Review Courses
Saturday, July 29 • 8:00am - 6:00pm
Sunday, July 30 • 8:00am - Noon
$195
$100 for students with student I.D.
Two courses will be offered; see course outlines below:
Diagnostic Physics will take place in Room 332, Convention Center
Radiation Therapy Physics will take place in Room 340AB, Convention Center
The courses provide a good review of medical physics for physicists entering the specialty, those preparing for board certification, physicists in need of continuing education credits, and physicists who would benefit from a refresher course taught by experts in the field. Course notebooks are provided to registrants. The courses will be held concurrently on Saturday and Sunday.
Diagnostic Review Course
Course Director: George David |
Saturday, July 29, 2006 |
7:30am - 8:00am |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
8:00am - 9:00am |
The Physics and Quality Characteristics of X-Ray Images |
Perry Sprawls |
9:00am - 9:30am |
Digital Radiography Principles and Quality Characteristics |
Perry Sprawls |
9:30am - 9:45am |
Morning Break |
9:45am - 10:45am |
Diagnostic X-Ray Testing |
George David |
10:45am – 12:15pm |
MRI Resonance Imaging Principles and Quality Characteristics |
Perry Sprawls |
12:15pm - 1:30pm |
Lunch on your own |
1:30pm – 2:30pm |
Radiation Shielding Design |
Doug Simpkin |
2:30pm – 3:30pm |
Hospital Radiation Protection |
Doug Simpkin |
3:30pm - 3:45pm |
Afternoon Break |
3:45pm - 4:45pm |
Fluoroscopic Image Quality |
Beth Schueler |
4:45pm - 5:45pm |
Medical Physics Issues in Mammography |
Jerry Allison |
Sunday, July 30, 2006 |
7:30am - 8:00am |
Continental Breakfast |
8:00am - 9:00am |
Fetal Dose Calculations |
Louis Wagner |
9:00am - 10:00am |
Ultrasound Physics & Technology |
Nick Hangiandreou |
10:00am - 10:15am |
Morning Break |
10:15am - 11:15am |
CT Technology & Dosimetry |
James Kofler |
11:15am - 12:15pm |
Digital Technologies for Radiography & Mammography |
Andrew Karellas |
Therapy Review Course
Course Director: Gary Luxton |
Saturday, July 29, 2006 |
7:30am - 8:00am |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
8:00am - 8:55am |
Radiation Protection in Radiotherapy |
Arthur Boyer |
8:55am - 9:55am |
Anatomy and Imaging for 3-D Treatment Planning |
Arthur Boyer |
9:55am - 10:10am |
Morning Break |
10:10am - 11:05am |
Electron and Photon Interactions in Water and Tissue |
Paul DeLuca |
11:05am – 11:55am |
Nuclear Physics in Radiotherapy: Radioactivity and Hadrontherapy |
Gary Luxton |
11:55 am - 1:15pm |
Lunch on your own |
1:15pm – 2:05pm |
Radiation Measurement in Radiation Therapy |
C-M Charlie Ma |
2:05pm – 2:55pm |
Radiation Generators for External Beam Radiotherapy |
Peter Biggs |
2:55pm - 3:05pm |
Afternoon Break |
3:05pm - 3:55pm |
Treatment Planning: Clinical Electrons |
John Antolak |
3:55pm - 4:45pm |
Shielding for Megavoltage Therapy Machines |
Peter Biggs |
4:45pm - 4:55pm |
Afternoon Break |
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4:55pm - 5:50pm |
Computer-Controlled Delivery of External Beam Radiotherapy |
Benedick Fraass |
Sunday, July 30, 2006 |
7:30am - 8:00am |
Continental Breakfast |
8:00am - 8:55am |
Treatment Planning with Clinical X-Rays: Fundamentals |
Colin Orton |
8:55am - 9:50am |
Treatment Planning with Clinical X-Rays: Dose-volume and Radiobiological Modeling Considerations |
Colin Orton |
9:50am - 10:05am |
Morning Break |
10:05am - 11:00am |
Brachytherapy Sources: Dosimetry and Source Strength Specifications |
Jeffrey Williamson |
11:00am - Noon |
Brachytherapy Treatment Planning |
Bruce Thomadsen |