Program Information
Science, Educational and Professional Program
Society Oriented Sessions - Make Plans to Attend
- New Member Symposium
- Society of Directors of Academic Medical Physics Programs (Annual Meeting and Business Meeting)
- Annual Business and Town Hall Meeting
Program Information
New for the 2015 Program:
- Special 3-Day Program on Ultrasound (Monday - Wednesday, July 13-15)
- Carson-Zagzebski Distinguished Lectureship on Medical Ultrasound: Dr. Mickael Tanter, PhD, from the Institut Langevin, École Supérieure de Physiqueet de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris, will provide an overview regarding ultrafast ultrasound imaging-current applications and changes to the future paradigm of diagnostic imaging and real time guidance of therapy/intervention.
- 2015 MRgRT Certificate of Completion Course: A day-long track on MR guided Radiation Therapy (includes 4 SAMs sessions!)
- Joint scientific symposium with the World Molecular Imaging Society – Linking Pre-Clinical and Clinical Trials: Co-Clinical Trials
- Joint scientific symposium with ESTRO – Imaging Markers for Assessment of Treatment Response
MRgRT Mini-Track and 2015 Certificate of Completion Course (includes 4 SAMs sessions)
Wednesday of the meeting (July 15) will include a day-long “Mini-Track” on the topic of Magnetic Resonance guided Radiation Therapy (MRgRT). This mini-track, open to all registrants, will focus on advancing the knowledge of medical physicists related to the use of MRI in radiation therapy. The mini-track will consist of 5 sessions (2 educational SAMs sessions, 2 scientific SAMs symposia and 1 session of proffered papers) which provide basic education as well as a survey of emerging and advanced concepts. All those who register for the AAPM meeting (weekly or Wednesday daily) will have access to these sessions as usual.
The MRgRT mini-track will also serve as the inaugural certificate of completion course at this year’s meeting, which provides an in-depth review of a particular topic with verification of learning objectives through on-line homework. Attendees may enroll in the certificate of completion program for an additional fee. Enrollment in the program entitles participants to dedicated seating in the mini-track sessions as well as additional online materials. Following the meeting, certificate of completion program participants will be required to take an online examination which covers the material presented throughout the day-long mini-track. Enrollees who demonstrate satisfactory attendance at the course and successful completion of the on-line examination (available after the meeting) will receive a framed certificate of completion for this course.
Please note: Four of the five sessions comprising the MRgRT Certificate of Completion Course will be Self Assessment Modules (SAMs) sessions. Registrants in the Course will be provided a COMPLIMENTARY ARU to be used in any SAMs sessions throughout the week or single day of course.
Partners in Solutions
Partners in Solutions continues for its second year, offering a new way for physicists to interact with and learn from our vendors. Vendors will provide physics-level applications training classes in a special-purpose lecture room located on the exhibit floor. These are not sales pitches, but practical information for the clinical physicist from the people who know their systems in depth.
Topics for this year are:
Imaging: Tools for Collecting and Analyzing Patient Dose Metric Information from Imaging Equipment
Therapy: Deformable Image Registration, Contour Propagation, and Dose Mapping
Look for the Partners In Solutions sessions on the meeting program. CE credit will be offered. Come learn with us!
The following topics will be offered during the meeting:
Special 3-Day Program on Ultrasound
This biennial 2015 track highlights recent advances in ultrasound for diagnostic imaging, ultrasound for guidance and control of radiation therapy, and therapeutic ultrasound such as MR guided HIFU. These ultrasound symposia and scientific sessions have been allocated as one of the parallel track options to be held on Monday through Wednesday. Day 1 will highlight advances of ultrasound imaging technology applied to guiding and planning external beam radiation therapy and brachytherapy. Day 2 covers image guided therapeutic ultrasound, with clinical sessions covering HIFU in oncology and neurology, treatment planning, therapy monitoring, and innovative directions of therapeutic ultrasound for hyperthermia, thermal ablation, enhanced radiotherapy, targeted drug delivery, and immunotherapies. Day 3 brings together advances in diagnostic imaging, innovations in breast ultrasound imaging, contrast agents and theranostics, and includes the newly established Carson-Zagzebski Distinguished Lectureship on Medical Ultrasound. Each daily track begins with an Educational Session related to the subsequent scientific sessions: a two hour hands on ultrasound workshop to highlight US imaging and therapy systems; a primer on Image-guided High-Intensity Ultrasound (HIFU) therapies; and a primer on QA for diagnostic ultrasound. Abstract submission categories specific to these areas of ultrasound imaging and therapy will be listed, and a selection of proffered abstracts will be incorporated within these sessions- submission of relevant abstracts is encouraged.
Imaging Track
The 2015 Imaging Track highlights ongoing research and advances in Medical Physics. These include: iterative reconstruction in CT from the perspective of system manufacturers, advances in PET/MRI technology, advances in cone-beam CT for cardiac, brain, orthopedics and breast imaging, emerging x-ray imaging applications including x-ray phase contrast imaging, spectral CT and x-ray fluorescence imaging, advances in breast imaging, the role of Medical Physicist in lung cancer screening, and the joint symposium with World Molecular Imaging Society on linking pre-clinical and clinical trials. These sessions will explore the state of the art and also new frontiers in imaging.
Therapy Track
The 2015 Therapy Track will showcase the current hot topics in therapy physics with the theme of “reinvigorating scientific excellence”. Invited symposia will be presented on the following topics: mathematical models for heterogeneity of response, new physics applications in radiobiology, a review of NIH-funded research in therapy physics, and clinical trials for proton/particle therapy (including a debate), among other topics. At this year’s meeting several symposia will be presented jointly with the educational program. That is, back-to-back invited sessions which first present the well-established aspects of a topic (education) followed by new emerging advancements (science). Look for these coordinated presentations in the program on the following topics: automatic and knowledge-based treatment planning, and safety and quality assurance. Finally, this year’s scientific program will include fantastic cutting edge research presented in more than 27 proffered sessions in the therapy scientific track alone.
