Image Quality Assessment
5 quantitative imaging
6 Radiation dosimetry & risk
7 radionuclide calibration (other than PET/SPECT)
8 Uptake kinetics

8 IM- Ultrasound
1 Biomarkers
2 B–mode Imaging
3 CAD
4 Contrast imaging
5 Development (new technology and techniques)
6 Display Technology & Evaluation
7 Doppler
8 Elastography
9 General (Most aspects)
10 Image Reconstruction
11 Machine learning, computer vision
12 Motion management
13 Nanoparticle imaging
14 Phantoms – digital
15 Phantoms – physical
16 Quality Control and Image Quality Assessment
17 quantitative imaging
18 Radiomics
19 Safety
20 Shear wave

9 IM- Multi-modality imaging systems

1 CT/Angiography
2 CT/MRI - human
3 CT/MRI - small animal
4 CT/Optical
5 CT/PET - human
6 CT/PET - small animal
7 CT/SPECT - small animal
8 CT/SPECT - human
9 CT/PET/SPECT - human
10 CT/PET/SPECT - small animal
11 CT/Ultrasound
12 Fluoroscopy/Optical
13 Mammography/Optical
14 Mammography/Ultrasound
15 MRI/Optical
16 MRI/PET - human
17 MRI/PET - small animal
18 MRI/SPECT - human
19 MRI/SPECT - small animal
20 MRI/ultrasound
21 Development (new technology and techniques)
22 General (Most aspects)
23 Other

10 IM- Optical
1 Biomarkers
2 CAD
3 Development (new technology and techniques)
4 Fluorescence Imaging
5 General (Most aspects)
6 Image Reconstruction
7 Machine learning, computer vision
8 Micro (including small animal imaging)
9 Molecular imaging
10 Optical coherence tomography
11 Optical computed tomography
12 Optoacoustics
13 quantitative imaging
14 Radiomics
15 Spectroscopy

11 IM- Other imaging modalities

1 Electrical impedance tomography
Electrical impedance tomography - micro (including small animal
2 imaging)
3 Infrared imaging
4 Infrared imaging- micro (including small animal imaging)
5 Microwave imaging
6 Microwave imaging- micro (including small animal imaging)
7 Thermoacoustic imaging
8 Thermoacoustic imaging- micro (including small animal imaging)

12 IM/TH- Cone Beam CT

1 4DCBCT
2 Biomarkers
3 CAD
4 Development (New Technology and Techniques)
5 Dual-energy and spectral
6 General (Most aspects)
7 Image Reconstruction
8 Limited angle CBCT
9 Machine learning, computer vision
10 Micro (including small animal imaging)
11 Monte Carlo modeling
12 MV-CBCT
13 Phantoms – digital
14 Phantoms – physical
15 Phase contrast
16 Projection preprocessing
17 Quality Control
18 quantitative imaging
19 Radiation dosimetry & risk
20 Radiomics
21 Scatter correction/ reduction

13 IM/TH- Informatics
1 Informatics in Imaging
2 Informatics in Therapy

IM/TH- Image Analysis Skills (broad expertise across imaging

14 modalities)
1 Classification methods
2 Computer/machine vision
Computer-aided decision support systems (detection, diagnosis, risk
prediction, staging, treatment response assessment/monitoring,
3 prognosis prediction)
4 Feature extraction, texture analysis, radiomics
5 image reconstruction - analytic
6 image reconstruction - statistical iterative
image reconstruction - penalized least squares and compressed
7 sensing
8 Image processing
9 Imaging biomarkers
10 Inverse problems and signal recovery
11 Linear systems analysis and image quality metrics (DQE, etc.)
12 Machine learning
13 Motion management
14 Monte Carlo: projection, scatter modeling

15 IM/TH- Mathematical/Statistical Foundational skills

1 Biostatistics- nonparametric and model validation
2 Biostatistics- parametric
3 Finite elements analysis
4 Jackknife free response (JAFROC)
5 Machine learning
6 Nonlinear dynamics/chaos theory/fractals
7 Observer models
8 Optimization theory/operations analysis
9 Quantum mechanics, scattering theory, cross section libraries
10 ROC and observer studies
11 Virtual clinical trials

