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1997 AAPM Annual Meeting Program
PROGRAM OF THE MEETING
Calendar of Events
Wednesday, July 30, 1997
Key to Session Codes
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Refresher Courses: |
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
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Room: East Octagon A |
WE-A1 Teleradiology
WE-A1-01 - F. Ernest, IV, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
WE-A1-02 - N. Hangiandreou, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
WE-A2-01 Optimizing Digital X-ray Image Quality - P. Sprawls, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
WE-A4-01 Inhomogeneity Corrections in Photon Beam Treatment Planning: Real or Imaginary? - J. Van Dyk, London Regional Cancer Centre, London, Ontario, Canada
WE-A5-01 Portal Imaging: Technical Aspects - D. Jaffray, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI Room: West Octagon B
WE-A6-01 Accreditation of Clinical Ultrasound Facilities: Participation by the Medical Physicist - J. Zagzebski, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
WE-A7-01 Teaching Nuclear Medicine Physics - M. Madsen, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
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Continuing Education Course: |
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7:30 am - 9:35 am |
Room: West Octagon A |
WE-A3 Technology Assessment in Therapeutic Radiology Moderator: Donald E. Herbert, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL
WE-A3-01 Technology Assessment in Radiation Oncology - J. Tepper, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
WE-A3-02 Ready! Fire!...Aim! Randomized Trials and Risk-Adjusting Instruments. Two Methods of Technology Assessment in Need of Assessment - D. Herbert, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL
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Refresher Courses: |
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8:35 am - 9:35 am |
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Room: East Octagon A |
WE-B1 Stereotactic Breast iopsy
WE-B1-01 Stereotactic Breast Biopsy Equipment - Digital Receptors - M. Williams, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
WE-B1-02 Stereotactic Breast Biopsy Equipment Calibration - C. Kimme-Smith, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
WE-B1-03 Stereotactic Breast Biopsy - ACR Accredita-tion - R. Pizzutiello, Jr., Upstate Medical Physics, Victor, NY
WE-B2 Contemporary Legal Issues in Medical Physics - A Presentation by the Legal Information/Risk Management Subcommittee
WE-B2-01 F. Bagne, Michigan Institute for Radiation Oncology, Pontiac, MI
WE-B2-02 R. Shalek, U.T. M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Bellaire, TX
WE-B2-03 D. Gooden, St. Francis Hospital, Tulsa, OK
WE-B4 Dynamic Wedge Field Dosimetry
WE-B4-01 - C. Liu, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
WE-B4-02 - J. Palta, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
WE-B5-01 Physics of Intravascular Brachytherapy to Prevent Restenosis - R. Nath, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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Coffee Break |
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9:30 am - 10:00 am |
East and Central Exhibit Halls |
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Scientific Sessions: |
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10:00 am - 12:00 pm |
Room: East Octagon A |
WE-C1 Mammography - New Technology: Design, Development and Evaluation Chairs: Michael P. Andre, VA Medical Center/University of California, San Diego, CA and Andrew D. A. Maidment, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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10:00 am |
WE-C1-01 Scatter-To-Primary Ratio In Scanned-Slot Digital Mammography Systems - R. Fahrig, M. Yaffe*, J. Mainprize, D. Jaffray |
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10:10 am |
WE-C1-02 X-ray Phosphor Performance in Small Format Stereotaxic Digital Mammographic Systems - I. Levis*, I. Sechopoulos, A. Karellas, S. Glick |
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10:20 am |
WE-C1-03 Image Quality Evaluation of Two Digital Biopsy Machines - D. Chakraborty* and P. Fatouros |
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10:30 am |
WE-C1-04 Clinical QA Measurements of Prototype Whole Breast Digital Mammography Equipment - C. Kimme-Smith*, M. Williams, L. Yang, A. Arellano, M. Beifuss, P. Mangiafico |
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10:40 am |
