Physics Review Courses
AAPM Physics Review Courses
The survey is now closed. Credits will be posted by August 27, 2015.
Saturday, July 11 • 8:00am - 6:00pm
Sunday, July 12 • 7:30am - 12:15pm
$195
$100 for students with student I.D.
See course outlines below:
Diagnostic Physics: Room 207D - Anaheim Convention Center
Radiation Therapy Physics: Room 207ABC - Anaheim Convention Center
Saturday, July 11 • 1:15pm - 5:30pm / dinner on your own / 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Nuclear Medicine: Room 207D - Anaheim 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. 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 PHYSICS REVIEW COURSE ROOM 207D - Anaheim convention center Course director: Thaddeus wilson |
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| Saturday, July 11 | ||
| 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 | Stephanie Leon |
| Sunday, July 12 | ||
| 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 | Ingrid Reiser/Zheng Feng Lu |
| 11:15am - 12:15pm | Diagnostic X-Ray Equipment Testing | George David |
| AAPM RAdiation Therapy physics Review Course Room 207ABC - Anaheim Convention Center Course Director: Charlie Ma |
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| Saturday, July 11 | ||
| 7:30am - 8:00am | Registration and Continental Breakfast | |
| 8:00am - 8:50am | X-Ray Treatment Planning I: Fundamentals | Colin Orton |
| 8:50am - 9:50am | X-Ray Treatment Planning II: Computer-based Planning; Comparison of Rival Treatment Plans | Colin Orton |
| 9:50am - 10:10am | Morning Break | |
| 10:10am – 11:00am | X-Ray and Electron Interactions in Water and Tissue | Paul 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 | Timothy Waldron |
| 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 Williamson |
| 3:55pm - 4:45pm | Basic Principles of Radiation Therapy Shielding Design | Melissa Martin |
| 4:45pm - 5:00pm | Afternoon Break | |
| 5:00pm - 5:50pm | Radiotherapy Treatment Delivery: from Manual Treatment to Computer Control and IMRT | Benedick Fraass |
| Sunday, July 12 | ||
| 7:30am - 8:00am | Continental Breakfast | |
| 8:00am - 8:50am | Radiation Protection in Radiotherapy | Robert Price |
| 8:50am - 9:40am | Anatomy and Imaging in 3-D Treatment Planning | Arthur Boyer |
| 9:40am - 10:10am | Morning Break | |
| 10:10am - 11:00am | Treatment Planning: Clinical Electrons | John Antolak |
| 11:00am - 11:55am | Treatment Planning: Brachytherapy | Bruce Thomadsen |
| AAPM Nuclear Medicine Review Course Room 207D - Anaheim Convention Center Course Director: Thaddeus Wilson |
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| Saturday, July 11 | ||
| 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 | Stephanie Leon |
Dinner on your own |
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| 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 |