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July 14 - 18, 2002
Palais des Congrès de Montréal
   
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Wednesday, July 17, 2002 Session Information
Scientific Session
General Brachytherapy
Wednesday 1:30 PM - 3:20 PM Room: 517 B

Chair 1: Bruce R. Thomadsen, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI USA

Chair 2: Robert D. Zwicker, Univ Kentucky, Lexington, KY, US

1:30 PM
WE-D-517B-1
Status of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine Radiation Therapy Committee's Subcommittee On Low-Energy Interstitial Brachytherapy Source Dosimetry: Procedure for the Development of Consensus Single-Source Dose-Distributions - R. Nath*, M. Rivard, B. Coursey, L. DeWerd, W. Hanson, M. Huq, G. Ibbott, J. Williamson
1:40 PM
WE-D-517B-2
Accurate Dosimetry of Ru-106 Ophthalmic Applicators Using GafChromic Film in a Solid Water Phantom - S. Trichter*, H. Amols, G. Cohen, D. Lewis, T. LoSasso, M. Zaider
1:50 PM
WE-D-517B-3
Digital Image-Based Accurate Seed Localization for Eye Plaques with Irregular Seed Placement - E. Lief*, B. Ellerin, J. De Wyngaert
2:00 PM
WE-D-517B-4
Dosimetric Characteristics of a Uniform and Differentially Loaded 90Y Plaque for Irradiation of Sarcomas of the Spine - T. Mauceri*, G. Chen, D. Gierga, J. Munro, C. Rivinius
2:10 PM
WE-D-517B-5
Dosimetric Implications of Soft-Tissue Deformation in Intracavitary Brachytherapy of Cervical Cancer - J. Williamson, G. Christensen, F. Lerma, B. Carlson, S. Li*, C. Chao, K. Bae, J. Matthews, P. Grigsby, K. Nguyen, M. Vannier
2:20 PM
WE-D-517B-6
Extracranial, CT Guided Utilization of the GliaSite Radiation Therapy System - W. Kearns*, A. deGuzman, K. Greven, W. Hinson, J. Rogers, V. Alexander, E. Shaw
2:30 PM
WE-D-517B-7
Monte Carlo Simulation and Clinical Evaluation of the Dosimetric Characteristics for Pd-103 Line Source - A. Meigooni*
2:40 PM
WE-D-517B-8
Calculation of Absorbed Doses for Prostate Seed Implants Using Monte Carlo Simulations - P. Mobit*, J. Badragan
2:50 PM
WE-D-517B-9
A Comparison of Monte Carlo (EGSnrc, PENELOPE) and Commercial Treatment Planning System (PLATO) Calculations of the Dose Distribution Delivered by Low Dose-Rate 137Cs Sources in Intracavitary Brachytherapy - M. Fragoso*, F. Verhaegen, A. Nahum
3:00 PM
WE-D-517B-10
Absorbed Dose Measurements of a Handheld 50-KV X-Ray Source in Water with Ionization Chambers and Plastic Scintillators - C. Soares*, A. Sliski
3:10 PM
WE-D-517B-11
Dependence of Radiochromic Film Optical Density Post-Exposure Darkening Kinetics On Dose and Dose Fractionation - I. Ali*, C. Costescu, M. Vicic, J. Dempsey, J. Williamson

     

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