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Session: SU - A-211 - Professional Council Symposium - Preparing for Radiation Oncology ACR / ASTRO Accreditation Title: Professional Council Symposium: Preparing for Radiation Oncology ACR/ASTRO Accreditation Byline: P Tripuraneni1 *, M Steinberg2 *, I Das3 *, C Wuu4 *, (1) Scripps Clinic, La Jola, CA (2) Univ of Cal., Los angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA (3) Indiana University- School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, (4) Columbia University, New York, NY Contact Email:     Session: SU - B-BRA - Education Council Symposium - Patient Safety Education Title: Patient Safety Education Byline: J Bayouth1 *, M Herman2 *, P Dunscombe3 *, D Brown4 *, S Mutic5 *, (1) University Of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, (2) Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, (3) Tom Baker Cancer Centre, Calgary, AB, CA, (4) Tom Baker Cancer Centre, Calgary, AB, CA, (5) Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO Contact Email:     Session: MO - F-301 - Practical Medical Physics - Writing and Reviewing Papers for the Medical Physics Journal Title: Writing and Reviewing Papers for Medical Physics Byline: W Hendee1 *, D Rogers2 *, A Karellas3 *, P Slattery4 *, (1) , Rochester, MN, (2) Carleton Univ, Ottawa, ON, CA, (3) University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, (4) AAPM, College Park, MD Contact Email:     Session: MO - D-224 - Professional Symposium - ABR 2014: Trained for Competence Title: ABR 2014: Trained for Competence Byline: E Klein1 *, G Ibbott2 *, J Bayouth3 *, (1) Washington University, Saint Louis, MO, (2) UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, (3) University Of Iowa, Iowa City, IA Contact Email:     Session: MO - F-224 - Professional Symposium - Preparing for Diagnostic ACR Accreditation Title: Preparing for Diagnostic ACR Accreditation Byline: D Hernandez1 *, (1) , , Contact Email:     Session: MO - A-214 - Imaging Symposium - 3D Breast Models Title: 3D Breast Models Byline: R Nishikawa1 *, S Glick2 *, P Bakic3 *, I Reiser4 *, (1) University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, (2) University of Mass. Medical Center, Worcester, MA, (3) University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, (4) Unviersity of Chicago, Chicago, IL. Contact Email:     Session: MO - D-110 - Imaging Symposium - Patient Dose in Fluoroscopy: Estimating Patient-Specific Radiation Dose from Fluoroscopy Title: Calculating Organ Dose From Fluoroscopy Byline: P Alaei1 *, (1) Univ Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN Contact Email:     Session: MO - D-110 - Imaging Symposium - Patient Dose in Fluoroscopy: Estimating Patient-Specific Radiation Dose from Fluoroscopy Title: Imaging Symposium Byline: W Huda, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC Contact Email:     Session: MO - D-110 - Imaging Symposium - Patient Dose in Fluoroscopy: Estimating Patient-Specific Radiation Dose from Fluoroscopy Title: Benefit Risk Assessment: Identifying the At Risk Patient; SYMPOSIUM-Estimating Patient-Specific Radiation Dose From Fluorosocpy Byline: C Chambers. Penn State, Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA Contact Email:     Session: MO - D-214 - Joint Imaging-Therapy Symposium - 4D MRI for Radiation Therapy of Moving Tumors Title: 4D-MRI for Radiation Therapy of Moving Tumors Byline: F Yin1 *, J Biederer2 *, J Cai3 *, P Parikh4 *, (1) Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, (2) University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany, (3) Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, (4) Washington Univ. School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO Contact Email:     Session: MO - A-224 - Therapy Educational Course - A Review of the TG-201 Rapid Communication: QA of Data Transfer Title: A Review of the TG-201 Rapid Communication: QA of Data Transfer Byline: R Siochi1 *, J Mechalakos2 *, C Bloch3 *, (1) University Of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, (2) Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, (3) Washington University, Saint Louis, MO Contact Email:     Session: MO - A-BRB - Therapy Educational Course - Planning, QA, and the Role of Imaging of Localization for Pelvis Treatments Title: Planning, QA, and the Role of Imaging of Localization for Pelvis Treatments Byline: J Johnson1 *, A Lawyer1 *, (1) MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX Contact Email:     Session: MO - B-224 - Therapy Educational Course - Clinical Implementation and Application of Monte Carlo Methods in Photon and Electron Dose Calculation Title: Clinical Implementation and Application of Monte Carlo Methods in Photon and Electron Dose Calculation – New Issues to Consider in Clinical Practice Byline: N Tyagi1 *, J Cygler2 *, (1) William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI, (2) The Ottawa Hospital Regional Cancer Ctr., Ottawa, ON, CA Contact Email:     Session: MO - B-BRA - Therapy Educational Course - Dosimetry of Small Fields Title: Dosimetry of Small Fields Byline: I Das1 *, T Mackie2 *, (1) Indiana University- School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, (2) University of Wisconsin - ADCL, Madison, WI Contact Email:     Session: MO - D-BRA - Therapy Symposium - Steven A. Leibel Memorial Lecture Advanced IMRT Planning and Delivery and Future Directions Title: Leibel Memorial Symposium: Advanced IMRT Planning and Delivery and Future Directions Byline: W Hendee1 *, T Bortfeld2 *, T LoSasso3 *, I Chetty4 *, C Ling5 *, (1) , Rochester, MN, (2) Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, (3) Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, (4) Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, (5) , New York, NY Contact Email:     Session: MO - D-301 - Practical Medical Physics - Joint AAPM - CCPM Education Session Title: Joint AAPM/CCPM Sympsium: The Inverse Problem in Medical Physics Training – Defining the Objectives and Finding the Solutions Byline: P Sprawls1 , M Schmid2 , J Battista3 *, W Beckham4 *, B Clark5 *, G Frey6 *, M Herman7 *, M Mills8 *, D Wilkins5 *, (1) Sprawls Educational Foundation, Montreat, NC, (2) BC Cancer Agency-Southern Interior, Kelowna, BC, CA, (3) London Regional Cancer Program, London, ON, CA, (4) Vancouver Island Cancer Ctr., Victoria, BC, CA, (5) The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Ctr., Ottawa, ON, CA, (6) Medical Univ of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, (7) Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, (8) James Graham Brown Cancer Center, Louisville, KY Contact Email:     Session: MO - A(SAM)-211 - Imaging Educational Course - Calculating Dose (Dose I + II) Title: Patient Dose Calculations in Fluoroscopy Byline: J A Anderson *, J B Guild , G M Arbique, (1) UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX Contact Email:     Session: MO - A(SAM)-211 - Imaging Educational Course - Calculating Dose (Dose I + II) Title: Estimating Radiation Dose in CT Byline: M McNitt-Gray1 *, (1) UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA Contact Email:     Session: MO - A(SAM)-BRC - Therapy Educational Course - Breathing-Induced Motion Management in Radiation Therapy Title: Respiratory Motion Mitigation During Radiation Treatment Delivery Byline: G Mageras, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY Contact Email:     Session: MO - A(SAM)-BRC - Therapy Educational Course - Breathing-Induced Motion Management in Radiation Therapy Title: Four-Dimensional Dose Calculations Byline: G Starkschall1 *, (1) UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX Contact Email:     Session: MO - A(SAM)-BRC - Therapy Educational Course - Breathing-Induced Motion Management in Radiation Therapy Title: 4DCT: Methods and Artifacts Byline: G Chen1 *, (1) Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA Contact Email:     Session: MO - A-BRA - Therapy Educational Course - Proton Therapy Overview Title: Overview of Proton Therapy Technology Byline: J Flanz1 *, (1) Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA Contact Email:     Session: MO - A-BRA - Therapy Educational Course - Proton Therapy Overview Title: Nuances of Proton Therapy Planning and Delivery Byline: M Pankuch1 *, (1) CDH Procure Proton Therapy Center, Warrenville, IL Contact Email:     Session: MO - A-BRA - Therapy