WE-C1-05 Design of Exposure Equalization Filters for Mammography - S. Keshavmurthy*, H.-P. Chan, M. Goodsitt |
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10:50 am |
WE-C1-06 Application of a High Resolution Small Gamma Camera to Scintimammography: Measurements and Simulations - D. Steinbach*, M. Williams, S. Majewski, B. Kross, D. Weisenberger, R. Wojcik |
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11:00 am |
WE-C1-07 The Digital Film Viewer: A Novel Film Reading Technology - D. Inbar*, H. Wolf, A. Sohval |
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10:00 am - 12:00 pm |
Room: Juneau |
WE-C4 Brachytherapy II Calculations & Measurements Chairs: Bruce Thomadsen, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI and Doracy Fontenla, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
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10:00 am |
WE-C4-01 Dosimetric Modeling of 137Cs Intracavitary Sources: The Amersham CDCS J-Type Source - J. Williamson* |
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10:10 am |
WE-C4-02 Measurement of Dose Delivered by Amersham J Type Cesium Sources - R. Baker*, W. Grant, D. Bellezza, D. Ballinger |
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10:20 am |
WE-C4-03 Analytical Approach to Heterogeneity Correction Factor Calculation for Brachytherapy - G. Daskalov*, A. Kirov, J. Williamson |
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10:30 am |
WE-C4-04 Assessment of the Strength of Individual 192Ir Seeds in Ribbons - B. Thomadsen*, L. DeWerd, T. McNutt, D. Schmidt, S. DeWerd, E. Neumeuller |
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10:40 am |
WE-C4-05 Experience with Assays of 125I Seeds - P. Johnson and R. Kline
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10:50 am |
WE-C4-06 Gafchromic Film Dosimetry for 192Ir Seeds at Distances Close to the Source - R. Chan*, C. Soares, S. Chiu-Tsao |
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11:00 am |
WE-C4-07 Three Dimensional Treatment Planning & Evaluation of Ultrasonically Guided Prostate Implants Using CT and Ultrasound Image Fusion with the ADAC Pinnacle Treatment Planning Computer - D. Wilson* |
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11:10 am |
WE-C4-08 Towards a Statistically Relevant Calibration Endpoint for Prostate Seed Implants - D. Rosenzweig* and Y. Yu |
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11:20 am |
WE-C4-09 Treatment Planning Strategy for Intracavitary Brachytherapy - H. Giap*, J. Hocko, R. Praeder |
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11:30 am |
WE-C4-10 Optimized Dose Distribution of a High Dose Rate Vaginal Cylinder - Z. Li*, C. Liu, J. Palta |
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11:40 am |
WE-C4-11 High Dose Rate Treatment Planning of Interstitial Multi-Channel Implants Using 3D-Planning System - A. Sharma*, A. Syed, A. Puthawala, F. Al-Ali |
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11:50 am |
WE-C4-12 A Quality Assurance Test Tool for HDR Afterloading Brachytherapy Units - Z. Li, T. Mitchell*, J. Palta, C. Liu |
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10:00 am - 12:00 pm |
Room: Kilbourn |
WE-C5 Treatment Planning, Organ Motion, IMRT II Chairs: George T. Y. Chen, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL and Andrew Jackson, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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10:00 am |
WE-C5-01 Clinical Applications of the Concept of Equivalent Uniform Dose - A. Niemierko* and A. Terahara |
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10:10 am |
WE-C5-02 Potential Benefit of Nonuniform Dose Distributions Delivered Using Intensity Modulation - J. Deasy* and M. Cornett |
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10:20 am |
WE-C5-03 Accounting for Deformation of Organs in Dose/Volume Evaluation - D. Yan*, D. Jaffray, J. Wong |
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10:30 am |
WE-C5-04 Is a Single CT Scan Adequate to Generate the Margins Required to Encompass Organ Motion? - J. Roeske*, Y. Lu, G. Chen, E. Fontenla, S. Vijaykumar, J. Forman |
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10:40 am |
WE-C5-05 Incorporating Both Setup Uncertainties and Organ Motion in the Computation of 3-D Dose Distributions - A. Lujan*, J. Balter, E. Larsen, R. Ten Haken |
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10:50 am |
WE-C5-06 Minimizing Intra-Fraction Organ Motion with Active Breathing Control - J. Wong*, M. Sharpe, D. Jaffray |