16 IM/TH- Radiation Transport

1 Cross section measurement and computation
2 Deterministic Boltzmann transport equation solutions
Monte Carlo simulation- charged particle transport and variance
3 reduction
4 Monte Carlo simulation- neutral particle variance reduction
5 Optical/non-ionizing radiation transport
6 Track structure/molecular scale simulations

17 IM/TH- Image registration techniques

1 2D to 3D registration
2 General (Most aspects)
3 modality: CT
4 modality: MRI
5 modality: PET
6 modality: SPECT
7 modality: ultrasound
8 Machine learning
9 Nonrigid biomechanical registration
10 Nonrigid B-spline registration
11 Nonrigid finite element analysis registration
12 Nonrigid registration (other)
13 Rigid registration
18 IM/TH- image segmentation techniques
1 Clustering, classification and threshold
2 Edge based (active snakes, level set, EM)
3 General (Most aspects)
4 modality: CT
5 modality: MRI
6 modality: PET
7 modality: SPECT
8 modality: ultrasound
9 Machine learning
10 Model and atlas-based
11 Segmentation method - other

19 IM/TH- Image–guided surgery

1 Fluorescence-guided imaging
2 General (most aspects)
3 Registration and localization
4 Robotics
5 Virtual reality and simulation

20 IM/TH- Radiopharmaceutical therapy

1 Anthropomorphic dosimetry phantoms
2 Calibration and activity standards
3 Dose estimation: MIRD/deterministic
4 Dose estimation: Monte Carlo
5 General (most aspects)
6 Localization imaging
7 Pharmacokinetics
8 radiation chemistry and radiopharmaceutical development
9 radiobiology and outcomes modeling
10 Safety, QA, risk analysis and radiation protection

21 IM/TH- MRI in Radiation Therapy

1 Development (new technology and techniques)
2 General (most aspects)
3 MRI for treatment planning
4 MRI protocols for therapy
5 MRI guidance - Brachytherapy
6 MRI/Linear accelerator combined (general)
MRI/Linear accelerator combined dose computation:
7 analytical/deterministic transport

8 MRI/Linear accelerator combined dose computation: Monte Carlo

9 MRI/Linear accelerator combined dose measurement
10 MRI/Linear accelerator combined dose optimization
11 MRI/Linear accelerator combined- IGRT and tracking
12 MRI/Linear accelerator combined Quality Assurance
13 MRI/Linear accelerator combined: ion chamber dosimetry
MRI/Linear accelerator combined: dosimetry (other than ion
14 chamber)
15 Spatial distortion/fidelity

22 IM/TH- Formal quality management tools

1 Error taxonomies and incident reporting analyses
2 Failure modes and effects analysis
3 General (most aspects)
4 Root Cause Analysis
5 Sensitivity and statistical process control analyses

23 TH- Brachytherapy
1 Breast brachytherapy
2 Calibration & Quality Assurance
3 Development (devices and techniques)
4 Dose optimization and planning
5 Dose estimation: experimental
6 Dose estimation: determininstic
7 Dose estimation: Monte Carlo
8 General (most aspects)
9 GYN intracavity brachytherapy
10 HDR brachytherapy
11 Intraoperative
12 Low energy seed brachytherapy
13 Prostate brachytherapy
14 Treatment verification and reconstruction
15 Virtual planning comparisons

24 TH- Radiation dose measurement devices

1 3D solid gel/plastic
2 Development (new technology and techniques)
3 diodes/solid state
4 EPID/portal dosimetry
5 General (most aspects)
6 Instrumentation
7 ion chamber: air cavity
8 ion chamber: liquid
9 Multi-dimensional diode/chamber arrays
10 optical/photoacoustic/Cerenkov dosimetry
11 OSL
12 Phantoms for dosimetric measurement
13 Radiochromic film
14 Radiographic film
15 scintillators
16 TLD

25 TH- External beam- electrons

1 adaptive therapy
2 Calibration protocols and primary standards
3 Dose computation: deterministic
4 Dose computation: Monte Carlo
5 Development (new technology and techniques)
6 dose measurement
7 dose optimization and planning
8 Dose reconstruction over deforming anatomies
9 General (most aspects)
10 Intensity modulated electron beam therapy
11 intraoperative
12 Motion management - interfraction
13 motion management - intrafraction
14 out of field dosimetry/risk analysis
15 portal dosimetry and dose reconstruction
16 Quality Assurance - Linear accelerator
17 Very high energy electron (VHEE) beam therapy