Educational Course - Proton Therapy Overview Title: Promises and Perils of Proton Therapy Byline: J Palta1 *, (1) University of Florida Health Science Center, Gainesville, FL Contact Email:     Session: MO - B-110 - Imaging Educational Course - Informatics I Title: Role of the Physicist in Informatics Byline: G Frey1 *, (1) Medical Univ of South Carolina, Charleston, SC Contact Email:     Session: MO - B-110 - Imaging Educational Course - Informatics I Title: IHE & DICOM - Current Efforts Byline: M Flynn1 *, (1) Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI Contact Email:     Session: MO - A-301 - Imaging Educational Course - Image Reconstruction I Title: Essentials of CT Image Reconstruction: 3D Filtered Backprojection Byline: J Siewerdsen1 *, (1) Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD Contact Email:     Session: MO - B-301 - Imaging Educational Course - Breast Imaging I Title: Update On the ACR's Upcoming FFDM QC Manual Byline: E Berns1 *, (1) University of Colorado Hospital and Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, CO Contact Email:     Session: MO - E-211 - Imaging Educational Course - MRI I Title: Breast MRI: Pulse Sequences, Acquisition Protocols, and Analysis Byline: R Price1 *, (1) Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville, TN Contact Email:     Session: MO - E-211 - Imaging Educational Course - MRI I Title: Breast MRI: Image Quality, Artifacts & Quality Control Byline: D Reeve1 *, (1) UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX Contact Email:     Session: MO - D-211 - Imaging Educational Course - Radionuclides I Title: Low Dose Molecular Breast Imaging Byline: M O'Connor1 *, (1) Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN Contact Email:     Session: MO - A-110 - Imaging Educational Course - Radiography I Title: CR/DR Image Noise - Part 2 Byline: M Supanich1 *, M Flynn1 , (1) Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI Contact Email:     Session: MO - A-110 - Imaging Educational Course - Radiography I Title: CR/DR Image Noise - Part 1 Byline: M Flynn1 *, M Supanich2 , (1) Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, (2) Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI Contact Email:     Session: MO - F-220 - Imaging Educational Course - Ultrasound II: Current State and Future of Ultrasound Title: The Future of Ultrasound Systems and Imaging Byline: S Metz1 *, (1) , , Director Ultrasound Investigations Philips Healthcare Contact Email:     Session: MO - F-220 - Imaging Educational Course - Ultrasound II: Current State and Future of Ultrasound Title: Imaging Educational Course - Ultrasound Miniaturization Byline: S Smith1 *, (1) GE Global Research, Niskayuna, New York Contact Email:     Session: MO - A(SAM)-211 - Imaging Educational Course - Calculating Dose (Dose I + II) Title: Dosimetry in Pregnant Patients Undergoing CT and Fluoroscopy Byline: M Mahesh1 *, (1) Johns Hopkins Univ, Baltimore, MD Contact Email:     Session: MO - A-220 - Imaging Educational Course - Ultrasound I Hands-On Workshop Title: Educational Course - Ultrasound QC Workshop Byline: J Zagzebski1 *, S Sutlief2 *, E Boote3 *, S Larson4 , Z Lu5 , (1) University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, (2) VA Medical Center, Seattle, WA, (3) Univ Missouri, Columbia, MO, (4) Univ Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI, (5) Columbia Univ, New York, NY Contact Email:     Session: MO - F-220 - Imaging Educational Course - Ultrasound II: Current State and Future of Ultrasound Title: Has Elasticity Reached Clinical Maturity? Byline: A Milkowski , Siemens Medical Solutions, Ultrasound, Siemens Healthcare, Contact Email:     Session: MO - F-220 - Imaging Educational Course - Ultrasound II: Current State and Future of Ultrasound Title: Quantitative Ultrasound Imaging Byline: N Rognin*, TOSHIBA Medical Research Institute USA, Inc, Redmond, WA Contact Email:     Session: TU - C-301 - Practical Medical Physics - Going Paperless in Radiation Oncology Clinics Title: Going Paperless in a Radiation Oncology Clinic Byline: S Jani, Sharp Memorial Hospital, San Diego, CA Contact Email:     Session: TU - C-301 - Practical Medical Physics - Going Paperless in Radiation Oncology Clinics Title: Going Paperless in a Radiation Oncology Clinic Byline: T Nurushev *, A Cormier, I Chetty, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI Contact Email:     Session: TU - E-301 - Practical Medical Physics - Clinically Focused Physics Education Title: Clinically Focused Physics Education Byline: P Sprawls1 *, (1) Sprawls Educational Foundation, Montreat, NC Contact Email:     Session: TU - G-301 - Practical Medical Physics - Prostate and Head and Neck Contouring Title: Practical Contouring: Prostate and H&N Anatomies Byline: J Wu1 *, I Hsu2 *, J Smith3 , (1) Vancouver Cancer Center, Vancouver, BC, CA, (2) University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, (3) St. Joseph Mercy, Port Huron, Port Huron, MI Contact Email:     Session: TU - E-224 - Professional Symposium - The Role of Voluntary Versus Mandatory Regulatory Standards Title: The Role of Voluntary Versus Mandatory Regulatory Standards Byline: S Balter1 *, (1) Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY Contact Email:     Session: TU - E-224 - Professional Symposium - The Role of Voluntary Versus Mandatory Regulatory Standards Title: The Role of Voluntary Versus Mandatory Regulatory Standards Byline: R Pizzutiello1 *, (1) Upstate Medical Physics, Victor, NY Contact Email:     Session: TU - E-224 - Professional Symposium - The Role of Voluntary Versus Mandatory Regulatory Standards Title: The Role of Voluntary Versus Mandatory Regulatory Standards Byline: W Bolch1 *, (1) Univ Florida, Gainesville, FL Contact Email:     Session: TU - G-224 - Professional Symposium - New Member Symposium/Meet the Experts Title: Meet the Experts: New Members Symposium Byline: G Sherouse1 *, E Klein2 *, P Halvorsen3 *, R Barra4 *, M Mills5*(1) Sherouse Systems, Inc., Chapel Hill, NC, (2) Washington University, Saint Louis, MO, (3) Alliance Imaging/Alliance Oncology, Newton, MA, (4) Corporate Search, Inc., Orlando, FL, (5) James Graham Brown Cancer Center, Louisville, KY Contact Email:     Session: TU - C-224 - Professional Symposium - Women's Professional Subcommittee Panel: Successful Career Strategies in Medical Physics Title: Women’s Professional SC Panel: Successful Career Strategies in Medical Physics Byline: S Dieterich1 *, M Fox2 *, X Zhu3 *, M Giger4 *, (1) Stanford University Cancer Center, Stanford, CA, (2) Minneapolis Radiation Oncology, Minneapolis, MN, (3) The Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, (4) Univ Chicago, Chicago, IL Contact Email:     Session: TU - E-BRA - Therapy Symposium - In Memoriam of Gail Adams How Should We Verify Complex Radiation Therapy Treatments? Title: How Should We Verify Complex Radiation Therapy Treatments ? Byline: G Ibbott1 *, M Oldham2 *, B Mijnheer3 *, T Zhu4 *, (1) UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, (2) Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, (3) Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, NL, (4) Univ Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Contact Email:     Session: TU - G-BRA - Therapy Symposium - Predicting and Exploiting the Effects of Radiation Quality in Ion Therapy Title: Clinical Significance of RBE Variations in Proton and Carbon Ion Therapy (an Overview/introduction to the Problem) Byline: H Paganetti1 *, C Grassberger1 , A Carabe-Fernandez1 , (1) Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA Contact Email:     Session: TU - G-BRA - Therapy Symposium - Predicting and Exploiting the Effects of Radiation Quality in Ion Therapy Title: Monte Carlo Simulation of the Effects of Radiation Quality and Oxygen Concentration On Clustered DNA Lesions Formed by Ionizing Radiation Byline: RD Stewart, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA Contact Email:     Session: TU - G-BRA - Therapy Symposium - Predicting and Exploiting the Effects of Radiation Quality in Ion Therapy Title: A Mechanism-Based Approach to Predict Relative Biological Effectiveness and the Effects of Tumor Hypoxia in Charged Particle Radiotherapy Byline: D Carlson1 *, (1) Yale Univ. School of Medicine, New Haven, CT Contact Email:     Session: TU - G-BRA - Therapy Symposium - Predicting and Exploiting the Effects of Radiation Quality