Editorial: the ACPSEM diagnostic imaging TEAP project

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The issue of names and acronyms for specialties and subspecialties of medical physics is largely political but very important—it helps define and differentiate us with government agencies, other professional organisations, regulators and even industrial bodies. In Australia, Radiation Oncology Medical Physicists have adopted the term ‘‘ROMPs’’ amongst themselves quite readily. With this in mind, after some debate with interested parties and consideration of all the options, the name Diagnostic Imaging Medical Physics (DIMP) was coined as a blanket term covering the interlinked sub-specialties of diagnostic radiology, nuclear medicine and hospital radiation safety. A recent survey of college membership [1] has indicated that around 14% of members fall into the DIMP category (see Fig. 1).