Joint Imaging-Therapy Track
The 2015 Joint Imaging-Therapy Track will feature exciting topics highlighting the latest science incorporating imaging for improving therapeutic interventions. In addition to over 30 hours of proffered sessions, this track will include invited symposia covering the following topics: in-treatment imaging, including MR-guided radiation therapy (see above); computational phantoms; the emerging fields of “radiomics” and “radio-genomics”; nanotechnology and other cutting-edge science straddling the disciplines of mathematics, physics and biology; and innovations in imaging therapy response, co-sponsored by ESTRO and AAPM. As in all of the tracks below, several of the scientific symposia are expected to offer SAM credits for those participating in the ABR’s MOC program who don’t want to miss out on hearing the latest science in imaging and therapy.
Educational Course - Imaging Track
The 2015 Imaging Education Track will feature a total of seventeen educational sessions, including 26 hours of SAM sessions. The program will be focused on meeting the continuing education requirements of our membership at various stages of professional development, with several sessions featuring coupled “basics-to-advanced” topics, including nuclear medicine and MR. CT lung cancer screening will also be offered as a two part series in conjunction with the Imaging Scientific Program. Several cross-modality sessions will be offered, including pediatric imaging, radiographic anatomy, Medical Physics 2.0, and ACR accreditation updates for various modalities. Other areas to be covered include breast tomosynthesis, MR safety, mobile viewing devices, and information security of imaging systems.
Educational Course - Therapy Track
The 2015 Therapy Education track will feature a total of 35 hours of educational sessions designed to meet the diverse interests of our membership, with the majority of sessions being SAM sessions. The program will include topics in SRS/SBRT, IGRT, brachytherapy, proton therapy, quality assurance, motion management, radiobiology, and safety. Highlighted topics for this year include a session on “Medical Physics and Bioengineering response to the Global Task Force on Radiotherapy for Cancer Control (GTFRCC)”, a series of sessions on TG-100 and Incident Learning systems, and a session titled, “The Aftermath of TG-142”. New sessions on “measurement and calculation of doses outside the treatment volume” as well as “calibration standards and protocols for beam modalities other than MV photons” will be presented. Returning popular topics will include small-field dosimetry, deformable image registration, treatment planning optimization, and proton therapy.
Continuing the tradition from the last several meetings, there will be a live point-counter point debate; this year the merits and limitations of biological dose optimization will be the focus.
Practical Medical Physics Track
The Practical Medical Physics Track offers presentations of use and interest to the practicing medical physicist. Topics for 2015 include: effective presentation skills; commissioning and QA for treatment planning systems; specification and selection of imaging equipment for radiation oncology; eye lens dosimetry; practical statistics; informatics; and an update on medical physics issues for Radiation Safety Officers.
Professional Track
The Professional Track continues to grow in depth and breadth to keep our members abreast of the latest professionally-related developments. Topics this year cover clinical, research, management, finance and other aspects of our profession. Also returning this year are sessions on ABR exam preparation. A major them within the Professional Track this year involves various aspects of management; to include supporting degrees (MBA, MHA); communicating with staff, physicians, and administrators; supervision of QMP and non-QMP physicists as well as other clinical staff. Plans are being made for at least one session to provide SAMS credit. Information on various international organizations will also be presented; IAEA, etc. The Professional Track will again have a proffered paper session in 2015.
Science Council Session
Topic: Radiomics / Imaging Genomics
The Science Council Session includes proffered abstracts on a topic at the cutting-edge of medical physics research, presented in a special, high-visibility proffered oral session. For the 2015 Annual Meeting, the Scientific Program invites abstract submissions on “Radiomics and Imaging Genomics,” emphasizing research in computational extraction of quantitative image features/phenotypes, statistical analysis of image data including robustness assessment, association to other measures of disease progression, treatment response, patient outcome, and/or genomic status, and harmonization techniques across systems and populations. Example areas of research include (but are not limited to):
- Assessment and validation of computationally-extracted quantitative, image-based phenotypes in relation to cancer (e.g., lung or breast cancer) or other diseases, and association to disease progression, treatment response, patient outcome, and/or genomic status.
- The effect of image quality and consistency in image acquisition / processing techniques on the reproducibility and validity of image-based phenotypes, yielding potential methods for standardization/harmonization.
- The development of large-scale image data sets in support of radiomic / radiogenomic studies.
Criteria for abstract evaluation include the novelty of the research, the emphasis on quantitative statistical analysis of images and correlation/association to disease pathogenesis, and the potential impact / significance in diagnosis or therapy.
Innovation in Medical Physics Education
The Education Council of the AAPM is sponsoring a session to honor and publicize Innovation in Medical Physics Education. AAPM members are invited to submit an abstract describing innovative medical physics educational activities for radiology residents, radiation oncology residents, medical physicists, technologists or others. The abstract can describe novel teaching strategies such as team teaching or adult learning efforts, novel educational materials such as lectures, websites, educational videos or interactive media, novel program designs, or other innovations. Submissions will be judged on the following criteria: the level of innovation, the potential for educational use, the extent to which the innovation has already been implemented and assessed, and how readily the innovation could be implemented or used at a variety of other institutions.
The top six submissions will be invited to present their abstracts at the session during the Annual Meeting. Each speaker will be allocated 15 minutes. The top presenting abstract will be announced at the Awards Ceremony during the Annual Meeting and presented a plaque and a $2,000 prize. The Award for Innovation in Medical Physics Education is made possible by a generous bequest of Harold Marcus.
