Physics Review Courses
AAPM Physics Review Courses
The survey is now closed. Credits will be posted by September 13, 2017 September 21, 2017.
Diagnostic Physics: Room 201/203, Convention Center
Saturday, July 29 • 7:30am - 5:30pm
Sunday, July 30
• 7:00am - 12:15pm
Radiation Therapy Physics: Room 205/207, Convention Center
Saturday, July 29 • 7:30am - 5:40pm
Sunday, July 30 • 7:30am - 11:40am
$195
$100 for students with student I.D.
See course outlines below.
Nuclear Medicine: Room 201/203, Convention Center
Saturday, July 29 • 1:15pm - 5:30pm / dinner on your own / 7:00pm - 10:00pm
$115 for Nuclear Medicine Review Course (only); $100 for students with student I.D.
Nuclear Medicine and Diagnostic PACKAGE: Room 201/203, Convention Center
Saturday, July 29 • 7:30am - 5:30pm / dinner on your own / 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Sunday, July 30 • 7:00am - 12:15pm
$250 for Nuclear Medicine plus Diagnostic Physics Review; $200 for students with student I.D.
These 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 201/203 - Colorado convention center
Course director: Frank dong |
| Saturday, July 29 |
| 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 |
Ingrid Reiser |
| 10:45am – 11:45am |
Ultrasound Physics & Technology |
Zheng Feng Lu |
| 11:45am - 1:15pm |
Lunch on your own |
| 1:15pm – 2:15pm |
CT Technology & Dosimetry |
Frank Dong |
| 2:15pm - 3:15pm |
Radiation Shielding Design |
Douglas Simpkin |
| 3:15pm - 3:30pm |
Afternoon Break |
| 3:30pm - 4:30pm |
Hospital Radiation Protection |
Cal Glisson |
| 4:30pm - 5:30pm |
Patient and Fetal Dose |
Thaddeus Wilson |
| Sunday, July 30 |
| 7:00am - 7:30am |
Continental Breakfast |
| 7:30am - 9:00am |
MRI 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 and Radiation Dosimetry |
Kevin Wunderle |
| 11:15am - 12:15pm |
Diagnostic X-Ray Equipment Testing |
George David |
AAPM RAdiation Therapy physics Review Course
Room 205/207 - Colorado Convention Center
Course Director: Charlie Ma |
| Saturday, July 29 |
| 7:30am - 8:00am |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00am - 8:50am |
Anatomy and Imaging in 3-D Treatment Planning |
Robert Price |
| 8:50am - 9:40am |
Image-Guided Radiotherapy: Techniques and Quality Assurance |
James Balter |
| 9:40am - 10:00am |
Morning Break |
| 10:00am – 10:50am |
X-Ray and Electron Interactions in Water and Tissue |
Paul DeLuca |
| 10:50am – 11:40am |
External Beam Radiotherapy: Techniques and Quality Assurance |
Jeffrey Siebers |
| 11:40 am - 1:10pm |
Lunch on your own |
| 1:10pm – 2:00pm |
Radiation Generators for External Beam Radiotherapy |
Peter Biggs |
| 2:00pm - 2:50pm |
Brachytherapy Sources: Dosimetry and Quality Assurance |
Jeffrey Williamson |
| 2:50pm - 3:00pm |
Afternoon Break |
| 3:00pm - 3:50pm |
Radiation Protection in Radiotherapy |
Robert Price |
| 3:50pm - 4:40pm |
Basic Principles of Radiation Therapy Shielding Design |
Peter Biggs |
| 4:40pm - 4:50pm |
Afternoon Break |
|
| 4:50pm - 5:40pm |
Measurement of Radiation |
Chang Ming Charlie Ma |
| Sunday, July 30 |
| 7:30am - 8:00am |
Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00am - 8:50am |
Treatment Planning: Photons (I) Fundamentals |
Colin Orton |
| 8:50am - 9:40am |
Treatment Planning: Photons (II) TPS and Plan Comparison |
Colin Orton |
| 9:40am - 10:00am |
Morning Break |
| 10:00am - 10:50am |
Treatment Planning: Clinical Electrons |
John Antolak |
| 10:50am - 11:40am |
Treatment Planning: Brachytherapy |
Bruce Thomadsen |
AAPM Nuclear Medicine Review Course
Room 201/203 - Colorado Convention Center
Course Director: FRANK DONG |
| Saturday, July 30 |
| 1:15pm – 2:15pm |
CT Technology & Dosimetry |
Frank Dong |
| 2:15pm - 3:15pm |
Radiation Shielding Design |
Douglas Simpkin |
| 3:15pm - 3:30pm |
Afternoon Break |
| 3:30pm - 4:30pm |
Hospital Radiation Protection |
Cal Glisson |
| 4:30pm - 5:30pm |
Patient and Fetal Dose |
Thaddeus Wilson |
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 |