Physics Review Courses
AAPM Physics Review Courses
CEC Evaluation System is now closed. Credits will be posted by August 27, 2014.
Saturday, July 19 • 8:00am - 6:00pm
Sunday, July 20 • 7:30am - 12:15pm
$195
$100 for students with student I.D.
See course outlines below:
Diagnostic Physics will take place in Room 12AB, Level 4, Austin Convention Center
Radiation Therapy Physics will take place in Room 9ABC, Level 3, Austin Convention Center
Saturday, July 19 • 1:15pm - 5:30pm / dinner on your own / 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Nuclear Medicine will take place in
Room 12AB, Level 4, Austin Convention Center
$115 for Nuclear Medicine Review Course (only); $100 for students with student I.D.
$250 for Nuclear Medicine plus Diagnostic Physics Review; $200 for students with student I.D.
The courses provide a good review of medical physics for physicists entering the specialty, physicists in need of continuing education credits, and physicists who would benefit from a refresher course taught by experts in the field. New This Year: All learning materials will be provided to registrants on a thumb drive; no paper handouts. The courses will be held concurrently on Saturday and Sunday.
The review courses will be submitted to the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics Education Programs, Inc. (CAMPEP) for MPCEC Credits. Refer to the tabs below for credit offerings.
AAPM Diagnostic Review Course, Room 12AB, level 4, Austin Convention Center
Course Director: Thaddeus Wilson |
| Saturday, July 19 |
| 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 |
Frank Dong |
| 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 |
Patient and Fetal Dose |
Lou Wagner |
| Sunday, July 20 |
| 7:00am - 7:30am |
Continental Breakfast |
| 7:30am - 9:00am |
MRI Resonance Imaging Principles and Quality Characteristics |
Ed Jackson |
| 9:00am - 10:00am |
Informatics Essentials for the Medical Physicist |
Tony Seibert |
| 10:00am - 10:15am |
Morning Break |
| 10:15am - 11:15am |
Fluoroscopic Image Quality |
Kyle Jones |
| 11:15am - 12:15pm |
Diagnostic X-Ray Equipment Testing |
George David |
AAPM Therapy Review Course, Room 9ABC, Level 3, Austin Convention Center
Course Director: Charlie Ma |
| Saturday, July 19 |
| 7:30am - 8:00am |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00am - 8:50am |
X-Ray Treatment Planning I: Fundamentals |
Colin G. Orton |
| 8:50am - 9:50am |
X-Ray Treatment Planning II: Computer-based Planning; Comparison of Rival Treatment Plans |
Colin G. Orton |
| 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 20 |
| 7:30am - 8:00am |
Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00am - 8:50am |
Radiation Protection in Radiotherapy |
Arthur L. Boyer |
| 8:50am - 9:40am |
Anatomy and Imaging in 3-D Treatment Planning |
Arthur L. Boyer |
| 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 |
AAPM Nuclear Medicine Review Course, Room 12AB, Level 4, Austin Convention Center
Course Director: Thaddeus Wilson |
| Saturday, July 19 |
| 1:15pm – 2:15pm |
CT Technology & Dosimetry |
Frank Dong |
| 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 |
Patient and Fetal Dose |
Lou Wagner |
Dinner on your own |
| 7:00pm - 8:00pm |
Radionuclides, Radiopharmaceuticals,Radiation Detection and Measurement |
Mark Madsen |
| 8:00pm - 9:00pm |
Gamma Camera Physics & Technology |
Sharon White |
| 9:00pm - 10:00pm |
PET/SPECT Physics & Technology |
Fred Fahey |
