MONDAY, July 28
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Room:
East Octagon A
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Room:
East Octagon B
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Room:
West Octagon A
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Room:
Juneau
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Room:
Kilbourn
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Room:
West Octagon B
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Room:
Walker
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A
7:30 - 8:30
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NCRP 49 Rewrite-New Concepts in Shielding
Part I
Gray & Simpkin
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Convolution/
superposition algorithm
Mackie
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Stereotactic
Radiosurgery
Schell
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Treatment Planning in Radionuclide Therapy
Macey
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B
8:35 - 9:35
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NCRP 49 Rewrite-New Concepts in Shielding
Part II
Archer, Dixon, & Hubbard
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MRI - Latest Development's
Bernstein
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Static Segmental Intensity Modulation Technique
Fraass
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Prostate Implants
De Wyngaert
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QA/QC for Hard-Copy Devices
Kofler
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Treatment Planning in Radionuclide Therapy
Williams
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9:30 -10:00
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COFFEE BREAK IN EXHIBIT HALL
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C
10:00-12:00
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President's Symposium
New Directions in X-Ray Detectors for Medical Imaging
Boone, Yaffee, Antonuk, Rowlands, Staab
Moderator: Thomas
Room: Plankinton Theater
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12:00- 1:30
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WORKS IN PROGRESS POSTER SESSION
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D
1:30-3:30
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Debate on the Linear No Threshold Model for Radiation Risk
Mossman, Nussbaum & Sinclair
Moderator:
Webster
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MRI/MRS
Chair:
Sobol
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Continuing Education Course:
Mammography Topics
Butler & Barnes
Moderator:
High
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Photon Calculations & Verification
Chairs:
Lovelock &Palta
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Ultrasound Phantoms for QA/QC
Chair:
Madsen
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Room: Plankinton Theater
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3:30 - 4:00
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REFRESHMENT BREAK IN EXHIBIT HALL
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E
4:00 - 5:30
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Ultrasound QA/QC
Kimme-Smith
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Continuing Education Course: Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Clinical Medical Physicists
Clarke & Sobol
Moderators:
Allison & Windham
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"What they may not have told you about linear accelerator output factors"
Ten Haken, Sharpe, Lam & Heukelom
Moderator:
Ten Haken
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Continuing Education Course:
Nuclear Medicine
Graham, & Noz
Moderator:
Yester
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Room: Kilbourn
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TUESDAY, July 29 |
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Room:
East Octagon A |
Room:
East Octagon B |
Room:
West Octagon A |
Room:
Juneau |
Room:
Kilbourn |
Room:
West Octagon B |
Room:
Walker |
A
7:30- 8:30 |
Radiation Management of the Pregnant Patient in Diagnostic Radiology
Wagner |
Continuing Education Course: Technology Assessment in Diagnostic Radiology |
Treatment Planning using a CT Simulator
Svennson
& Beard |
Monte Carlo Doses Calculations for Radiation Treatment Planning
Mohan |
Biologic Models in Radiotherapy
Schultheiss
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A Hands-On Opportunity for Ultrasound QA/QC
(8:00 am - 12:00 pm) |
Treatment Planning in Radionuclide Therapy
Zasadny |
B
8:35 - 9:35 |
Teaching Physics to Diagnostic Radiology Residents
McCollough & Zink |
Langlotz & Herbert
Moderator:
Herbert |
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Dynamic Intensity Modulation Technique
Chui
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GYN Implants
Erickson & Gillin
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Treatment Planning in Radionuclide Therapy
Johnson
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9:30-10:00 |
COFFEE BREAK IN EXHIBIT HALL |
C
10:00-12:00 |
Dosimetry in Diagnostic Radiology
Chairs:
Barnes & Karellas |
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Continuing Education Course:
Mammography Topics
Newstead & High
Moderator:
Frey |
Brachytherapy I: Intravascular Brachytherapy
Chairs:
Chiu-Tsao & Nath |
IMRT I
Chairs:
Mackie &Wong |
A Hands-On Opportunity for Ultrasound QA/QC
(cont.) |
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12:00 - 1:30 |
Diagnostic and Nuclear Medicine Poster Session and Electronic Posters |