How the Meeting is Organized
The numbering scheme encodes the day, time block, room assignment and talk number in the abstract presentation code. The organization for each day (Monday - Thursday) is shown in the table below. Times and Rooms vary on Sunday and Thursday. For example, on Monday:
MO - C – 303A - 1
Day of Week (SU - TH) - Time Block (A - G) - Room Assignment - Talk Number
| TIME BLOCK | SESSION ROOMS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 213 | 304 | BRD | BRB | BRA | 303 | 204 | 207 | 201 | 210 | |
| Block A 7:30 - 8:25 |
A-213 | A-304 | A-BRD | A-BRB | A-BRA | A-303 | A-204 | A-207 | A-201 | A-210 |
| Block B 8:30 – 9:30 |
B-213 | B-304 | B-BRD | B-BRB | B-BRA | B-303 | B-204 | B-207 | B-201 | B-210 |
| Break 9:30 – 10:15 | ||||||||||
| Block C 10:15 - 11:10 |
C-213 | C-304 | C-BRD | C-BRB | C-BRA | C-303 | C-204 | C-207 | C-201 | C-210 |
| Block D 11:15 - 12:15 |
D-213 | D-304 | D-BRD | D-BRB | D-BRA | D-303 | D-204 | D-207 | D-201 | D-210 |
| Lunch + Visit the Technical Exhibits 12:15 – 1:45 | ||||||||||
| Block E 1:45 - 2:40 |
E-213 | E-304 | E-BRD | E-BRB | E-BRA | E-303 | E-204 | E-207 | E-201 | E-210 |
| ... and so on. | ||||||||||
The general layout of rooms for various programs is as follows; although there are numerous exceptions throughout the week, so check the program carefully:
- Therapy (Education and Scientific): Rooms 213, 303, 304, 207, Ballroom D, Ballroom B, Ballroom A
- Imaging (Education and Scientific): Rooms 303, 204, 207, 201, 210, Ballroom D, Ballroom A
- Joint Imaging-Therapy: Rooms 303, 204, 207, Ballroom D, Ballroom B, Ballroom A
- Professional: Rooms 213, 304
- Practical Medical Physics: Room 201
- Ultrasound: Room 210
Items of Note:
- SNAP Oral Sessions.A fast-paced short oral presentation format. Watch for the short oral sessions on Sunday (Time Blocks C, D, and F).
- Young Investigators Symposium.The YIS is on Monday, 7:30 – 9:30 am, in Ballroom A.
- President’s Symposium. This symposium runs unparalleled on Monday, 10:15 – 12:15 pm.
- Science Council Session. This proffered session of abstracts on a topic of special relevance is scheduled for Tuesday, 10:15 – 12:15 pm, in Ballroom B.
- Innovation in Medical Physics Education Session. This proffered session of abstracts is scheduled for Monday, 1:45 – 3:45 pm, in Ballroom A.
Electronic Poster Theater
- Best in Physics.The top 5 abstracts in each track, Imaging, Joint – Imaging and Therapy, and Therapy, will be highlighted on Sunday afternoon in an electronic poster theater in the exhibit hall.
- Campus Posters.Campus Posters include a select group of high-scoring posters on a specific theme identified by the Program Directors to be of special interest to attendees of the scientific program. Reinvigorating scientific presentations through electronic poster sessions lead by a Campus Provost, Monday and Tuesday afternoons in an electronic poster theater in the exhibit hall.
Meeting Theme
The theme of this year’s AAPM Annual Meeting is “Reinvigorating Scientific Excellence”. I chose this theme because I feel that AAPM has drifted a bit from its scientific roots; many of us (myself included) need to rejuvenate our enthusiasm as scientists. And we, as an organization, need to recognize that science is at the core of what we do.
AAPM and its members have had our share of distractions in recent years, and to be sure; medicine in the United States (and elsewhere) is changing and we have to change with it. There are many ways to survive change, but I humbly suggest that one of the most important survival strategies that we collectively can adopt is to get better at what we do as scientists.
Regardless of what your role is in the field of medical physics – a government regulator, a physicist with 110% clinical responsibilities, an educator, a medical physicist working in industry, an academic researcher, or any other role – we are all graduate-school educated scientists. Utilization of the scientific methods brings valuable contributions to each of these settings, contributions that we are uniquely capable of providing. We have many differences in job function, but the single most important trait that binds AAPM members and trainees together is our contributions to and implementation of science. We can all improve our scientific skills by adopting a personal commitment to life-long learning. AAPM provides many venues for enhancing scientific proficiency; I invite you – indeed I challenge you - to take advantage of the outstanding opportunities offered at this summer’s meeting to reinvigorate your scientific excellence.
While all of the sessions in this year’s AAPM Annual Meeting promise to be invigorating, the Scientific Program Committee and I have identified a number of sessions in this year’s meeting which are particularly reinvigorating, and these are marked by a special star. But the star is just a logo – the reinvigoration part is up to you.
John M. Boone
2015 AAPM President
How the Sessions are Defined
Scientific Program
Scientific Session – These sessions comprise the bulk of the scientific program, in which the best-scored proffered abstracts are presented in a regular oral presentation format. Each session is on one or several specific scientific topics, with several oral presentations [10 min each (8 min talk + 2 min Q&A)].
Symposium – A symposium is a topical session focusing on a current topic related to pioneering or state-of-the-art research and development of medical physics. The symposia often include multiple speakers, some of them invited, to speak on the topic. Some symposia will include a panel discussion aiming to define the current state of the field and to distill the thinking of the experts.
SNAP Oral Sessions – Similar to regular Scientific Sessions, the SNAP Oral Sessions feature high-scoring proffered abstracts presented in an accelerated presentation format [7 min each (5 min talk + 2 min Q&A)].
General Poster Discussion Session – This category includes proffered abstracts judged to be of high scientific quality and for merit presentation in poster format. Authors will be present during the scheduled session in order to interact with meeting attendees.
Educational Program
Education Council Symposium – This symposium is designed to update our members on the various activities of the Education Council. Emphasis is placed on the resources and programs that are available to enhance the skills of our members as well as resources that are available through the Association to assist our members when presenting programs to related health professionals and the public.
Educational Courses – This year’s Therapy Physics Educational Program will include presentations spanning a broad range of radiation oncology physics. The program will feature a series of sessions on “The Science of QA” closely coordinated with the scientific program, including presentations on TG-100 and RO-ILS/Incident Learning which will be followed by scientific sessions on cutting-edge QA ideas. A separate series of sessions distributed throughout the week will focus on different aspects of hypofractionated treatments, including presentations such “Stereotactic Radiosurgery”, “Spine SBRT”, “Implementing SBRT Protocols “, and “Outcomes of hypofractionated treatments - Results of the WGSBRT”. The program will include a featured session on global health titled “The Global Cancer Challenge: What Can We Do?”, as well as a featured memorial session titled “In Memoriam of Jacques Ovadia - Reinvigorating Scientific Excellence: Electron Beam Therapy - Past, Present and Future”. Returning by popular demand will be a debate session titled “Point/Counterpoint: Biological Dose Optimization”. Finally, the MRI certificate course will include a Therapy Educational session titled “MRI for Radiation Oncology”.