in Ion Therapy Title: Biological Optimization in Carbon Therapy Byline: U Oelfke1 *, (1) DKFZ Heidelberg, FS05, Heidelberg, DE Contact Email:     Session: TU - G-BRA - Therapy Symposium - Predicting and Exploiting the Effects of Radiation Quality in Ion Therapy Title: Optimization of Normal Tissue Sparing Through Ion Selection Byline: N Remmes*, M Herman , J Kruse, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN Contact Email:     Session: TU - E-110 - Imaging Symposium - Multiple Source X-ray Imaging Title: Inverse Geometry CT Byline: N Pelc1 *, (1) Stanford University, Stanford, CA Contact Email:     Session: TU - E-110 - Imaging Symposium - Multiple Source X-ray Imaging Title: Multibeam X-Ray Source Array Based On Carbon Nanotube Field Emission Byline: O Zhou1 *, J Lu2 , X Calderon-Colon3 , x qian4 , G Yang5 , G Cao6 , E Gidcumb7 , A Tucker8 , J Shan9 , D Spronk10 , F Sprenger11 , (1) UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, (2) UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, (3) University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, (4) UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, (5) UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, (6) University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, (7) UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, (8) UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, (9) University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, (10) XinRay Systems LLC, Cary, NC, (11) XinRay Systems LLC, Cary, NC Contact Email:     Session: TU - E-110 - Imaging Symposium - Multiple Source X-ray Imaging Title: Tetrahedron Beam Computed Tomography Byline: T Zhang1 *, X Xu1 , J Kim3 , D Schulze1 , (1) William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI, (2) Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan Contact Email:     Session: TU - C-110 - Imaging Symposium - Patient Dose in CT: Calculating Patient-Specific Doses in CT Title: Patient Dose in CT: Calculating Patient Specific Doses in CT(Joint with Education) Byline: M McNitt-Gray1 *, X Xu2 *, E Samei3 *, (1) UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, (2) Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., Troy, NY, (3) Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC Contact Email:     Session: TU - E-214 - Joint Imaging-Therapy Symposium -Preclinical and Clinical Hypoxia Imaging: Current and Emerging Methods and Technology Title: Preclinical and Clinical Hypoxia Imaging: Current and Emerging Methods and Technology Byline: E Graves1 *, (1) Stanford University, Stanford, CA Contact Email:     Session: TU - E-214 - Joint Imaging-Therapy Symposium -Preclinical and Clinical Hypoxia Imaging: Current and Emerging Methods and Technology Title: Overhauser Oxygenation Imaging: Physics, Instrumentation and Pre-Clinical Applications Byline: D Hristov1 *, K Ahn2 , G Scott1 , (1) Stanford University, Stanford, CA, (2) University of Illinois Medical Center, Chicago, IL Contact Email:     Session: TU - E-214 - Joint Imaging-Therapy Symposium -Preclinical and Clinical Hypoxia Imaging: Current and Emerging Methods and Technology Title: Preclinical and Clinical Hypoxia Imaging: Current and Emerging Methods and Technology Byline: R Jeraj1 *, (1) University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI Contact Email:     Session: TU - E-214 - Joint Imaging-Therapy Symposium -Preclinical and Clinical Hypoxia Imaging: Current and Emerging Methods and Technology Title: NMR Assessment of Tumor Hypoxia and Oxygen Dynamics Byline: R. P. Mason1 *, (1) , Department of Radiology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas Contact Email:     Session: TU - A-BRA - Therapy Educational Symposium - Planning, QA, and the Role of Imaging of Localization for Head and Neck Treatments Title: Planning, QA, and the Role of Imaging of Localization for Head and Neck Treatments Byline: C Mayo1 *, Y Garces2 *, L Dong3 *, S Kry4 *, (1) Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, (2) Department of Radiation Oncology, Rochester, MN, (3) UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, (4) MD Anderson Cancer Ctr., Houston, TX Contact Email:     Session: TU - G-214 - Joint Imaging-Therapy Symposium - Normal Tissue Imaging of Dose Response Title: Imaging of Necrosis and PET Imaging Byline: D Thotala1 , J Garbow2 , R Drzymala3 , D Hallahan4 *, Wasington University St Louis, St Louis, MO, Mallinkrodt Institute of Radiology, Siteman Cancer Center Contact Email:     Session: TU - G-214 - Joint Imaging-Therapy Symposium - Normal Tissue Imaging of Dose Response Title: Imaging the Biological Effect of Dose in the Liver Normal Tissue Byline: Y Cao1 *, (1) The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Contact Email:     Session: TU - G-214 - Joint Imaging-Therapy Symposium - Normal Tissue Imaging of Dose Response Title: Functional Imaging for Radiotherapy Guidance and Treatment Monitoring Byline: S Das1 *, (1) Duke Univ Medical Center, Durham, NC Contact Email:     Session: TU - E(SAM)-211 - Imaging Educational Course - Breast Imaging II + III Title: Principles of Breast Tomosynthesis Acquisition and Reconstruction Byline: A Maidment1 *, (1) Univ Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Contact Email:     Session: TU - E(SAM)-211 - Imaging Educational Course - Breast Imaging II + III Title: Role of the Medical Physicist in Clinical Implementation of Breast Tomosynthesis Byline: B Liu1 *, (1) Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA Contact Email:     Session: TU - B-224 - Therapy Educational Course -Impact of NIST on Radiation Dosimetry in Medical Physics Title: Impact of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) On Radiation Dosimetry in Medical Physics Byline: M Mitch1 *, M McEwen2 *, R Tosh1 *, (1) National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, (2) National Research Council, Ottawa, ON, CA Contact Email:     Session: TU - C-BRA - Therapy Educational Symposium - TG-51 Review and Updates Title: Progress in Calculations of KQ for TG-51 Byline: D Rogers1 *, (1) Carleton Univ, Ottawa, ON, CA Contact Email:     Session: TU - C-BRA - Therapy Educational Symposium - TG-51 Review and Updates Title: Calibrating the Output of a Linear Accelerator – TG-51 Updated Byline: M McEwen1 *, (1) National Research Council, Ottawa, ON, CA Contact Email:     Session: TU - B-110 - Imaging Educational Course - Informatics II Title: DICOM Dose SR Byline: S Balter1 *, (1) Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY Contact Email:     Session: TU - B-110 - Imaging Educational Course - Informatics II Title: ACR Dose Index Registry for Comparing CT Dose Indices Byline: R Morin1 *, (1) Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL Contact Email:     Session: TU - A-211 - Imaging Educational Course - Image Reconstruction II Title: Iterative Image Reconstruction for CT Byline: J Fessler1 *, (1) University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Contact Email:     Session: TU - B-214 - Imaging Educational Course - MRI II Title: The Need for Speed: A Technical and Clinical Primer for Parallel MR Imaging Byline: N Yanasak1 *, (1) Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, GA Contact Email:     Session: TU - A-214 - Imaging Educational Course - Radionuclides II Title: Cardiac Dedicated Ultrafast SPECT Cameras: New Designs and Medical Physics Implications Byline: E Garcia1 *, (1) , Emory University, Atlanta GA , Contact Email:     Session: TU - A-110 - Imaging Educational Course - Radiography II Title: Radiography: 2D and 3D Metrics of Performance Towards Quality Index Byline: E Samei1 *, S Richard2 *, (1) Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, (2) Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC Contact Email:     Session: TU - B-220 - Ultrasound Imaging Symposium - Advanced Clinical Systems Title: The Role of Medical Ultrasound in Research Byline: K Dickie, R Zahiri-Azar, T Hansen, C Leung, (1) Ultrasonix Medical Corporation, Richmond, BC Contact Email:     Session: TU - B-220 - Ultrasound Imaging Symposium - Advanced Clinical Systems Title: Microbeamforming for Large-Aperture Ultrasound Transducers Byline: S Freeman1 *, (1) , , Philips Ultrasound, Bothell, WA Contact Email:     Session: TU - B-220 - Ultrasound Imaging Symposium - Advanced Clinical Systems Title: Development of CMUT Transducer Array Assemblies for