D
1:30 - 3:30 |
Digital Radiography
Chairs:
Balter & Dobbins
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General and Health Physics plus Miscellaneous
Chair:
Bushong |
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Continuing Education Course:
Mammography Topics
Frey
Moderator:
High |
Therapy Imaging I
Chairs:
Herman & Gilhuijs |
Radiation Measurement and Instrumentation
Chairs:
Ibbott & Reinstein |
Volume Estimation Using Ultrasound: Prostate Implant Placement
Chairs:
Carson & Fowlkes |
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3:30 - 4:00 |
REFRESHMENT BREAK IN EXHIBIT HALL |
E
4:00 - 5:30
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Radon Exposure and the Risk of Lung Cancer Cohen & Puskin
Moderator:
Kase
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Electronic Communications
Laughlin, Bourland,Curran & Orton
Moderator:
Paliwal |
Continuing Education Course: MRI for Clinical Medical Physicists
Hearshen
Moderators: Allison & Windham
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Biological Modeling for Radiation Therapy: Dose-Volume Effects
Jackson, Moulder & Tucker
Moderator:
Schultheiss |
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Continuing Education Course:
Nuclear
Medicine
Fahey & Yester
Moderator:
Yester |
Room:
Kilbourn
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Room:
Plankinton Theater
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6:00 - 10:30 |
NIGHT OUT |
WEDNESDAY, July 30 |
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Room:
East Octagon A |
Room:
East Octagon B |
Room:
West Octagon A |
Room:
Juneau |
Room:
Kilbourn |
Room:
West Octagon B |
Room:
Walker |
A
7:30- 8:30 |
Teleradiology
Ernest & Hangiandreou |
Optimizing Digital X-ray Image Quality
Sprawls |
Continuing Education Course: Technology Assessment in Therapeutic Radiology |
Inhomogeneity Calculations
Van Dyk
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Portal Imaging: Technical Aspects
Jaffray
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Ultrasono-
graphy Accreditation Zagzebski
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Teaching Nuclear Medicine Physics
Madsen |
B
8:35 - 9:35 |
Stereotaxic Breast Biopsy
Kimme-Smith, Williams & Pizzutiello |
Contemporary
Legal Issues in Medical Physics
Bagne, Gooden & Shalek |
Tepper & Herbert
Moderator:
Herbert |
Enhanced Dynamic Wedge
Liu & Palta |
Intravascular Brachytherapy
Nath |
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9:30- 10:00 |
COFFEE BREAK IN EXHIBIT HALL |
C
10:00-12:00 |
Mammography - New Technology: Design, Development, and Evaluation
Chairs:
Andre & Maidment |
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Brachytherapy II
Calculations & Measurements
Chairs:
Fontenla & Thomadsen |
Treatment Planning, Organ Motion, IMRT II
Chairs:
Chen & Jackson |
Ultrasound
Tissue Characterization
Chair:
Fowlkes
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Nuclear Medicine
Chairs:
Madsen & Yester |
12:00-1:30 |
THERAPY POSTERS |
D
1:30 - 3:30 |
Mammography - Evaluation of Conventional Systems and Screening
Chairs:
Seibert & Yaffe |
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Treatment
Delivery
Chairs:
Klein & Mohan |
Radiation Imaging II
Chairs:
Van den Heuvel & Thomason |
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3:30 - 4:00 |
REFRESHMENT BREAK IN EXHIBIT HALL |
E
4:00 - 5:30 |
CAD in Mammography
Clarke, Lo, Floyd & Chan
Moderator:
Chan |
The AAPM:
An Introduction for New Members
AAPM officers, council chairs, and senior members of the Association |
Continuing Education Course: Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Clinical Medical Physicists
Hearshen
Moderators:
Allison & Windham |
Information Technology
Foley, Weinhous & Kijewski
Moderator:
Chen |
Writing NIH Grants
Strudler
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5:45 - 6:45 |
ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING |
THURSDAY, July 31 |
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Room:
East Octagon A |
Room:
East Octagon B |
Room:
West Octagon A |
Room:
Juneau |
Room:
Kilbourn |
Room:
West Octagon B |
Room:
Walker |
A
7:30 - 8:30 |
How Much Information can an X Ray Carry? The Role of Information Theory in Image Assessment
Maidment |
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3-D Treatment Planning Systems
Harms |
Portal Imaging: Clinical Aspects
Wong |
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B
8:35 - 9:35 |
Electronic Anatomic Atlases for Medical Imaging
Vannier |
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Peacock System
Grant |
Eye Plaques
Chiu-Tsao
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9:30 - 10:00 |
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C
10:00-12:00 |
Computer Aided Diagnosis
Chairs:
Giger & Kimme-Smith |
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Stereotactic Radiosurgery
Chairs:
Bourland & Bova |
Radiation Measurement II
Chairs:
Gillin & Kuchnir |
Boron-Neutron Capture Therapy
Solares
Moderator:
Zamenhof
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12:00-1:30 |
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D
1:30 - 3:30 |
CT
Chairs:
Goodsitt & Flynn |
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Continuing Education Course: Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Clinical Medical Physicists
Jackson
Moderators:
Allison & Windham |
Electron Calculations, Heavy Particles
Chairs:
Hogstrom & Phillips |
Treatment Planning
Chairs:
Ezzell & Stern |
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