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11:00 am |
WE-C5-07 Volumetric Expansion of Clinical Target Volumes - J. Killoran*, H. Kooy, C. Beard, J. Unger |
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11:10 am |
WE-C5-08 A Multiple Architecture, Connectionist Approach to Automated Organ Segmentation for Radiotherapy - S. Humphries*, J. Koss, L. Hibbard, F. Newman |
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11:20 am |
WE-C5-09 A Strategy for Sharpening Beam Edges in Conformal Radiotherapy Treatments - M. Sharpe*, R. Taylor, C. Yu, J. Wong |
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11:30 am |
WE-C5-10 The Clinical Potential of High Energy, Intensity and Energy Modulated Electron Beams Optimized for Conformal Radiation Therapy - B. Salter*, J. Hevezi, A. Boyer, J. Lancaster, J. Marbach, J. Mira |
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11:40 am |
WE-C5-11 Conformal Treatment of the Prostate Utilizing Intensity Modulation and Organ Immobilization - W. Grant*, J. McGary, D. Bellezza, P. Nizin |
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11:50 am |
WE-C5-12 Treatment Planning With Monte Carlo Dose Calculation - Q. Wu*, B. Libby, R. Mohan, C. Hartmann-Siantar, L. Cox |
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10:00 am - 12:00 pm |
Room: West Octagon B |
WE-C6 Ultrasound Tissue Characterization Chair: Brian Fowlkes, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI
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10:00 am |
WE-C6-01 Results and Limitations of Tissue Characterization Based on the Non-Gaussian Statistical Properties of Ultrasound Echo Signals - T. Wilson*, J. Zagzebaski, R. O'Brien, Z. Lu, F. Dong, Y. Li |
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10:10 am |
WE-C6-02 Analysis of Ultrasonic Backscatter from Short-Axis Images of Normal Human Hearts - M. Holland*, U. Wilkenshoff, A. Finch-Johnston, S. Handley, J. Perez, J. Miller |
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10:20 am |
WE-C6-03 Ultrasound Attenuation in Liver of Healthy Volunteers Measured Using VSA - B. Knipp* and J. Zagzebski |
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10:00 am - 12:00 pm |
Room: Walker |
WE-C7 Nuclear Medicine Chairs: Mark Madsen, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa and Michael V. Yester, University of Alabama - Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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10:00 am |
WE-C7-01 Comparison of Dual-Head Gamma Camera System Sensitivity at 511 keV Using a Distance-Dependent Method - D. Wagenaar*, R. Zimmerman, T. Hill, G. Kolodny, A. van den Abbeele |
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10:10 am |
WE-C7-02 Attenuation Correction in Myocardial Spect Studies Using Fixed Attenuation Coefficients - K. Larson* and M. Madsen |
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10:20 am |
WE-C7-03 Tumor Detection by Quantitative F-18 FDG SPECT and PET - H. Kuan*, G. Wang, J. Li, C. Wong, J. Cheng, D. Schlyer, N. Volkow |
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10:30 am |
WE-C7-04 SPECT-Based 3-D Treatment Planning System for Systemic Radionuclide Therapy - H. Giap* |
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10:40 am |
WE-C7-05 MABDOSE: Characterization and Validation of a General Purpose Dosimetry Code - T. Johnson*, D. McClure, S. McCourt, F. Newman |
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10:50 am |
WE-C7-06 Dose to the Metastases as a Function of its Mass - J. Wierzbicki*, M. Bialkowski, A. Porter, W. Mertens, L. Davis |
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11:00 am |
WE-C7-07 The Cyclotron Production and Nuclear Imaging of 77Br - E. Galiano* and R. Tilbury |
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11:10 am |
WE-C7-08 Dialysis of a Patient Containing a Therapeutic Quantity of Radioiodine - D. Shearer* and G. Donovan |
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11:20 am |
WE-C7-09 The nonlinear dynamics of two biological systems: 1) The Cell Cycle, 2) The Immune Response - D. Herbert* |
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Poster Session:
Therapy Poster Presentations |
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12:00 noon - 1:30 pm |
West Exhibit Hall |
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Scientific Sessions: |
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1:30 pm - 3:00 pm |
Room: East Octagon A |
WE-D1 Mammography - Evaluation of Conventional Systems and Screening Chairs: James Anthony Seibert, University of California - Davis, Sacramento, CA and Martin Yaffe, Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, North York, Ontario, Canada
