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July 18 - 21, 2002
Intravascular Brachytherapy and
Fluoroscopically-Guided Interventions
   
Scientific Program Schedule
Thursday, July 18 1:00 PM
Palais des Congrès de Montrèal - AAPM Annual Meeting Venue

Joint Track Diagnostic Track Therapy Track
  • Review of Interventional Radiology Systems (Rauch)
  • Production of IVBT Source - Principle and Practice (Hu)
SUMMER SCHOOL WILL BEGIN AT 1:00 PM


Friday, July 19
Leacock Auditorium, McGill University

Joint Track Diagnostic Track Therapy Track
  • Quantitative Measurements QCA and IVUS (Dijkstra)
  • Interventional Cardiology - Review of Clinical Techniques (Waksman/Bonan)
  • Review of I.R. X-ray System (Continued) / Pediatric Issues in I.R. (Rauch/Strauss)
  • Flouroscopic Image Receptors (Rowlands)
  • PACS & Image Compression in I.R. (Cusma)
  • Radiation Dose Measurement Methods in I.R. (Seissl)
  • IVBT Sources (Amols)
  • Dosimetry Formalism - TG43/60 - Beta & Gamma (Soares)
  • Monte Carlo Modeling for IVBT Sources (Seltzer)
  • Standardization ADCL/NIST (DeWerd)
The Friday Evening Session will include vendor demonstrations of equipment


Saturday, July 20
Leacock Auditorium, McGill University

Joint Track Diagnostic Track Therapy Track
  • Operational and Health Physics Issues in the Interventional Laboratory (Balter)
  • Interventional Radiology - Review of Clinical Techniques (Miller)
  • Radiation Dose Management in I.R. (Wagner)
  • Digital Image Handling and Display (Blume)
  • I.R. X-ray Systems - The System Purchasing Process (Strauss)
  • Acceptance Testing and Performance Monitoring of I.R. Systems (Nickoloff)
  • Operational Procedures (Chan)
  • Shielding - Radiation Safety (Barish)
  • Treatment Planning for IVBT (Fox)


Sunday, July 21
Leacock Auditorium, McGill University

Joint Track Diagnostic Track Therapy Track
  • Regulatroy Issues in I.R. and IV.B. (Shope, Lipoti)
  • Accreditation of Interventional Labs and procedure Optimiza tion (Schueler)
  • Training and Credentialing of I.R. Staff (Archer)
  • Source Verification - In-House QA Procedures (Thomadsen)
  • Professional Roles in VBT (Ibbott)
SUMMER SCHOOL WILL END BY 12:00 NOON
 
   
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  McGill Campus with Mount Royal in the background.
Photo courtesy of McGill University's Web Communications Group;
Marci Denesiuk, photographer