26 TH- External beam- photons

1 adaptive therapy
2 Calibration protocol and primary standards
3 Contaminant neutrons
4 cyberknife
5 Development (new technology and techniques)
6 dose computation engines- deterministic
7 dose computation engines- Monte Carlo
8 Dose reconstruction over deforming anatomies
9 extracranial stereotactic/SBRT
10 functional imaging in treatment planning
11 gammaknife
12 General (most aspects)
13 IMRT/VMAT dose optimization algorithms
14 intracranial stereotactic/SBRT
15 intraoperative
16 Kilovoltage therapy
17 Motion management - interfraction
18 Motion management - intrafraction
19 out of field dosimetry/risk analysis
20 portal dosimetry and dose reconstruction
21 Quality Assurance - IMRT/VMAT
22 Quality Assurance - Linear accelerator
23 radiation protection and shielding
24 Small field computational dosimetry
25 Small field experimental dosimetry
26 tomotherapy
27 treatment planning/virtual clinical studies

27 TH- External Beam- Particle/high LET therapy

1 Carbon ion therapy - adaptive therapy
Carbon ion therapy - calibration protocols and primary standards
2 (including detector response simulation)
3 Carbon ion therapy – computational dosimetry-deterministic
4 Carbon ion therapy – computational dosimetry-Monte Carlo

5 Carbon ion therapy - Development (new technology and techniques)

6 Carbon ion therapy – experimental dosimetry
7 Carbon ion therapy - Motion management - inter/intrafraction
8 Carbon ion therapy – out of field dosimetry/risk analysis
9 Carbon ion therapy - quality assurance
10 Neutron therapy- BNCT
11 Neutron computational dosimetry
12 Neutron experimental dosimetry
13 Other particle therapy
14 Proton therapy – adaptive therapy
Proton therapy - calibration protocols and primary standards
15 (including detector response simulation)
16 Proton therapy – computational dosimetry-deterministic
17 Proton therapy – computational dosimetry-Monte Carlo

18 Proton therapy – Development (new technology and techniques)

19 Proton therapy – dose optimization
20 Proton therapy – experimental dosimetry
21 Proton therapy – instrumentation
22 Proton therapy - Motion management - interfraction
23 Proton therapy - Motion management - intrafraction
24 Proton therapy – out of field dosimetry/risk analysis
25 Proton therapy - proton CT
26 Proton therapy – quality assurance

27 Proton therapy – sensitivity to daily treatment anatomical changes

28 Proton therapy – treatment planning/virtual clinical studies
29 Proton/carbon ion CT
30 Range verification (in vivo/phantom): photoacoustic/optical
31 Range verification (in vivo/phantom): prompt gamma/PET

28 TH- Radiobiology(RBio)/Biology(Bio)
1 Bio- blood flow and vascular
2 Bio- molecular
3 Bio- tissue and microenvironment
Rbio - Outcome models combining dose, imaging,
4 radiomics/radiogenomics and clinical factors: machine learning
Rbio - Outcome models combining dose, imaging,
radiomics/radiogenomics and clinical factors: other than machine
5 learning
6 RBio- LQ/TCP/NTCP/dose-based outcome modeling
7 RBio- general
8 RBio- Photons
9 RBio- Electrons
10 RBio- Particle therapy- Protons
11 RBio- Particle therapy- Carbon ion
12 RBio- Particle therapy- Helium ion
13 RBio- Particle therapy- other

29 TH- response assessment

1 General (most aspects)
2 imaging-based: CT
3 imaging-based: MRI
4 imaging-based: PET
5 Modeling: machine learning
6 Modeling: other than machine learning
7 Radiomics/texture/feature-based response assessment
8 Radiation induced second cancers

30 TH- Small Animal RT

1 Development (new technology and techniques)
2 General (most aspects)
3 Molecular biology studies
4 Planning
5 Quality Assurance
6 Radiation dosimetry & risk
7 Response assessment

31 TH- Non-ionizing radiation therapies

1 Microwave thermal therapy
2 Photodynamic therapy
3 RF ablation thermal therapy
4 Laser thermal therapy
5 Ultrasound thermal therapy
6 Ultrasound ablation
7 UV and other optical therapies