New sessions for this year’s program will span topics as diverse as electronic brachytherapy, Y-90 Microsphere therapy, reference dosimetry for beam modalities other than MV photons, measurement and calculation of dose outside the treatment volume from external beam therapy, clinical applications of 3 printing, and electronic charting for EBRT and brachytherapy. Some topics from prior years have been redesigned to provide updated information, including “Breast Brachytherapy: The Phoenix of Radiation Therapy”; and “Patient-Specific QA: Pre-treatment, During Treatment, and Post-Treatment”. Other topics popular in year-in and year-out will also return, including “Small Field Dosimetry: Overview of AAPM TG-155 and the IAEA-AAPM Code of Practice, “Proton Radiotherapy”; and “Pediatric Radiation Therapy Planning, Treatment, and Late Effects”.
Finally, this year’s Therapy Physics Educational Program will include a large percentage (21 of 29 sessions for a total of 24.5 hours) of SAMs-enabled session spanning the majority of the week so that attendees can follow their individual interests and still earn the credits they need to fulfill MOC requirements.
The Imaging Education Program will be focused on meeting the continuing education requirements of our membership, with topics covering various technical and practical aspects of diagnostic medical physics across many modalities. Offerings include multi-part sessions on the fundamentals of MR and nuclear medicine, and CT lung cancer screening. Other sessions include the following: ACR accreditation updates for MR, nuclear medicine, CT, and mammography; best practices in pediatric imaging across multiple modalities; a practical image-based review of anatomy using radiography, MRI, and nuclear medicine; CT scanner hardware and image quality assessment with insight from vendor scientists; digital tomosynthesis basics, testing and clinical applications; image quality characteristics, QA, and a radiologist’s perspective of mobile viewing devices; and MR safety, with focus on implantable devices. Nearly every Imaging Education session will be offered as a SAMs session, providing a total of over 19 hours of SAMs credit.
Professional Program
Professional Council Symposium – This Symposium is focused on current topics that involve the professional practice of medical physics. Subjects may range over all aspects of practice such as legal issues, government affairs, research and clinical funding, economics, practice management, peer relations, standards and guidance and ethics.
Professional Courses - Will be devoted to professional aspects of the Medical Physics Career, and can be subject matter sessions, moderated oral presentations, or more lengthy, in-depth, and focused symposiums.
Practical Medical Physics Program
The Practical Medical Physics Track focuses on the activities of the clinical medical physicist. Twelve courses covering practical aspects of therapy, diagnostic, and nuclear medicine physics are offered this year. A highlight of this year's program will be a symposium on imaging equipment selection and planning for radiation oncology departments. Sessions devoted to practical elements of brachytherapy, dosimetry methods for imaging and therapy, and radiation safety officer duties will address the clinical needs of physicists working in these areas. There will be a session covering commissioning and QA of treatment planning systems. Practical, clinical methods for statistics will be presented, as well as software libraries for research projects. Rounding out the program will be a special session on high-impact presentations, which will benefit all physicists in delivering more effective public talks for scientific, educational, clinical, and other business purposes.
Ultrasound Imaging and Therapy – Special Program
This track highlights recent advances in ultrasound for diagnostic imaging, ultrasound for guidance and control of radiation therapy, and therapeutic ultrasound such as MR guided HIFU. These ultrasound symposia and scientific sessions have been allocated as a three day track to be held on Monday, July 12, through Wednesday, July 15. Day 1 will highlight advances of ultrasound imaging technology applied to guiding and planning external beam radiation therapy and brachytherapy. Day 2 covers image guided therapeutic ultrasound, with clinical sessions covering HIFU in oncology and neurology, treatment planning, therapy monitoring, and innovative directions of therapeutic ultrasound for hyperthermia, thermal ablation, enhanced radiotherapy, targeted drug delivery, and immunotherapies. Day 3 brings together advances in diagnostic imaging, innovations in breast ultrasound imaging, contrast agents and theranostics, and includes the newly established Carson-Zagzebski Distinguished Lectureship on Medical Ultrasound. A selection of proffered abstracts are incorporated within these sessions, and within a SNAP oral session to be held Sunday, July 11. Each daily track begins with an Educational Session related to the subsequent scientific sessions: a two hour hands on ultrasound workshop to highlight US imaging and therapy systems; a primer on Image-guided High-Intensity Ultrasound (HIFU) therapies; and a primer on QA for diagnostic ultrasound.
Partners in Solutions
Partners in Solutions continues for its second year, offering a new way for physicists to interact with and learn from our vendors. Vendors will provide physics-level applications training classes in a special-purpose lecture room located on the exhibit floor. These are not sales pitches, but practical information for the clinical physicist from the people who know their systems in depth. Topics for this year are.
- Imaging: Tools for Collecting and Analyzing Patient Dose Metric Information from Imaging Equipment
- Therapy: Deformable Image Registration, Contour Propagation, and Dose Mapping
Each session will start with an introduction by an AAPM member to outline proposed AAPM recommendations/guidelines, followed by individual vendor presentations. CE credit will be offered.
MRgRT Certificate Course
Certificate of Completion Program in Magnetic Resonance Guided Radiation Therapy - The Certificate of Completion Program is a NEW offering from AAPM which provides an in-depth review of a particular topic with verification of learning achieved through an on-line examination. Sessions are available to all meeting registrants, but those who enroll in the program (for an additional fee) are entitled to dedicated seating in the mini-track sessions as well as additional online materials. Following the meeting, certificate program participants will be required to take an on-line examination, which covers the material presented throughout the day-long mini-track. Enrollees who demonstrate satisfactory attendance at the course and successful completion of the on-line examination (available after the meeting) will receive a framed certificate of completion for this course.
Note: Presentation Identifiers
* - Where indicated, denotes Presenting Author
Special Recognitions & Acknowledgements
Best in Physics
The John R. Cameron Young Investigators Symposium Competition Finalists
Each year AAPM conducts a Young Investigators' Competition for the Annual Meeting. Young Investigators were encouraged to submit abstracts for the competition. The 10 highest scored Young Investigator submissions determined by abstract reviewers are selected for presentation in a special symposium, in honor of University of Wisconsin Professor Emeritus John R. Cameron, Ph.D.
The Young Investigators Symposium will be held Monday, July 13 (7:30 am - 9:30 am) in Ballroom A at the Convention Center.
MO-AB-BRA John R. Cameron: Young Investigators Symposium
The top 3 winners will be recognized during the AAPM Awards and Honors Ceremony Monday, July 13 from 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm in the Platinum Ballroom of the Anaheim Marriott Hotel. The top 3 awardees will receive a plaque and a cash award. The Awards Ceremony to be followed by a reception from 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm.