Medical Diagnostics Byline: R Wodnicki1 , S Smith2 *, K Thomenius3 , B Khuri-Yakub4 , P Carson5 , (1) GE Global Research, Niskayuna, New York, (2) GE Global Research, Niskayuna, New York, (3) , Niskayuna, NY, (4) Stanford University, Stanford, California, (5) The University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI Contact Email:     Session: TU - C-220 - Ultrasound Imaging Symposium - Photoacoustic Imaging Title: Three-Dimensional Optoacoustic Tomography: Preclinical Research and Clinical Applications Byline: A Oraevsky1 *, (1) TomoWave Laboratories, Inc, Houston, Texas Contact Email:     Session: TU - C-220 - Ultrasound Imaging Symposium - Photoacoustic Imaging Title: Visualization of Breast Carcinoma Using Photoacoustic Imaging: The Ongoing Twente Experience Byline: M Heijblom1 , D Piras2 , W Xia3 , JCG Van Hespen4 , F Van Den Engh5 , JM Klaase6 , TG Van Leeuwen7 , W Steenbergen8 , S Manohar9 *, (1) University of Twente, Enschede, NL, (2) University of Twente, Enschede, NL, (3) University of Twente, Enschede, NL, (4) University of Twente, Enschede, NL, (5) Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede, NL, (6) Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede, NL, (7) University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NL, (8) University of Twente, Enschede, NL, (9)  University of Twente, Enschede, NL Contact Email:     Session: TU - C-220 - Ultrasound Imaging Symposium - Photoacoustic Imaging Title: Photoacoustic Scanning Tomography (PHAST) with Coded Optical Excitation: Theory and Experiment Byline: S Telenkov1 *, A Mandelis2 , (1) , , , (2) University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CA Contact Email:     Session: TU - C-220 - Ultrasound Imaging Symposium - Photoacoustic Imaging Title: The Role of Photoacoustic Detection in High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Surgery Byline: KU Bioengineering Research Center, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045 Contact Email:     Session: TU - C-220 - Ultrasound Imaging Symposium - Photoacoustic Imaging Title: Photoacoustic Imaging of Deep Targets in the Breast Using a Multi-Channel 2D Array Transducer Byline: X Wang *, Z Xie, F Padilla, G LeCarpentier, P Carson, University of Michigan, Department of Radiology, Ann Arbor, MI Contact Email:     Session: TU - C-220 - Ultrasound Imaging Symposium - Photoacoustic Imaging Title: Photoacoustic and Ultrasound Imaging Using a Hemispherical Aperture Byline: R Kruger1 *, R Lam2 , D Reinecke3 , S DelRio4 , (1) OptoSonics, Inc, , , (2) OptoSonics, Inc., Oriental, NC, (3) OptoSonics, Inc., Oriental, NC, (4) OptoSonics, Inc., Oriental, NC Contact Email:     Session: TU - C-220 - Ultrasound Imaging Symposium - Photoacoustic Imaging Title: Assessing Intra-Tumor Hemodynamics and Oxygen Concentration Using Photoacoustic Computed Tomography Byline: K Stantz1,2 *, N Cao2 , M Shaffer1 , KD Miller2 (1) Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, (2) Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN Contact Email:     Session: TU - E-220 - Ultrasound Imaging Symposium - Breast Imaging and Guidance of Interventions Title: Combined Pulse Echo, X-Ray Tomosynthetic, Photoacoustic and Speed of Sound Imaging in the Mammographic Geometry Byline: P Carson1 *, (1) The University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI Contact Email:     Session: TU - E-220 - Ultrasound Imaging Symposium - Breast Imaging and Guidance of Interventions Title: 3D Ultrasound Guided Minimally Invasive Prostate Therapy and Biopsy Byline: A Fenster1 *, (1) Robarts Research Institute, London, ON, CA Contact Email:     Session: TU - E-220 - Ultrasound Imaging Symposium - Breast Imaging and Guidance of Interventions Title: Quantitative Ultrasound Computed Tomography for Volumetric Breast Imaging Byline: M Andre1,2 *, H Ojeda-Fournier2 , L Olson2 , J Wiskin3 , D Borup3 , (1) VA Medical Center, La Jolla, CA, (2) University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, (3) TechniScan, Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah Contact Email:     Session: TU - G-220 - Ultrasound Imaging Symposium - Quantitative Imaging and Measures Title: Quantitative Elasticity Imaging with Acoustic Radiation Force Induced Shear Waves Byline: K Nightingale*, M Palmeri, N Rouze, S Rosenzweig, M Wang, G Trahey , Duke University, Durham, NC Contact Email:     Session: TU - G-220 - Ultrasound Imaging Symposium - Quantitative Imaging and Measures Title: Quantitative Ultrasound Imaging: A Historical Persective Byline: TJ Hall1 *, (1) University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI Contact Email:     Session: TU - G-220 - Ultrasound Imaging Symposium - Quantitative Imaging and Measures Title: Development of the Basis for Quantitative Ultrasound Byline: W O'Brien1 *, (1) Contact Email:     Session: TU - G-220 - Ultrasound Imaging Symposium - Quantitative Imaging and Measures Title: High-Frequency (HF), Three-Dimensional (3D), Quantitative Ultrasound (QUS) for Detecting Metastases in Dissected Lymph Nodes Byline: E Feleppa1 *, J Mamou2 , E Saegusa-Beecroft3 , A Coron4 , M Oelze5 , T Yamaguchi6 , M Hata7 , E Yanagihara8 , P Laugier9 , J Machi10 , (1) Riverside Research, New York, NY, (2) Riverside Research Institute, New York, NY, (3) University of Hawaii and Kuakini Medical Center, Honolulu, HI, (4) Université Pierre et Marie Curie and CNRS, Paris, , FR, (5) University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, (6) Chiba University, Chiba, , JP, (7) University of Hawaii and Kuakini Medical Center, Honolulu, HI, (8) University of Hawaii and Kuakini Medical Center, Honolulu, HI, (9) Université Pierre et Marie Curie and CNRS, Paris, , FR, (10) Kuakini Medical Center and University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI Contact Email:     Session: TU - G-220 - Ultrasound Imaging Symposium - Quantitative Imaging and Measures Title: Quantitative Ultrasound Imaging of Tendon Deformation During Dynamic Loading Byline: D Thelen *, L Chernak, D Bunger, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI Contact Email:     Session: TU - E-220 - Ultrasound Imaging Symposium - Breast Imaging and Guidance of Interventions Title: Physical Principles for the Best Detection of Breast Cancer by Ultrasound Byline: K Kelly*, Savannah Oncology Center, Savannah, GA Contact Email:     Session: TU - A-224 - Therapy Educational Course - NIH Navigation and Grantsmanship Title: Practical Research Advice: NIH Navigation and Grantsmanship Byline: H Paganetti1 *, R Jeraj2 *, S Beddar3 (1) Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, (2) University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, (3) University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX Contact Email:     Session: TU - B-211 - Imaging Educational Course - Protection and Risk I Title: Patient Radiation Exposure Tracking Byline: M Rehani1 *, W Pavlicek2 *, (1) International Atomic Energy Agency, VIENNA, AT, (2) Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, Scottsdale, AZ Contact Email:     Session: TU - B-211 - Imaging Educational Course - Protection and Risk I Title: Patient Radiation Exposure Tracking Byline: W Pavlicek1 *, (1) Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, Scottsdale, AZ Contact Email:     Session: TU - C(SAM)-BRC - Therapy Educational Course - Imaging Acquisition, Processing and Display for Guiding and Adapting Radiotherapy Title: Multimodality Image Acquisition, Processing and Display for Guiding and Adapting Radiation Therapy Byline: M Kessler1 *, J Siewerdsen2 *, J Sonke3 *, (1) The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, (2) Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, (3) NKI - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, NL Contact Email:     Session: TU - E-BRA - Therapy Symposium - In Memoriam of Gail Adams How Should We Verify Complex Radiation Therapy Treatments? Title: Memorial to Gail Adams Byline: R Morin1 *, (1) Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL Contact Email:     Session: WE - C-301 - Practical Medical Physics - Overview of Accreditation Programs for Radiation Therapy Practices Title: Overview of Accreditation Programs for Radiation Oncology: ACR and ACRO Byline: C Sibata1 *, M Kuettel2 *, T Mian3 *,J Proctor4 (1) 21st Century Oncology, Fort Myers, FL, (2) Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, (3) Medical