Web 2.0 and Medical Physics

Web 2.0 is a catch phrase that describes a new way of using the internet. In Web 2.0 users are co-developers and add values. Implementations and possibilities especially in the domain of medical physics in radiotherapy are listed, described and discussed. Examples are blogs, forums, mail servers, picture and encyclopaedical databases and some kind of journals. Some applications are well known, others were searched for by the search machines of Google and Yahoo. Well established are mail servers, user forums and encyclopaedias, others like blogs and journals are less common. There is still the chance for more offers.