Jack Fowler Junior Investigator Competition Winner
An award for Junior Investigators has been established in honor of Dr. Jack Fowler, Emeritus Professor of Human Oncology and Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin.
Junior Investigators were encouraged to submit abstracts for the competition. The top scoring Junior Investigator submission determined by abstract reviewers was selected.
The winner will be announced during the AAPM Awards and Honors Ceremony Monday, July 13 from 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm in the Platinum Ballroom of the Anaheim Marriott Hotel. The Awards Ceremony to be followed by a reception from 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm.
| Competition Winner | ||
|---|---|---|
| SESSION | TIME/TALK NUMBER | PRESENTATION |
| TH-EF-BRB Next Generation IGRT |
1:00 PM/TH-EF-BRB-1 | Novel EPID for Enhanced Contrast and Detective Quantum Efficiency - J. Rottmann*, D. Morf, R. Fueglistaller, H. Chen, S. Yip, J. Star-Lack, G. Zentai, R. Berbeco |
Science Council Session
A topic of particular relevance in medical physics research is identified each year, with proffered submissions on that topic considered for inclusion in a special scientific session entitled the Science Council Session.
The topic selected for the 2015 Science Council Session is: Radiomics and Imaging Genomics
The Science Council Session will be held Tuesday, July 14 from 10:15 am – 12:15 pm in Ballroom B of the Convention Center.
TU-CD-BRB: Science Council Session: Radiomics and Imaging Genomics
Innovations in Medical Physics Education Symposium
The Education Council of the AAPM is sponsoring a session to honor and publicize innovation in Medical Physics Education. AAPM members were invited to submit a description of innovative medical physics educational activities for radiology residents, radiation oncology residents, medical physicists, technologists or others.
The top six submissions have been invited to present their abstracts at the Innovation in Medical Physics Education Session on Monday, July 13 from 1:45 pm - 3:45 pm in Ballroom A of the Convention Center.
MO-DE-BRA - Innovation in Medical Physics Education
The top presented abstract will be announced during the AAPM Awards and Honors Ceremony Monday, July 13 from 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm in the Platinum Ballroom of the Anaheim Marriott Hotel. The winner will be presented a plaque and a $2,000 prize. The Award for Innovation in Medical Physics Education made possible by a generous bequest of Harold Marcus.
Acknowledgements
AAPM appreciates the contributions of the following individuals for their involvement in the development and success of the 2015 AAPM Meeting Program.
EDUCATIONAL, PROFESSIONAL, PRACTICAL MEDICAL PHYSICS COURSES and SCIENTIFIC SYMPOSIA ORGANIZERS
H. Al-Hallaq, B. Arjomandy, S. Benedict, J. Boone, J. Cai, Y. Cao, M. Chan, S. Chang, S. Cho, R. Chopra, D. Christensen, W. Culberson, J. Cunha, I. Das, J. Deasy, M. Descovich, C. Diederich, G. Ding, B. Dirksen, F. Dong, N. Duric, G. Ezzell, B. Fahimian, W. Feng, S. Geneser, J. Grimm, M. Holland, R. Howell, C. Hua, M. Huq, R. Jeraj, G. Jia, J. Johnson, A. Jones, D. Jordan, S. Kappadath, A. Karellas, P. Keall, J. Keener, G. Kim, D. Kim, P. Kinahan, E. Klein, J. Kofler, L. Kroger, R. Kruger, J. Lewis, B. Libby, E. Lief, Z. Lu, L. Ma, R. MacDougall, A. Maidment, M. McEwen, K. McGee, M. McNitt-Gray, T. McNutt, J. Mechalakos, B. Miller, M. Mills, J. Moran, F. Mourtada, A. Olch, C. Orton, Z. Ouhib, T. Pawlicki, A. Payne, N. Pelc, D. Pfeiffer, M. Rehani, L. Ren, S. Richardson, A. Rodrigues, L. Rothenberg, G. Salomons, C. Sammet, S. Sammet, A. Sawant, D. Schlesinger, E. Schreibmann, R. Schulte, W. Sensakovic, Y. Shao, J. Siebers, J. Siewerdsen, R. Siochi, T. Solberg, T. Stanescu, G. Starkschall, M. Supanich, S. Sutlief, M. Svatos, F. Van den Heuvel, J. Van Dyk, M. Vanderhoek, A. Walz-Flannigan, S. White, K. Wijesooriya, J. Williamson, B. Winey, A. Wolbarst, J. Wong, L. Xing, F. Yin, X. Zhang
ABSTRACT REVIEWERS