Radiation Physics, Scottsdale, AZ, (4)UPMC Cancer Centers, Pittsburgh, PA Contact Email:     Session: WE - E-301 - Practical Medical Physics - Emerging Technology Implementation of VMAT Title: Practical Tips for VMAT Implementation Byline: J Galvin1 *, F Yin2 *, Q Wu3 , Y Xiao4 , (1) Thomas Jefferson Univ Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, (2) Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, (3) Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, (4) Thomas Jefferson Univ Hospital, Philadelphia, PA Contact Email:     Session: WE - G-301 - Practical Medical Physics - Practical Concerns with Airport Whole-Body Security Scanners Title: Airport Security Imaging Systems: Design, Dose, Risks, and Quality Byline: J Moulder1 *, D Kassiday2 *, J Segraves3 *, D McMakin4 *, J Gray5 , (1) Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, (2) Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, (3) TSA Headquarters, Arlington, VA, (4) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, (5) , Steger, IL Contact Email:     Session: WE - C-224 - Professional Symposium - Medical Physics in Africa Title: The Clinical Medical Physics Situation in Africa Byline: T Ige1 *, R Nakatudde2 , A ibn Seddik3 , M Khaled4 , (1) National Hospital, ABUJA, FCT, NG, (2) Mulago Hospital, Kampala, , UG, (3) Hopital des Specialites Ono, Rabat, , MA, (4) Al-Azhar University Al-Hussein Hospital, Cairo, , EG Contact Email:     Session: WE - C-224 - Professional Symposium - Medical Physics in Africa Title: Medical Physics in Senegal: Status and Prospects Byline: P Gueye1 *, O Ka2 , M Diagne3 , (1) Hampton University, Hampton, VA, (2) Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Dakar, , SN, (3) Hopital Aristide le Dantec, Dakar, , SN Contact Email:     Session: WE - E-224 - Professional Symposium - Preparing for ABR Board Exams Title: Preparing for ABR Board Exams Byline: K Stump1 *, (1) Oncure Medical Corp., Santa Maria, CA Contact Email:     Session: WE - E-224 - Professional Symposium - Preparing for ABR Board Exams Title: Preparing for ABR Board Exams Byline: R Flynn,* University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA Contact Email:     Session: WE - E-224 - Professional Symposium - Preparing for ABR Board Exams Title: Preparing for the ABR Radiological Physics Oral Board Exam Byline: S Becker1 *, (1) NYU Medical Center, New York, NY Contact Email:     Session: WE - E-224 - Professional Symposium - Preparing for ABR Board Exams Title: Mental Preparation to Pass the ABR Board Certification in Radiological Physics Byline: E Stuller1 *, (1) Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, MD Contact Email:     Session: WE - E-BRA - Therapy Symposium - Outcome Modeling Including Quantec Title: Outcomes Modeling: General Review Byline: RK Ten Haken*, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Contact Email:     Session: WE - E-BRA - Therapy Symposium - Outcome Modeling Including Quantec Title: Methodological Issues and Key Results in the QUANTEC 2010 Review of Radiation-Induced Normal Tissue Toxicity Byline: J Deasy1 *, S Bentzen2 , L Constine3 , A Eisbruch4 , A Jackson1 , L Marks5 , R Ten Haken4 , E Yorke1 , (1) Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, (2) University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI, (3) University of Rochester, Rochester NY, NY, (4) Univ Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, (5) University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC Contact Email:     Session: WE - E-BRA - Therapy Symposium - Outcome Modeling Including Quantec Title: Therapy Symposium: A Clinician's View of Quantec Byline: L Marks1 *, R Ten Haken2 , E Yorke3 , S Bentzen4 , J Deasy5 , L Constine6 , A Jackson7 , A Eisbruch8 (1) University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, (2) University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, (3) Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, (4) University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI, (5) Washington Univ, Saint Louis, MO, (6) University of Rochester, Rochester NY, NY, (7) Mem Sloan-Kettering Cancer Ctr, New York, NY, (8) Univ Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan Contact Email:     Session: WE - A-BRC - Joint Imaging-Therapy Symposium - Improving Patient Safety in Radiation Therapy Title: Improving Patient Safety in Radiation Therapy Byline: E Ford1 *, B Fraass2 *, S Mutic3 *, P Dunscombe4 *, S Sutlief5 *, O Holmberg6 *, (1) Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, (2) Univ Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI, (3) Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, (4) Tom Baker Cancer Centre, Calgary, AB, CA, (5) VA Medical Center, Seattle, WA Contact Email:     Session: WE - A-224 - Therapy Educational Course - Implanted Target Surrogates for Radiation Treatment Verification Title: Educational Course Therapy: Implanted Target Surrogates for Radiation Treatment Verification Byline: Z Wang1 *, N Kothary2 , (1) Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, (2) Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA Contact Email:     Session: WE - B-224 - Therapy Educational Course - Cranial SRS/SRT Title: Cranial SRS/SRT Byline: K Yenice1 *, T Solberg2 *, (1) University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, (2) UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX Contact Email:     Session: WE - B-BRA - Therapy Educational Course - Therapy QA of Radiation Delivery Systems: TG-142 and Beyond Title: TG-142: Quality Assurance for Medical Accelerators Byline: E Klein1 *, (1) Washington University, Saint Louis, MO Contact Email:     Session: WE - B-BRA - Therapy Educational Course - Therapy QA of Radiation Delivery Systems: TG-142 and Beyond Title: QA of Helical Tomotherapy TG-148 Byline: K Langen1 *, N Papanikolaou2 , J Balog3 , R Crilly4 , D Followill5 , S Goddu6 , W Grant7 , G Olivera8 , C Ramsey9 , C Shi10 , (1) MD Anderson Cancer Center Orlando, Orlando, FL, (2) University of Texas HSC SA, San Antonio, TX, (3) , Rome, NY, (4) Rapid City Regional Hospital, Rapid City, SD, (5) UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, (6) Washington University, St. Louis, MO, (7) Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, (8) , Madison, WI, (9) Thompson Cancer Survival Center, Knoxville, TN, (10) St. Vincent''s Medical Center, Bridgetport, CT Contact Email:     Session: WE - B-BRA - Therapy Educational Course - Therapy QA of Radiation Delivery Systems: TG-142 and Beyond Title: TG135 - QA for Robotic Radiosurgery Byline: S Dieterich1 *, C Chuang2 , A Cohen3 , D Taylor4 , X Wu5 , J Garrett6 , J Lowenstein7 , C Lee8 , C Cavedon9 , C Yu10 , M D'Souza11 , (1) Stanford University Cancer Center, Stanford, CA, (2) UC San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, (3) Accuray Incorporated, Huntersville, NC, (4) Rocky Mountain Cyberknife Center, Boulder, CO, (5) Univ Miami, Miami, FL, (6) Mississippi Baptist Medical Center, Jackson, MS, (7) UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, (8) Radiation Medical Group, Inc., San Diego, CA, (9) Ospedale Di Vicenza, Vicenza, IT, (10) Univ Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, (11) St. Anthony Hospital, Oklahoma City, OK Contact Email:     Session: WE - C-BRA - Therapy Educational Symposium - Advanced Optical Imaging and Tracking Techniques in Image-guided Radiotherapy Title: Optical Imaging Techniques and Applications Byline: Jason Geng, IEEE ITSS, jason.geng@ieee.org Contact Email:     Session: WE - C-BRA - Therapy Educational Symposium - Advanced Optical Imaging and Tracking Techniques in Image-guided Radiotherapy Title: Toward Real-Time Optical Image-Guided Radiotherapy Byline: S Li1 *, (1) Temple University Hospital, Phila., PA Contact Email:     Session: WE - C-BRA - Therapy Educational Symposium - Advanced Optical Imaging and Tracking Techniques in Image-guided Radiotherapy Title: Acceptance Testing and Commissioning of a Commercial 3D Surface Matching Video System Byline: HA Al-Hallaq1 *, (1) The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL Contact Email:     Session: WE - C-BRA - Therapy Educational Symposium - Advanced Optical Imaging and Tracking Techniques in Image-guided Radiotherapy Title: Left Breast Deep Inspiration Breath Hold Treatment Based On 3D Surface Matching Byline: X Tang*, J Lian, S Chang, Z Xu, J Halle, E Jones, L