Physics Review Courses
AAPM Physics Review Courses
Saturday, July 30 • 8:00am - 6:00pm
Sunday, July 31 • 7:30am - 12:15pm
$195
$100 for students with student I.D.
Two courses will be offered; see course outlines below:
Diagnostic Physics will take place in Room 121, Vancouver Convention Centre
Radiation Therapy Physics will take place in Room 118, Vancouver Convention Centre
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.
The AAPM will apply to the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics Education Programs, Inc. (CAMPEP) MPCEC credits for the review courses.
AAPM Diagnostic Review Course, Room 121, Vancouver Convention Centre
Course Director: ThadDeus wilson |
| Saturday, July 30, 2011 |
| 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 |
Medical Physics Issues in Mammography |
Jerry Allison |
| 10:45am – 11:45am |
Ultrasound Physics & Technology |
Thaddeus Wilson |
| 11:45am - 1:15pm |
Lunch on your own |
| 1:15pm – 2:15pm |
CT Technology & Dosimetry |
Sharon White |
| 2:15pm - 3:15pm |
Radiation Shielding Design |
Doug Simpkin |
| 3:15pm - 3:30pm |
Afternoon Break |
| 3:30pm - 4:30pm |
Hospital Radiation Protection |
Doug Simpkin |
| 4:30pm - 5:30pm |
Diagnostic X-Ray Equipment Testing |
George David |
| Sunday, July 31, 2011 |
| 7:00am - 7:30am |
Continental Breakfast |
| 7:30am - 9:00am |
MRI Resonance Imaging Principles and Quality Characteristics |
Perry Sprawls |
| 9:00am - 10:00am |
Fetal Dose Calculations |
Mark Rzeszotarski |
| 10:00am - 10:15am |
Morning Break |
| 10:15am - 11:15am |
Fluoroscopic Image Quality |
Phillip Rauch |
| 11:15am - 12:15pm |
Informatics Essentials for the Medical Physicist |
Michael J. Flynn |
AAPM Therapy Review Course, Room 118, Vancouver Convention Centre
Course Director: Gary Luxton |
| Saturday, July 30, 2011 |
| 7:30am - 8:00am |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00am - 8:50am |
Radiation Protection in Radiotherapy |
Arthur L. Boyer |
| 8:50am - 9:50am |
Anatomy and Imaging in 3-D Treatment Planning |
Arthur L. Boyer |
| 9:50am - 10:10am |
Morning Break |
| 10:10am – 11:00am |
X-Ray and Electron Interactions in Water and Tissue |
Paul M. DeLuca |
| 11:00am – 11:50am |
Nuclear Particles in Radiotherapy: Radioactivity; Hadron Beam Therapy |
Gary Luxton |
| 11:50 am - 1:15pm |
Lunch on your own |
| 1:15pm – 2:05pm |
Radiation Generators for External Beam Radiotherapy |
Peter J. Biggs |
| 2:05pm - 2:55pm |
Measurement of Radiation |
Chang Ming Charlie Ma |
| 2:55pm - 3:05pm |
Afternoon Break |
| 3:05pm - 3:55pm |
Brachytherapy Sources: Dosimetry and Quality Assurance |
Jeffrey F. Williamson |
| 3:55pm - 4:45pm |
Basic Principles of Radiation Therapy Shielding Design |
Peter J. Biggs |
| 4:45pm - 5:00pm |
Afternoon Break |
|
| 5:00pm - 5:50pm |
Radiotherapy Treatment Delivery: from Manual Treatment to Computer Control and IMRT |
Benedick A. Fraass |
| Sunday, July 31, 2011 |
| 7:30am - 8:00am |
Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00am - 8:50am |
X-Ray Treatment Planning I: Fundamentals |
Colin G. Orton |
| 8:50am - 9:40am |
X-Ray Treatment Planning II: Computer-based Planning; Comparison of Rival Treatment Plans |
Colin G. Orton |
| 9:40am - 10:10am |
Morning Break |
| 10:10am - 11:00am |
Treatment Planning: Clinical Electrons |
John A. Antolak |
| 11:00am - 11:55am |
Treatment Planning: Brachytherapy |
Bruce R. Thomadsen |