J. Adamovics, H. Aerts, N. Agazaryan, E. Ahunbay, P. Alaei, A. Alessio, A. Altman, M. Andre, E. Angel, K. Antes, J. Antolak, F. Araki, G. Arbique, L. Archambault, M. Aristophanous, B. Arjomandy, S. Armato, B. Arnold, P. Aryal, M. Aspradakis, S. Avery, A. Badal, A. Badano, C. Baird, D. Bakalyar, P. Bakic, P. Balter, J. Battista, L. Beaulieu, G. Bednarz, R. Behling, C. Beltran, E. Bender, R. Berbeco, T. Bichay, J. Bissonnette, B. Blankenship, C. Bloch, W. Bolch, E. Boote, M. Bostani, S. Both, J. Bourland, S. Brady, I. Brezovich, K. Brock, D. Broga, S. Brown, K. Brown, J. Burmeister, J. Bushberg, J. Cai, D. Cao, Y. Cao, M. Cao, A. Carabe-Fernandez, D. Carlson, M. Chan, H. Chan, Z. Chang, J. Chang, S. Chang, Y. Chen, J. Chen, H. Chen, Q. Chen, G. Chen, Z. Chen, I. Chetty, K. Cheung, N. Childress, Y. Cho, S. Cho, J. Chow, E. Christodoulou, C. Chuang, G. Clarke, C. Clements, J. Clements, D. Cody, D. Connor, C. Coolens, R. Cormack, A. Corrao, O. Craciunescu, G. Cranmer-Sargison, J. Cunha, B. Curran, J. Daartz, M. Dahlbom, M. Danielsson, I. Das, G. David, J. De Wyngaert, J. Deasy, A. Dekker, C. Delaney, J. DeMarco, M. Descovich, L. DeWerd, J. Deye, C. Diederich, S. Dieterich, G. Ding, Q. Diot, J. Dobbins, L. Dong, F. Dong, K. Drukker, W. D'Souza, W. Du, J. Ducote, E. Ehler, I. El Naqa, C. Esquivel, J. Evans, G. Ezzell, F. Fahey, B. Fahimian, K. Farahani, J. Farr, E. Feleppa, W. Feng, A. Fenster, K. Fetterly, V. Feygelman, M. Fix, J. Flanz, T. Flohr, D. Followill, J. Fontenot, E. Ford, R. Foster, J. Fowlkes, B. Fraass, P. Francescon, E. Frey, R. Fulkerson, H. Gao, O. Gayou, J. Gibbons, M. Giger, M. Gillin, E. Gingold, S. Glick, C. Glide-Hurst, S. Goddu, M. Goodsitt, J. Goodwin, J. Gordon, D. Gress, J. Grimm, X. Gu, H. Guan, M. Guerrero, F. Guo, A. Gutierrez, L. Hadjiiski, S. Hadley, J. Halama, X. Han, J. Hazle, K. Hendrickson, M. Herman, J. Hiatt, D. Hintenlang, E. Hipp, C. Holdsworth, M. Howard, R. Howell, D. Hristov, J. Hsieh, C. Hua, G. Hugo, K. Hulme, J. Humm, M. Hunt, Z. Huo, M. Huq, G. Ibbott, P. Imbergamo, D. Ionascu, E. Jackson, A. Jain, R. Jeraj, G. Jia, X. Jia, S. Jiang, J. Jin, J. Johnson, A. Jones, D. Jordan, M. Kachelriess, G. Kagadis, K. Kanal, H. Kang, R. Kapoor, S. Kappadath, A. Karellas, P. Keall, C. Keener, M. Kessler, G. Kim, Y. Kim, M. Kim, D. Kim, P. Kinahan, M. King, A. Kirov, E. Klein, T. Knoos, J. Kofler, J. Kruse, S. Kry, R. Kudchadker, Z. Labby, J. Lagendijk, K. Langen, U. Langner, R. LeClair, R. Lee, C. Lee, T. Lee, J. Lehmann, S. Leng, J. Lewis, X. Li, H. Li, X. Li, Y. Li, X. Li, G. Li, R. Li, S. Li, H. Li, J. Li, T. Li, K. Li, H. Li, H. Li, B. Libby, J. Limmer, T. Liu, C. Liu, B. Liu, W. Liu, C. Liu, H. Liu, X. Liu, T. LoSasso, D. Low, H. Lu, Z. Lu, W. Lu, G. Luxton, Y. Lyatskaya, C. Ma, J. Ma, L. MacDonald, R. MacDougall, J. MacFall, M. Madsen, G. Mageras, M. Mahesh, A. Maidment, G. Makrigiorgos, H. Malhotra, M. Mamalui-Hunter, P. Manser, A. Markovic, M. Martin, A. Mascia, J. Masten, R. Mather, K. Matthews, M. Matuszak, P. Mavroidis, O. Mawlawi, C. Mayo, S. McCullough, J. McDonough, K. McGee, S. McGuire, M. McKee, M. McKetty, M. McNitt-Gray, J. Mechalakos, M. Meineke, M. Meltsner, J. Meyer, T. Mian, M. Miften, D. Mihailidis, B. Miller, R. Miller, T. Mills, R. Miyaoka, V. Moiseenko, A. Molineu, S. Molloi, V. Montemayor, J. Moran, F. Mourtada, M. Moyers, S. Mutic, M. Nakamura, D. Nazareth, J. Nelson, W. Ngwa, K. Nie, R. Nishikawa, T. Nurushev, J. Nye, J. Oh, A. Olch, M. Oldham, L. Olsen, B. O'Neill, Z. Ouhib, N. Ozturk, H. Paganetti, H. Palmans, J. Palta, X. Pan, T. Pan, A. Panda, M. Pankuch, N. Papanikolaou, P. Parikh, S. Park, M. Park, S. Park, K. Parodi, G. Parraga, E. Parsai, A. Pasciak, V. Patel, W. Pavlicek, D. Pavord, N. Pelc, S. Pella, J. Perks, J. Perl, P. Petti, M. Phillips, D. Pickens, T. Podder, M. Podgorsak, F. Poenisch, B. Pogue, R. Pooley, R. Price, A. Pugachev, T. Purdie, F. Ranallo, D. Rangaraj, K. Rasmussen, C. Reft, J. Reiff, I. Reiser, N. Remmes, L. Ren, S. Richard, S. Richardson, M. Rivard, S. Rivetti, D. Robinson, R. Rodgers, L. Rothenberg, D. Ruan, M. Rzeszotarski, J. Sabol, B. Sahiner, N. Sahoo, E. Sajo, M. Salehpour, B. Salter, V. Sathiaseelan, C. Saw, G. Sawakuchi, D. Scanderbeg, S. Schafer, M. Schell, J. Schewe, D. Schlesinger, T. Schmidt, D. Schofield, E. Schreibmann, B. Schueler, R. Schulte, I. Sechopoulos, J. Seco, J. Seibert, W. Sensakovic, C. Serago, J. Seuntjens, Y. Shao, G. Sharp, M. Sharpe, K. Sheng, D. Shepard, C. Shi, Y. Shu, J. Siebers, J. Siewerdsen, D. Simpkin, R. Sloboda, W. Smith, W. Smith, M. Snyder, J. Soen, E. Soisson, T. Solberg, J. Sonke, M. Speidel, J. St. Germain, R. Stafford, T. Stanescu, K. Stantz, G. Starkschall, J. Star-Lack, S. Stathakis, R. Staton, J. Stayman, S. Steciw, R. Stern, D. Stevens, R. Stewart, M. Su, T. Suh, M. Supanich, M. Svatos, D. Switzer, K. Taguchi, J. Tang, R. Tarver, M. Taylor, R. Ten