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The 59th AAPM Annual Meeting features cutting edge research across the field of medical physics science. The following HOT TOPICS will be featured via Facebook Live Interviews:

  • Monday, July 31 | 1:15 pm – 1:45 pm | Room 610, Convention Center
    • Fully Automated Treatment Planning for Radiotherapy
      INTERVIEW GUEST: Laurence Edward Court, PhD
      Medical Physicist, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
      Email: LECourt@mdanderson.org

      Review of:
      • Fully Automated VMAT Planning in the Head and Neck
        Presenting Author: Rachel McCarroll, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
        • As presented: TH-CD-205-3 (Thursday, August 3, 2017)
          10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
          Room: 205
      • Fully-Automated Treatment Planning for Cervical Cancer Radiotherapy
        Presenting Author: Kelly Kisling, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
        • As presented:
          TH-EF-FS1-7 (Thursday, August 3, 2017)
          1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
          Room: Four Seasons 1
  • Tuesday, August 1 | 2:00 pm - 2:30 | Room 610, Convention Center
    • X-Ray Diffraction Spectral Imaging for Breast Cancer Assessment
      INTERVIEW GUEST: Anuj J Kapadia, PhD, Assistant Professor, Radiology , Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
      Email: anuj.kapadia@duke.edu
      • As presented:
        TH-AB-708-11 (Thursday, August 3, 2017)
        7:30 AM - 9:30 AM
        Room: 708
  • Wednesday, August 2 | 1:15 pm - 1:45 pm | Room 610, Convention Center
    • MLC Tracking for Lung SABR Reduces the Dose to Organs-At-Risk and Improves the Geometric Targeting of the Tumour
      INTERVIEW GUEST: Vincent Caillet, PhD MedPHys, Royal North Shore Hospital Sydney, Sydney, Australia
      Email: vcai6204@uni.sydney.edu.au
      • As presented:
        MO-DE-FS1-7 (Monday, July 31, 2017)
        1:45 PM - 3:45 PM
        Room: Four Seasons 1

 

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