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1:30 pm |
WE-D1-01 Direct Measurement Of Mammographic X-Ray Spectra Using CdZnTe Detector - M. Matsumoto*, H. Kanamori, A. Taniguchi, M. Yoshida |
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1:40 pm |
WE-D1-02 Mammographic X-ray Unit Kilovoltage Determination with a Multi-Element K-Edge Filter - M. Napolitano, J. Trueblood*, N. Hertel |
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1:50 pm |
WE-D1-03 Evaluation of a New C-D Phantom for Mammography - E. Nickoloff* and A. Dutta |
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2:00 pm |
WE-D1-04 Mammography Automatic Exposure Control (AEC) Considerations - D. Staton*, E. Gingold, A. de Almeida, G. Barnes |
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2:10 pm |
WE-D1-05 Characterization of the Reciprocity Law Failure in Three Mammography Screen-Film Systems - A. de Almeida*, W. Sobol, G. Barnes |
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2:20 pm |
WE-D1-06 Effect of Viewbox Luminance Level on Object Detection in Mammography - J. Wang* |
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2:30 pm |
WE-D1-07 Computer Simulation of Breast Cancer Screening Efficacy - J. Boone* and K. Lindfors |
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1:30 pm - 3:00 pm |
Room: Juneau |
WE-D4 Treatment Delivery Chairs: Eric Klein, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, St. Louis, MO and Radhe Mohan, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA
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1:30 pm |
WE-D4-01 Image Guided Radiation Therapy - F. Bova*, S. Meeks, W. Friedman, J. Buatti, W. Mendenhall |
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1:40 pm |
WE-D4-02 A Novel Technique to Characterize the Motion of a Medical Linear Accelerator - M. Moreau*, D. Drake, J. Wong, D. Jaffray |
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1:50 pm |
WE-D4-03 An Artificial-Vision System Responsive to Patient Motions During Computer Controlled Radiation Therapy - A. Kalend*, K. Shimoga, T. Kanade, J. Greenberger |
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2:00 pm |
WE-D4-04 Feasibility of a Photogrammetry System for Patient Positioning - R. Rogus*, R. Stern, H. Kubo |
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2:10 pm |
WE-D4-05 Non Optimal MLC Orientation with Single Plane Wedge Systems - E. Klein*, F. Oehmke, J. Purdy |
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2:20 pm |
WE-D4-06 A Comparison of MLC and Divergent Alloy Blocks - J. Galvin*, K. Han, R. Cohen |
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2:30 pm |
WE-D4-07 Penumbra Comparison Between Double Focused Multileaf Collimator System and Divergent Cerrobend Blocks - N. Samsami*, M. Kleiman, A. Thavendrarajah, N. Gupta, C. Kanellitsas |
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2:40 pm |
WE-D4-08 Effects of Collimator Jaw Setting on Dose Output for Treatments with Multileaf Collimator - S. Prasad* |
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2:50 pm |
WE-D4-09 Beam Characteristics of a Retrofitted Multileaf Collimator - I. Das*, S. McNeeley, G. Desobry, E. Cheng, T. Schultheiss |
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3:00 pm |
WE-D4-10 The Effects on Calculation and Delivery of Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy of Varying Finite Pencil Beam Size and Intensity Resolution - B. Curran*, A. Boyer, A. Bleier, M. Carol, R. Hill, T. Holmes, A. Kania, R. LaLonde, L. Larson, E. Sternick |
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3:10 pm |
WE-D4-11 Performance and Beam Characteristics of the Siemens Primus Linear Accelerator - M. Sontag* and T. Steinberg |
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3:20 pm |
WE-D4-12 Experience with Breast Treatment Techniques at the Radiological Physics Center (RPC) - D. Davis* and W. Hanson |
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1:30 pm - 3:00 pm |
Room: Kilbourn |
WE-D5 Radiation Imaging II Chairs: Frank Van den Heuvel, Harper Hospital, Detroit, MI and Cynthia Thomason, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
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1:30 pm |
WE-D5-01 Adjuvant Wavelet-based Compression and Enhancement of Portal Images - F. van den Heuvel*, R. Rajapakshe, K. Luchka |
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1:40 pm |