Haken, R. Thomson, J. Timmer, J. Ting, D. Todor, J. Tomlinson, R. Tosh, A. Trofimov, B. Tsui, J. Unkelbach, F. Van den Heuvel, M. Vanderhoek, T. Varghese, S. Vedam, S. Vedantham, Y. Vinogradskiy, G. Virshup, D. Visvikis, A. Walz-Flannigan, L. Wang, D. Wang, J. Wang, A. Wang, J. Weaver, J. Weiser, D. Wells, R. Wendt, B. Whiting, K. Wijesooriya, C. Willis, T. Willoughby, B. Winey, J. Wong, E. Wong, A. Wroe, Q. Wu, H. Wu, P. Xia, Y. Xiao, L. Xing, T. Yamamoto, C. Yan, D. Yan, N. Yanasak, J. Yang, J. Yang, J. Yang, K. Yang, D. Yang, T. Yankeelov, S. Ye, S. Yee, K. Yenice, M. Yester, I. Yeung, B. Yi, F. Yin, E. Yorke, J. Yorkston, L. Yu, Y. Yu, C. Yu, M. Zaider, H. Zaidi, J. Zambelli, W. Zbijewski, O. Zeidan, D. Zhang, G. Zhang, D. Zhang, X. Zhang, B. Zhao, W. Zhao, Y. Zheng, H. Zhong, L. Zhu, X. Zhu, T. Zhu, X. Zhu, P. Zygmanski
MODERATORS
H. Aerts, M. Ahmad, H. Al-Hallaq, M. Aristophanous, B. Arjomandy, S. Avery, A. Badano, J. Balter, J. Bayouth, M. Bazalova-Carter, M. Bellon, S. Benedict, R. Berbeco, J. Boone, T. Bortfeld, J. Bourland, K. Brock, J. Cai, Y. Cao, M. Carlone, L. Cervino, H. Chan, Z. Chang, S. Chang, G. Chen, H. Chen-Mayer, I. Chetty, S. Chiu-Tsao, S. Cho, R. Chopra, D. Christensen, G. Clarke, R. Cormack, L. Court, W. Culberson, J. Cunha, M. Dahlbom, A. Damato, I. Das, J. Deasy, C. Diederich, G. Ding, B. Dirksen, L. Dong, F. Dong, N. Duric, M. Eames, I. El Naqa, M. Eljanne, G. Ezzell, B. Fahimian, R. Fahrig, W. Feng, K. Fetterly, R. Flynn, E. Ford, S. Gaede, S. Geneser, M. Giger, C. Glide-Hurst, M. Goodsitt, E. Graves, O. Green, J. Grimm, M. Guerrero, S. Halliburton, B. Han, M. Herman, C. Holdsworth, M. Holland, C. Holland, R. Howell, J. Hsieh, C. Hua, G. Hugo, M. Huq, G. Ibbott, R. Jeraj, G. Jia, X. Jia, J. Johnson, A. Jones, D. Jordan, R. Kapoor, S. Kappadath, A. Karellas, P. Keall, J. Keener, M. Kessler, G. Kim, D. Kim, M. Kim, P. Kinahan, M. King, E. Klein, J. Kofler, S. Krishnan, L. Kroger, R. Kruger, J. Kruse, Z. Labby, J. Lamb, Y. Le, S. Leng, J. Lewis, J. Lewis, B. Li, S. Li, R. Li, B. Libby, E. Lief, X. Liu, W. Liu, D. Low, Z. Lu, W. Lu, R. MacDougall, G. Mageras, A. Maidment, M. Martel, K. Matthews, O. Mawlawi, M. McEwen, K. McGee, S. McGuire, M. McNitt-Gray, T. McNutt, J. Mechalakos, M. Miften, B. Miller, M. Mills, A. Molineu, V. Montemayor, K. Moore, J. Moran, F. Mourtada, R. Muller-Runkel, W. Ngwa, J. Nye, M. Nyflot, A. Olch, C. Orton, M. Palmer, T. Pan, X. Pan, M. Park, K. Parodi, T. Pawlicki, A. Payne, N. Pelc, D. Pfeiffer, F. Poenisch, B. Pogue, M. Rehani, I. Reiser, L. Ren, S. Richardson, M. Rivard, J. Robar, A. Rodrigues, J. Roeske, L. Rothenberg, J. Rottmann, N. Sahoo, G. Salomons, C. Sammet, S. Sammet, A. Santhanam, A. Sawant, D. Scanderbeg, S. Schafer, D. Schlesinger, E. Schreibmann, L. Schubert, R. Schulte, W. Sensakovic, Y. Shao, G. Sharp, C. Shaw, K. Sheng, J. Siebers, J. Siewerdsen, R. Siochi, T. Solberg, W. Song, S. St. James, T. Stanescu, J. Stanford, G. Starkschall, J. Steers, R. Stern, M. Su, M. Supanich, S. Sutlief, K. Taguchi, X. Tang, R. Tarver, R. Ten Haken, D. Todor, F. Van den Heuvel, J. Van Dyk, M. Vanderhoek, G. Virshup, A. Walz-Flannigan, J. Wang, J. Wang, J. Weaver, S. White, R. Wiersma, K. Wijesooriya, C. Williams, J. Williamson, C. Willis, B. Winey, A. Wolbarst, J. Wong, H. Wooten, Q. Wu, B. Wu, L. Xing, D. Yang, B. Yi, F. Yin, E. Yorke, L. Yu, J. Zagzebski, W. Zbijewski, X. Zhang, B. Zhao, X. Zhou, L. Zhu, T. Zhu
INVITED SPEAKERS AND PARTICIPANTS
