Introduction and a Word of Thanks
It is with great honor and excitement that we present to you the program
of the 2004 Annual Meeting of the AAPM. The annual meeting continues
to strive toward further excellence, and this year's program is no exception.
This year, a new focus is placed on developing a balanced program. While
sustaining a balance between the diagnostic and therapeutic tracks,
the program provides a diverse range of offerings in scientific as well
as educational, and now also professional tracks. A selective set of
high-quality proffered presentations in cutting-edge areas of medical
physics research is supplemented with a large array of outstanding courses,
symposia, forums, and debates to further enhance the scientific and
educational offerings of the annual meeting. This year's meeting also
offers new joint diagnostic-therapeutic, professional, and workshop
tracks. It is hoped that once again the annual meeting will prove to
provide a unique venue for exchanging scientific information, and to
serve the diverse educational and professional needs of the discipline
and the members.
While benefiting from this outstanding program, let's not overlook the
human faces behind the scene. On behalf of the Scientific and Educational
Program Co-Directors and Track Organizers, I wish to express my most
sincere appreciation to many people who have spent tireless hours to
bring this year's meeting to fruition. First and foremost, I wish to
thank the headquarters staff, without whose enthusiastic, diligent,
and efficient efforts the meeting would have not been possible. Sincere
acknowledgment
is also due to abstract reviewers, invited speakers, symposia, workshop,
Continuing Education Course, and forum directors, session chairs and
moderators, and the members of the Meeting Coordinating and Local Arrangement
committees for their dedication to the discipline and to the Association
demonstrated in their assiduous service. All of these efforts bring
us a program that we can all be proud of, and truly call our own. Thank
you all!
Ehsan Samei
Scientific Program Co-Director
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