WE-D5-02 A Perception Study of Compressed Portal Images - F. Yin*, X. Feng, Q. Gao, M. Schell, A. Zhu, C. Nakamura, P. Rubin, P. Okunieff |
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1:50 pm |
WE-D5-03 Tomotherapy Registration of Helical CT Projection Files - E. Fitchard*, J. Aldridge, P. Reckwerdt, T. Mackie |
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2:00 pm |
WE-D5-04 Megavoltage Portal CT Reconstruction Using a Novel MLS-ART Technique - H. Guan*, Y. Zhu, I. Yeo, Y. Yohannes |
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2:10 pm |
WE-D5-05 Quantum Limitations of Megavoltage CT - K. Ruchala* and T. Mackie |
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2:20 pm |
WE-D5-06 Thoracic Image Registration of CT and PET Using Chamfer Method - J. Cai*, J. Chu, A. Ali, D. Recine, M. Sharma, R. Rodebaugh, V. Saxena |
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2:30 pm |
WE-D5-07 Portal Image Evaluation Using a Counter Propagation Neural Network - S. Humphries*, H. Cline, D. Taylor, F. Newman |
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2:40 pm |
WE-D5-08 Electronic Portal Imaging Device (EPID) Dosimetry: An Experimental and Monte Carlo Study - Y. Yohannes*, I. Yeo, H. Guan, Y. Zhu |
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2:50 pm |
WE-D5-09 Algorithms to Use a Liquid-filled Electronic Portal Imaging Device for Transmission, Exit and Midplane Dosimetry - R. Boellaard*, M. Herk, B. Mijnheer |
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3:00 pm |
WE-D5-10 The Use of Position Sensing, Ultrasound Imaging, and Dose Distribution Information for Improving Treatment Room Setup Accuracy - R. Campbell*, M. Carol, B. Curran, R. Huber, R. Nash, W. Richard, B. Rosen |
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3:10 pm |
WE-D5-11 Quantifying Tumor Volume in Cancer Patients Following Radiation Treatment - G. Arora*, G. Rao, K. Bernabe |
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Refreshment Break |
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3:30 pm - 4:00 pm |
East and Central Exhibit Halls |
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Symposia |
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4:00 pm - 5:30 pm |
Room: East Octagon A |
WE-E1 CAD in Mammography Moderator: Heang-Ping Chan, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
WE-E1-01 CAD: Requirements for Different Resolutions and Sensors - L. Clarke, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
WE-E1-02 Image Processing Techniques for Mammographic Breast Cancer Detection - S. Lo, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC
WE-E1-03 Computer-Aided Prediction of Breast Cancer Malignancy - C. Floyd, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
WE-E1-04 Classifier Design for Computed-Aided Diagnosis in Mammography: Effects of Finite Sample Size - H.P. Chan, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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4:00 pm - 5:30 pm |
Room: Grand Ballroom |
WE-E2 The AAPM: An Introduction for New Members AAPM officers, council chairs, and senior members of the Association
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4:00 pm - 5:30 pm |
Room: Juneau |
WE-E4 Information Technology Moderator: George Tze Youn Chen, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL
WE-E4-01 Java Computing in the Enterprise - B. Foley, Sun Microsystems
WE-E4-02 Medical Physics and the World Wide Web - M. Weinhous, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
WE-E4-03 Integration of Digital Imaging into Information Systems - P. Kijewski, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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4:00 pm - 5:30 pm |
Room: Kilbourn |
WE-E5-01 Maximizing Your Chance of Getting an NIH Grant - P. Strudler, NIH Division of Research Grants, Bethesda, MD
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Continuing Education Course |
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4:00 pm - 5:30 pm |
Room: West Octagon A |
WE-E3 Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Clinical Medical Physicists Moderators: Jerry Allison, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA and Joe Windham, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
WE-E3-01 Annual Compliance Testing - D. Hearshen, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
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AAPM Annual Business Meeting Wisconsin Center |
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5:45 pm - 6:45 pm |
Room: Wisconsin Center Grandballroom |
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