D. Aberle, M. Abogunde, H. Aerts, M. Ahmed, H. Al-Hallaq, J. Allison, M. Altman, M. Amurao, M. Anastasio, E. Angel, A. Apte, B. Arjomandy, R. Atun, R. Austin, R. Ayers, A. Badano, D. Baillie, J. Baker, P. Balter, L. Beaulieu, W. Beckham, B. Bednarz, S. Behr, S. Benedict, R. Berbeco, C. Bergsagel, E. Berns, P. Beron, N. Bevins, K. Blodgett, D. Boccuzzi, S. Boon, J. Boone, C. Borras, T. Bortfeld, E. Bossart, S. Both, S. Bowen, C. Bradford, S. Brady, K. Brock, D. Brown, K. Brown, W. Butler, K. Bzdusek, W. Cai, Y. Cao, M. Carlone, D. Carlson, P. Carson, Z. Chang, J. Chang, S. Chang, G. Chen, L. Chen, Q. Chen, T. Chen, Y. Chen, S. Chiu-Tsao, S. Cho, R. Chopra, H. Choy, D. Christensen, H. Chung, B. Clark, L. Clarke, J. Clements, D. Clump, G. Cohen, N. Coleman, V. Colussi, R. Cormack, W. Culberson, J. Cunha, B. Curran, G. Czarnota, S. Das, I. Das, G. David, J. Deasy, A. deGuzman, C. Della Biancia, M. Descovich, J. Deye, C. Dimock, K. Ding, G. Ding, B. Dirksen, F. Dong, P. Dunscombe, N. Duric, M. Eames, E. Ehler, I. El Naqa, J. Esthappan, G. Ezzell, F. Fahey, B. Fahimian, R. Fahrig, J. Fan, J. Fan, K. Farahani, S. Feig, W. Feng, K. Ferrara, D. Followill, J. Fontenot, E. Ford, D. Fortunato, T. Fox, L. Fox, B. Fraass, . Fu, R. Fulkerson, G. Fuller, P. Gabriel, C. Gallippi, E. Garver, S. Geneser, P. Ghanouni, D. Gierga, C. Glide-Hurst, A. Goode, M. Goodsitt, W. Grant, E. Gratton, E. Graves, D. Gress, M. Grissom, E. Gurgoze, S. Guzman, S. Halliburton, P. Halvorsen, K. Hamacher, B. Harkness, B. Hasson, J. Hazle, J. Hiatt, K. Hintenlang, E. Hipp, M. Holland, C. Holland, R. Howell, J. Howley, D. Hristov, J. Hsieh, W. Hsu, Y. Hu, C. Hua, M. Hunt, M. Huq, D. Hyer, K. Hynynen, G. Ibbott, P. Imbergamo, C. Ionita, E. Jackson, D. Jaffray, F. Jansen, R. Jeraj, J. Johnson, A. Jones, D. Jordan, I. Judd, T. Kadir, S. Kappadath, A. Kapur, P. Keall, J. Keener, K. Keshari, G. Kim, D. Kim, V. Kimbrell, N. Kirby, E. Klein, E. Koay, N. Koch, Y. Kono, E. Konofagou, R. Krishnamurthy, S. Krishnan, L. Kroger, R. Kruger, S. Kry, R. Kudchadker, A. Kuhls-Gilcrist, Z. Labby, R. Laforest, J. Lagendijk, J. Lamb, R. Layman, C. Lee, L. Lemen, J. Lewis, X. Li, K. Li, W. Li, B. Libby, M. Liebling, H. Lincoln, B. Loughran, D. Low, Z. Lu, P. Luetmer, L. Ma, R. MacDougall, T. Mackie, U. Mahmood, A. Mahvash, A. Maidment, H. Manning, S. Massey, J. Masten, J. Mathai, K. Matthews, C. Mayo, L. Mazur, S. McCullough, M. McEwen, K. McGee, M. McNitt-Gray, T. McNutt, J. Mechalakos, A. Meghzifene, G. Meijer, C. Melhus, D. Mellenberg, T. Mian, J. Michalski, M. Milano, B. Miller, R. Miller, D. Miller, M. Mills, M. Mitch, M. Mlyn, S. Molloi, C. Moonen, J. Moore, K. Moore, F. Mourtada, R. Muller-Runkel, S. Murphy, B. Murray, Y. Mutaf, S. Mutic, K. Myers, L. Myers, J. Napoli, V. Narra, D. Nazareth, A. Niroomand-Rad, E. Nixon, A. Nunn, J. Nye, J. O'Daniel, A. Odom, M. Ohm, A. Olch, A. Orfali, C. Orton, Z. Ouhib, J. Palta, M. Pankuch, N. Papanikolaou, J. Park, D. Park, E. Parsai, D. Pavord, T. Pawlicki, A. Payne, D. Pearson, N. Pelc, C. Peng, H. Perera, J. Perks, T. Petrone, R. Pettigrew, L. Phillips, D. Pinnaduwage, J. Piper, Y. Pipman, B. Pogue, R. Pooley, R. Popple, T. Porter, T. Preusser, M. Price, R. Price, J. Prisciandaro, R. Rabadan, B. Rao, C. Reft, M. Rehani, I. Reiser, N. Remmes, L. Ren, S. Richardson, M. Rivard, A. Rodrigues, J. Roeske, M. Rosu, L. Rothenberg, A. Rowat, J. Rychak, N. Sahoo, V. Salgaonkar, G. Salomons, B. Salter, S. Sammet, S. Sapareto, A. Sarfehnia, D. Schlesinger, B. Schmidt, E. Schreibmann, R. Schulte, I. Sechopoulos, P. Segars, J. Seibert, J. Seuntjens, C. Shang, G. Sharp, M. Sharpe, K. Sheng, D. Shepard, G. Sherouse, A. Shulman, J. Siebers, S. Simiele, R. Siochi, P. Slomka, J. Smilowitz, T. Solberg, S. Soltys, P. Sprawls, R. Stafford, T. Stanescu, J. Stanford, G. Starkschall, R. Staton, M. Steckner, J. Steele, K. Stierstorfer, K. Strauss, M. Supanich, S. Sutlief, S. Svensson, K. Taguchi, M. Tanter, R. Tarver, P. Taylor, B. Thomadsen, D. Todor, R. Tosh, S. Trichter, E. Tryggestad, T. Turkington, J. Unkelbach, U. van der Heide, J. Van Dyk, C. Vanderstraeten, S. Vedantham, H. Veeraraghavan, R. Venook, U. Vyas, A. Walz-Flannigan, D. Wang, J. Wang, W. Wang, I. Wang, J. Wang, C. Watchman, J. Weaver, H. Weiker, T. Weiker, M. Weinhous, M. Wells, N. Wen, B. Wessels, S. White, D. Wiant, K. Wijesooriya, J. Williamson, K. Wilson, B. Winey, A. Wolbarst, J. Wong, H. Wooten, Q. Wu, J. Wu, H. Wu, Q. Wu, Y. Xiao, L. Xing, H. Xu, N. Yanasak, Y. Yang, E. Yorke, C. Yu, N. Yue, J. Zambelli, L. Zarger, W. Zbijewski, D. Zhang, X. Zhang, J. Zhang, W. Zhao, X. Zhong, O. Zhou, X. Zhu