Marks, Univ North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC Contact Email:     Session: WE - G-BRB - Therapy Symposium - Safety and QA for SRS/SBRT Title: Safety and Quality Assurance in SRS and SBRT Byline: D Jaffray1 *, S Benedict2 *, T Solberg3 *, (1) Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, ON, CA, (2) University of Virginia Health Systems, Charlottesville, VA, (3) UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX Contact Email:     Session: WE - E-214 - Joint Imaging-Therapy Symposium - Targeted Radionuclide Therapy Title: Targeted Radionuclide Therapy Byline: E Frey1 *, (1) Johns Hopkins Univ, Baltimore, MD Contact Email:     Session: WE - E-214 - Joint Imaging-Therapy Symposium - Targeted Radionuclide Therapy Title: Dose Response Modeling for Targeted Radiotherapies Byline: P Roberson1 *, (1) Univ Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Contact Email:     Session: WE - E-214 - Joint Imaging-Therapy Symposium - Targeted Radionuclide Therapy Title: Biology and Physiology of Targeted Radionuclide Therapy (TRT) Byline: L Williams1 *, (1) City of Hope Medical Center, Duarte, CA Contact Email:     Session: WE - A-214 - Imaging Educational Course -Teaching New ABR Title: Teaching Radiology Residents in the Era of the New ABR Exam Byline: E Nickoloff1 *, M Mahesh2 *, K Kanal3 *, P Heintz4 , W Hendee5 , M Rzeszotarski6 *, B Schueler7 , (1) Columbia Univ, New York, NY, (2) Johns Hopkins Univ, Baltimore, MD, (3) Univ Washington, Seattle, WA, (4) Univ New Mexico Radiology Dept., Albuquerque, NM, (5) , Rochester, MN, (6) MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, (7) Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN Contact Email:     Session: WE - C(SAM)-211 - Imaging Educational Course - MRI III + IV Title: Physics of MR Safety Byline: R Stafford1 *, (1) UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX Contact Email:     Session: WE - C(SAM)-211 - Imaging Educational Course - MRI III + IV Title: Magnetic Resonance Safety Guidelines: Update, 2011 Byline: E Kanal1 *, (1) University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA Contact Email:     Session: WE - C(SAM)-BRC - Therapy Educational Course - Quality Management Systems in Radiotherapy Title: Quality Management Systems in Radiotherapy: Making Treatments Safer Byline: E Ford1 *, S Mutic2 *, (1) Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, (2) Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO Contact Email:     Session: WE - A-211 - Imaging Symposium - A Critical Analysis of Radiation Risks in Diagnostic Radiology Title: Biology Versus Epidemiology: The Need for An Integrated Model of Radiation Risk Byline: Richard Vetter1 *, (1) Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN Contact Email:     Session: WE - A-211 - Imaging Symposium - A Critical Analysis of Radiation Risks in Diagnostic Radiology Title: An Analysis of Recent Literature Regarding Radiation Risk Byline: L Wagner1 *, J Boice2 , (1) UT Medical School, Houston, TX, (2) International Epidemiology Institute, Rockville, MD Contact Email:     Session: WE - G-224 - History Symposium - Historical Aspects of Brachytherapy Title: History Symposium - Historical Aspects of Brachytherapy Byline: L Rothenberg1 *, B Hilaris2 *, J St. Germain3 *, (1) Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, (2) New York Medical College, (3) Mem Sloan-Kettering Cancer Ctr, New York, NY Contact Email:     Session: WE - B-110 - Imaging Educational Course - Informatics III Title: Application of Medical Informatics to Patient Dose Management in Interventional Radiology Byline: W Pavlicek1 *, (1) Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, Scottsdale, AZ Contact Email:     Session: WE - B-110 - Imaging Educational Course - Informatics III Title: Diagnostic Exposure Tracking in the Medical Record Byline: JA Seibert1 *, (1) UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA Contact Email:     Session: WE - E-110 - Imaging Educational Course - Image Reconstruction III Title: Optimization of Image Acquisition and Reconstruction in Multi-Slice CT Byline: L Yu *, C McCollough, S Leng, J Kofler, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN Contact Email:     Session: WE - B-214 - Imaging Educational Course - Dose III Title: CT Dose Reduction Strategies Byline: M Mahesh1 *, (1) Johns Hopkins Univ, Baltimore, MD Contact Email:     Session: WE - B-214 - Imaging Educational Course - Dose III Title: Radiation Safety for Staff in Fluoroscopy Suites Byline: B Schueler1 *, (1) Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN Contact Email:     Session: WE - A-110 - Imaging Educational Course - Radiography III Title: Understanding Exposure and Deviation Indices Byline: D Leong1 *, S Shepard2 *, M Butler3 , (1) Analogic Corporation, Peabody, MA, (2) UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, (3) University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, IE Contact Email:     Session: WE - G-220 - Ultrasound Therapy Symposium - Treatment Strategies, Modeling, Control, and Assessment Title: Thermal Dosimetry Issues in Thermal Therapy Byline: R Stafford1 *, (1) UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX Contact Email:     Session: WE - G-220 - Ultrasound Therapy Symposium - Treatment Strategies, Modeling, Control, and Assessment Title: Computational Modeling of High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Mediated Drug Delivery Byline: D Haemmerich1 *, M Dreher2 , A Gasselhuber3 , (1) Medical Univ. of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, (2) NIH, Bethesda, MD, (3) Medical Univ. of South Carolina, Charleston, SC Contact Email:     Session: WE - A-220 - Ultrasound Therapy Symposium - Clinical Systems and Applications Title: Current Status of HIFU Therapy for Treatment of Benign and Malignant Tumors of the Abdomen, Pelvis and Bone Byline: J Hwang1 *, (1) University of Washington, Seattle, WA Contact Email:     Session: WE - A-220 - Ultrasound Therapy Symposium - Clinical Systems and Applications Title: Focused Ultrasound Treatment of Brain-Review Byline: M O'Reilly*, K Hynynen, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, CA Contact Email:     Session: WE - A-220 - Ultrasound Therapy Symposium - Clinical Systems and Applications Title: Ultrasound Technology for Prostate Thermal Therapies Byline: C Diederich1 *, (1) UC San Francisco, San Francisco, CA Contact Email:     Session: WE - B-220 - Ultrasound Therapy Symposium - Image Guidance and Assessment Title: Advances in MR for Guidance of US Therapy Byline: K Butts-Pauly1 *, E Kaye1 , A Holbrook1 , R Bitton1 , (1) Stanford University, Stanford, CA Contact Email:     Session: WE - B-220 - Ultrasound Therapy Symposium - Image Guidance and Assessment Title: Treatment of Localized Prostate Cancer Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Controlled Ultrasound Therapy Byline: R Chopra, Imaging Research, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Contact Email:     Session: WE - C-220 - Ultrasound Therapy Symposium - Advanced Technology and Implementation Title: Lessons Learned: Creating a Dedicated Focused Ultrasound Surgery Program Byline: D Schlesinger*, S Benedict, J Sheehan, J Larner, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA Contact Email:     Session: WE - C-220 - Ultrasound Therapy Symposium - Advanced Technology and Implementation Title: Development of a Miniature Ultrasonic Device for Conformal Cyclocoagulation : From Transducer Design to Early Clinical Trials Byline: C Lafon1 *, F Aptel1,2 , T Charrel1,2,3 , A Birer1 , F Chavrier1 , JY Chapelon1 , F Romano3 , P Denis2 , (1) INSERM, University of Lyon, Lyon, 69003, FR, (2) Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, 69000, FR, (3) EyeTechCare, Rillieux la Pape, 69140, FR Contact Email:     Session: WE - E-220 - Ultrasound Therapy Symposium - Novel Technologies & Therapeutic Strategies Title: Focused-Ultrasound Mediated Blood-Brain Barrier Disruption Byline: N McDannold1 *, (1) ,Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA Contact Email:     Session: WE - E-211 - Imaging Symposium - X-ray Phase Contrast & Phase Contrast CT Imaging Title: X-Ray Phase Sensitive Imaging Methods Byline: G Chen1 *, D Connor2 *, H Liu3 *, J Zambelli4 *, (1) University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, (2) Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, (3) Univ Oklahoma, Norman, OK, (4) University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI Contact Email:     Session: WE - E-220 - Ultrasound Therapy Symposium - Novel Technologies & Therapeutic Strategies Title: SonoKnife: Development, Testing and Treatment Planning Byline: E Moros1 *, R Xia2 , G Shafirstein3 , D Chen4 , X Chen5 , P Corry6 , R Griffin7 , (1) University of Arkansas for Medical Sci, Little Rock, AR, (2) University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, (3) Unversity of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, (4) University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, (5) University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, (6) University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, (7) University of Arkansas for Medical Science, Little Rock, AR Contact Email:     Session: WE - A-BRA - Therapy Educational Course - Commissioning and Implementation of New Equipment or Treatment Paradigms Title: Commissioning and Implementation of New Equipment Or Treatment Paradigms Byline: J Soen1 *, M Pankuch2 *, (1) Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn, IL, (2) CDH Procure Proton Therapy Center, Warrenville, IL Contact Email:     Session: WE - A-211 - Imaging Symposium - A Critical Analysis of Radiation Risks in Diagnostic Radiology Title: BEIR VII: What It Does and Doesn’t Say Byline: M O'Connor1 *, (1) Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN Contact Email:     Session: WE - F-110 - Imaging Educational Course - Protection and Risk II Title: Radiation & Cataract: A New Challenge Byline: M Rehani1 *, (1) International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, , AT Contact Email:     Session: WE - C-214 - Joint Imaging-Therapy Scientific Session - The John S. Laughlin Science Council Research Symposium: Science and Engineering for Patient Safety in Therapy and Diagnostic Medical Physics Title: Is Medical Radiation Safe? Can It Be Safer? Byline: W Hendee1 *, (1) , Rochester, MN Contact Email:     Session: WE - B-220 - Ultrasound Therapy Symposium - Image Guidance and Assessment Title: Ultrasound-Guided Techniques for HIFU Monitoring Byline: E Konofagou 1 *, (1) Columbia University, New York, NY Contact Email:     Session: TH - E-301 - Practical Medical Physics - The New ACR CT Accreditation Program Phantom Submission Process Title: The New ACR CT Accreditation Program: Phantom Submission Process Byline: D Pfeiffer1 , D Hernandez2 *, (1) Boulder Community Foothills Hospital, Boulder, CO, (2) , , Contact Email:     Session: TH - C-224 - Professional Symposium - Economic Focus: Practical Aspects Title: Reimbursement: Resources and Updates Byline: J Goodwin1 *, (1) Fletcher Allen Health Care, Burlington, VT Contact Email:     Session: TH - C-224 - Professional Symposium - Economic Focus: Practical Aspects Title: Economic Focus: Practical Aspects Byline: G White1 *, (1) Colorado Associates in Medical Physics, Colorado Springs, CO Contact Email:     Session: TH - C-224 - Professional Symposium - Economic Focus: Practical Aspects Title: Medical Physicist's Role in Coding , Billing and Electronic Recording Byline: F Bagne1 *, (1) , Bloomfield Hills, MI Contact Email:     Session: TH - E-224 - Professional Symposium - Role of Medical Physics in Federal and State Government Title: Role of Medical Physics in Federal and State Government Byline: D Fletcher1 *, R Rodgers2 *, O Suleiman3 *, J Winston4 *, S Keith5 *, D Gilley6 , (1) , Germantown, MD, (2) AFMOA/SG3PR, Arlington, VA, (3) Food & Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, (4) Radiological Physics, Inc., El Paso, TX, (5) , , , (6) State of Florida, Tallahassee, FL Contact Email:     Session: TH - E-BRA - Therapy Symposium - Mathematical Oncology: Multi-Scale Modeling of Tumor Growth, Microenvironment and Response to Therapy Title: Tumor Control, Probability of Cure, and All That Byline: M Zaider1 *, (1) Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Ctr., New York, NY Contact Email:     Session: TH - E-BRA - Therapy Symposium - Mathematical Oncology: Multi-Scale Modeling of Tumor Growth, Microenvironment and Response to Therapy Title: Therapy Symposium Byline: KR Swanson1 *, (1) University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA Contact Email:     Session: TH - E-BRA - Therapy Symposium - Mathematical Oncology: Multi-Scale Modeling of Tumor Growth, Microenvironment and Response to Therapy Title: Therapy Symposium Byline: R Gatenby1 *, (1) H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL Contact Email:     Session: TH - C-110 - Imaging Symposium - Quantitative CT Imaging and Analysis: Limitations of the CT Scanner as a Measurement Instrument Title: Current and Future Clinical Applications of Quantitative CT Byline: J Boone1 *, (1) UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA Contact Email:     Session: TH - C-110 - Imaging Symposium - Quantitative CT Imaging and Analysis: Limitations of the CT Scanner as a Measurement Instrument Title: Hybrid Calibration and Display of CT Images in the Gram Scale: Can We Ever Give Up the HU Unit? Byline: B Arnold1 *, (1) Image Analysis, Inc., Columbia, KY Contact Email:     Session: TH - C-110 - Imaging Symposium - Quantitative CT Imaging and Analysis: Limitations of the CT Scanner as a Measurement Instrument Title: Pitfalls and Remedies of MDCT Scanners as Quantitative Instruments Byline: J Hsieh1 *, (1) GE Healthcare Technologies, Waukesha, WI Contact Email:     Session: TH - C-110 - Imaging Symposium - Quantitative CT Imaging and Analysis: Limitations of the CT Scanner as a Measurement Instrument Title: Dual Energy CT Imaging for Density Measurements Byline: N Pelc1 *, (1) Stanford University, Stanford, CA Contact Email:     Session: TH - C-214 - Joint Imaging-Therapy Symposium - Molecular and Functional Imaging for Treatment Planning Title: Use of Functional and Molecular Imaging for Treatment Planning Byline: R Jeraj1 *, (1) University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI Contact Email:     Session: TH - C-214 - Joint Imaging-Therapy Symposium - Molecular and Functional Imaging for Treatment Planning Title: MRI for Radiation Treatment Planning Byline: Y Cao1 *, (1) The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Contact Email:     Session: TH - C-214 - Joint Imaging-Therapy Symposium - Molecular and Functional Imaging for Treatment Planning Title: The Good the Bad and the Ugly About Using PET for Treatment Planning?" Byline: D Visvikis1 *, (1) INSERM U650, LaTIM, Brest, France Contact Email:     Session: TH - C-214 - Joint Imaging-Therapy Symposium - Molecular and Functional Imaging for Treatment Planning Title: This House Believes That the Use of Functional Imaging for Treatment Planning of Head and Neck Tumors Needs to Be Carefully Considered Byline: V Gregoire1 *, X Geets2 , J Lee3 , (1, 2, 3) Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Brussels, BE Contact Email:     Session: TH - E-214 - Joint Imaging-Therapy Symposium - Nano-Technology Applications in Radiation Oncology Title: Physical Perspective On Radiation Response Modulation of Tumors with Gold Nanoparticles Byline: S Cho1 *, (1) Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA Contact Email:     Session: TH - E-214 - Joint Imaging-Therapy Symposium - Nano-Technology Applications in Radiation Oncology Title: Nanomedicine: Background of a Small Field and Examples with CNDs and HPGs Byline: BC Cancer Agency (BCCA)-Vancouver Centre, and the University of British Columbia (UBC) Contact Email:     Session: TH - E-214 - Joint Imaging-Therapy Symposium - Nano-Technology Applications in Radiation Oncology Title: Converging Physical and Biological Strategies for Radiation Sensitization of Tumors Using Nanoparticles Byline: S Krishnan1 *, (1)  MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX Contact Email:     Session: TH - E-214 - Joint Imaging-Therapy Symposium - Nano-Technology Applications in Radiation Oncology Title: Magnetic Nanoparticle Biomarkers in Thermal Therapy and Screening Byline: J Weaver1 *, (1) Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH Contact Email:     Session: TH - A-224 - Therapy Educational Course - Automated Segmentation Through Deformable Registration Title: Atlas Based Auto-Segmentation Based On Deformable Image Registration Byline: L Dong *, J Yang, Y Zhang, L Zhang. UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX Contact Email:     Session: TH - B-224 - Therapy Educational Course - PET Imaging for Radiation Treatment Planning and Therapy Response Assessment Title: PET Imaging of Tumor Microenvironment for Radiation Treatment Planning Byline: A Pugachev1 *, (1) Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA Contact Email:     Session: TH - B-224 - Therapy Educational Course - PET Imaging for Radiation Treatment Planning and Therapy Response Assessment Title: PET Image Segmentation for Radiation Therapy Byline: A Kirov*, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY Contact Email:     Session: TH - B-224 - Therapy Educational Course - PET Imaging for Radiation Treatment Planning and Therapy Response Assessment Title: FDG for Dose Painting: A Rational Choice Byline: P Lambin1 *, (1) MAASTRO, NL Contact Email:     Session: TH - B-BRA - Therapy Educational Course - Late Effects from Radiation Therapy, Secondary Cancers and Cardiac Toxcicity Title: Late Effects From Radiation Therapy, Second Cancers and Cardiac Toxicity Byline: R Howell1 *, W Newhauser2 *, (1) MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, (2) MD Anderson Cancer Ctr., Houston, TX Contact Email:     Session: TH - B-BRB - Therapy Educational Course - HDR Brachytherapy Including Commissioning and Quality Assurance for HDR Applicators Title: HDR Brachytherapy Commissioning and Quality Assurance for HDR Remote Afterloader, Source Exchange, Applicators Byline: S Pella1 *, M McKee2 *, M Chilukuri3 *, (1) Wellington Regional Cancer Center, West Palm Beach, FL, (2) Wake Forest Univ School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, (3) University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL Contact Email:     Session: TH - B-BRB - Therapy Educational Course - HDR Brachytherapy Including Commissioning and Quality Assurance for HDR Applicators Title: HDR Brachytherapy Commissioning and Quality Assurance for HDR Remote Afterloader, Source Exchange, Applicators Byline: M McKee1 *, (1) Wake Forest Univ School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC Contact Email:     Session: TH - C-301 - Practical Medical Physics - Review of Radiation Detectors for Diagnostic Radiology Title: Accuracy and Utility of Diagnostic Ionization Dosimeters Byline: L Wagner1 *, (1) UT Medical School, Houston, TX Contact Email:     Session: TH - C-301 - Practical Medical Physics - Review of Radiation Detectors for Diagnostic Radiology Title: Advanced Portable Radiation Instruments of Diagnostic Imaging QC Byline: D Jordan1 *, (1) West Physics Consulting, Atlanta, GA Contact Email:     Session: TH - C-301 - Practical Medical Physics - Review of Radiation Detectors for Diagnostic Radiology Title: Utilization of MOSFET Dosimeters for Clinical Measurements in Radiology Byline: D Hintenlang1 *, (1) Univ Florida, Gainesville, FL Contact Email:     Session: TH - C-301 - Practical Medical Physics - Review of Radiation Detectors for Diagnostic Radiology Title: Optically Stimulated Luminescent Dosimeters (OSLDs) and Thermoluminescence Dosimeters (TLDs) Byline: Z Lu1*, W Feng2 , C Yahnke3, (1) Columbia Univ, Radiology Dept, (2) Columbia Univ, Radiation Oncology Dept, New York, NY, (3) Landauer, Inc., Glenwood, IL Contact Email:     Session: TH - C-301 - Practical Medical Physics - Review of Radiation Detectors for Diagnostic Radiology Title: Practical Medical Physics Session Byline: D Lewis1 *, (1) International Specialty Products, Wayne, NJ Contact Email:     Session: TH - C-BRA - Therapy Symposium - The Present and Future of Online Adaptive Radiotherapy Title: Online Adaptive Radiotherapy: Technical Barriers and Potential Solutions Byline: S Jiang *, X Gu , X Jia , C Men, Q Gautier, A Uribe-Sanchez, L Mell, A Mundt, University of California San Deigo, La Jolla, CA Contact Email:     Session: TH - C-BRA - Therapy Symposium - The Present and Future of Online Adaptive Radiotherapy Title: Online Adaptive Radiotherapy: Are We Ready? Byline: L Dong*, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX Contact Email:     Session: TH - C-BRA - Therapy Symposium - The Present and Future of Online Adaptive Radiotherapy Title: Online Adaptive Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer: Clinical Implementation and Initial Experience Byline: XA Li, E Ahunbay, C Peng, G Chen, F Liu, C Lawton, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI Contact Email:     Session: TH - C-BRA - Therapy Symposium - The Present and Future of Online Adaptive Radiotherapy Title: Adaptive Image-Guided Radiation Therapy: A Physician’s PerspectiveTherapy Symposium Byline: A Mundt1 *, (1) University of California - San Diego, La Jolla, CA Contact Email:     Session: TH - A(SAM)-BRC - Therapy Educational Course - SBRT Title: Physics and Dosimetry of SBRT Byline: M Miften1 *, B Kavanagh1 *, N Agazaryan2 *, (1) Univ. of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO, (2) UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA Contact Email:     Session: TH - A(SAM)-211 - Imaging Educational Course - Radionuclides III + IV Title: Absorbed Dose Estimation with Internal Emitters Byline: L Williams1 *, (1) City of Hope Medical Center, Duarte, CA Contact Email:     Session: TH - A(SAM)-211 - Imaging Educational Course - Radionuclides III + IV Title: Yttrium-90 Microsphere Therapy Planning and Dose Calculations Byline: S C Kappadath1 *, (1) UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX Contact Email:     Session: TH - A-BRA - Therapy Educational Course - Review of the Radiobiological Principles of Radiotherapy and Radiation Protection Title: Review of the Radiobiological Principles of Radiotherapy Byline: C Orton1 *, (1) Wayne State University, Grosse Pointe, MI Contact Email:     Session: TH - A-BRA - Therapy Educational Course - Review of the Radiobiological Principles of Radiotherapy and Radiation Protection Title: Review of the Radiobiological Principles of Radiation Protection Byline: C Borras1 *, (1) , Washington, DC Contact Email:     Session: TH - B-110 - Imaging Educational Course - Informatics IV Title: Informatics in Radiation Oncology Byline: R Siochi1 *, (1) University Of Iowa, Iowa City, IA Contact Email:     Session: TH - B-110 - Imaging Educational Course - Informatics IV Title: Maintaining Safety and Quality for Electronic Medical Records in Radiation Oncology Byline: S Dieterich1 *, (1) Stanford University Cancer Center, Stanford, CA Contact Email:     Session: TH - B-301 - Imaging Educational Course - Breast Imaging IV Title: FFDM Quality Control Testing in Canada - a Vendor-Neutral Approach Byline: R Rajapakshe1 *, (1) British Columbia Cancer Agency, Kelowna, BC, CA Contact Email:     Session: TH - A-301 - Imaging Educational Course - Dose IV Title: Managing Pediatric CT Patient Doses Byline: K Strauss1 , (1) , Wrentham, MA Contact Email:     Session: TH - A-110 - Imaging Educational Course - Radiography IV Title: Digital Projection X-Ray Detectors: A Review of Current Technology and Commercial Landscape Byline: J Yorkston1 *, E Gingold2 *, (1) Carestream Health, Inc, Rochester, NY, (2) Thomas Jefferson Univ Hospital, Philadelphia, PA Contact Email:     Session: TH - A-224 - Therapy Educational Course - Automated Segmentation Through Deformable Registration Title: Automated Segmentation Through Deformable Registration Byline: E Schreibmann1 *, (1) Emory University, Atlanta, GA Contact Email:     Session: TH - A-224 - Therapy Educational Course - Automated Segmentation Through Deformable Registration Title: Atlas-Based Auto-Segmentation of CT Images for Radiotherapy Planning Byline: X Han1 *, (1) Elekta Inc., Maryland Heights, MO Contact Email:     Session: TH - A-BRB - Therapy Educational Course - Prostate Brachytherapy Quality Assurance and Treatment Evaluation Title: Low Dose Rate Prostate Brachytherapy Quality Assurance and Treatment Evaluation Byline: W Butler1 *, Z Chen2 *, (1) Wheeling Hospital, Wheeling, WV, (2) Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT Contact Email:     Session: TH - C-211 - Imaging Educational Course - Protection and Risk III & IV Title: International Perspectives On Radiation Protection Byline: M Rehani1 *, O Suleiman2 *, R Rajapakshe3 *, (1) International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, , AT, (2) Food & Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, (3) British Columbia Cancer Agency, Kelowna, BC, CA Contact Email: