1997 AAPM Annual Meeting Program
PROGRAM OF THE MEETING
Calendar of Events

Monday, July 28, 1997
Key to Session Codes

Refresher Courses:
7:30 am - 8:30 am

Room: East Octagon A
 
MO-A1 New Concepts in Diagnostic X Ray Shielding - Introduction and Theory
MO-A1-01 - J. Gray, Consultant, Rochester, MN
MO-A1-02 - D. Simpkin, St. Luke's Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI
 

Room: Juneau
 
MO-A4-01 The Convolution/Superposition Dose Calculation Algorithm - T.R. Mackie, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, WI
 

Room: Kilbourn

 
MO-A5-01 Stereotactic Radiosurgery - An Overview and New Developments - M. Schell, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
 

Room: Walker
MO-A7-01 Requirements of Treatment Planning for Radionuclide Therapy - D. Macey, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

Refresher Courses:
8:35 am - 9:35 am

Room: East Octagon A
MO-B1 New Concepts in Diagnostic X Ray Shielding - Applications and Site Surveys
MO-B1-01 - B. Archer, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
MO-B1-02 - R. Dixon, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC
MO-B1-03 - L. Hubbard, Hubbard, Broadbent & Associates, Downers Grove, IL
 

Room: East Octagon B
MO-B2-01 Selected Recent Advances in MRI - M. Bernstein, GE Medical Systems, Milwaukee, WI
 

Room: Juneau
MO-B4-01 Clinical Use of Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy Using Multi-Segment Treatment Delivery Techniques - B. Fraass, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI Room: Kilbourn
MO-B5-01 Principles and Technical Issues in Prostate Brachytherapy - K. DeWyngaert, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY
 

Room: West Octagon B
MO-B6-01 Quality Control of Hard Copy Devices - J. Kofler, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN and University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
 

Room: Walker
MO-B7-01 Patient-Specific Beta Dose Estimation in Radioimmunotherapy (RIT) - L. Williams, City of Hope Medical Center, Duarte, CA
 
Coffee Break
9:30 am-10:00 am

East and Central Exhibit Halls
 
President's Symposium:
10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Room: Plankinton Theater
MO-C1 President's Symposium: New Directions in X-Ray Detectors
for Medical Imaging - Moderator: Stephen Thomas, University Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH MO-C1-01 - J. Boone, UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA
MO-C1-02 - M. Yaffee, University of Toronto, Toronto,Ontario, Canada
MO-C1-03 - L. Antonuk, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI
MO-C1-04 - J. Rowlands, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
MO-C1-05 - E. Staab, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
 
Poster Session: Works in Progress Poster Presentations
12:00 noon - 1:30 pm

West Exhibit Hall
 
Symposium
1:30 - 3:30 pm

Room: Plankinton Theater
MO-D1 The Linear No-Threshold Debate - Moderator: Edward Webster, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
 
1:30 pm Introduction: E. Webster, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
1:35 pm MO-D1-01 - K. Mossman, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2:00 pm MO-D1-02 - R. Nussbaum, Portland State University, Portland, OR
2:25 pm MO-D1-03- W. Sinclair, National Council on Radiation Protection, Bethesda, MD
2:50 pm Panel Discussion
3:10 pm Open Floor Discussion
3:28 pm Brief Summation: E. Webster, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
 
 
Scientific Sessions:
1:30 - 3:30 pm

Room: East Octagon B
MO-D2 MRI/MRS Chair: Wlad Sobol, University of Alabama - Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
 
1:30 pm MO-D2-01 MR Single Shot FLAIR/Diffusion Weighted Echo- Planar Imaging and Analysis of Perfusion Imaging for Stroke Evaluation - Y. Liu*, R. Breger, J. Blechinger, D. Weber, X. Zhou
1:40 pm MO-D2-02 A Simple, Robust Solution to the Decomposition Problem for MR Images Acquired with Three Point Chemical Shift Methods - Q. Chen*, E. Schneider, P. Tulipano, D. Ballon
1:50 pm MO-D2-03 An Automatic Bolus Detection Method for MRA of Abdominal Arteries - J. Blechinger*, R. Breger, Y. Liu, T. Foo
2:00 pm MO-D2-04 Maximum Specific Absorption Rate for Various Tissues during MRI at High Field Strengths (2 Tesla) - D. Mihailidis* and E. Ritenour
 
 
1:30 - 3:30 pm

Room: Juneau
MO-D4 Photon Calculations and Verification Chairs: Michael Lovelock, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY Jatinder Palta University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
1:30 pm MO-D4-01 Piecewise Parametrization of Scatter Components of In-Air Output. - J. Palta* and S. Kim
1:40 pm MO-D4-02 The Dilemma of Spatially Invariant Kernels in the FFT-Convolution Photon-Beam Algorithm - G. Starkschall* and N. Wells
1:50 pm MO-D4-03 Improved Spectrum Characterization for FFT Convolution and Superposition Algorithms - S. Monthofer, M. Wiesmeyer*, K. Krippner
2:00 pm MO-D4-04 A Submersible Heterogeneous Phantom for Verifying Convolution Dose Computation and Dose Reconstruction Methods - T. McNutt*, P. Sinha, E. Hendee, T. Mackie, B. Paliwal
2:10 pm MO-D4-05 Validation of a Model to Determine the Midplane Dose from Portal Dose Measurements - R. Boellaard*, M. Essers, M. van Herk, B. Mijnheer
2:20 pm MO-D4-06 Dose Distributions Near High-Z Interfaces: Analysis of Measurements Versus Micro- and Macrodosimetric Monte Carlo Simulation - F. Verhaegen*, I. Das, H. Pruchova, D. Regulla
2:30 pm MO-D4-07 Implementation and Validation of Dose and Monitor Unit Calculations of a Commercial FFT Convolution Algorithm - S. Monthofer*, M. Wiesmeyer, K. Krippner
2:40 pm MO-D4-08 Experimental Verification of the Proposed Monitor Unit Calculations for the Phillips Multileaf Collimator - G. Neyman, J. Deasy, P. Almond
2:50 pm MO-D4-09 An Equivalent-Square Algorithm for the Computation of Output Factors for Irregular Fields, Shaped by an Internal Multileaf Collimator - R. DeBoer*, M. Brugmans, F. Wittkamper
3:00 pm MO-D4-10 Monte Carlo Simulation of a Cesium Irradiator Using BEAM - B. Walters*, D. Rogers, K. Shortt
3:10 pm MO-D4-11 A Generalized Monitor Unit Calculation Method for Shaped Enhanced Dynamic Wedge Fields - C. Liu*, Z. Li, J. Palta
3:20 pm MO-D4-12 Calculation of Enhanced Dynamic Wedge Factors for Symmetric and Asymmetric Photon Fields - J. Gibbons*
 
1:30 - 3:30 pm

Room: West Octagon B
MO-D6 Ultrasound Phantoms for Quality Assurance/Quality Control Chair: Ernest Madsen, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
 
1:30 pm MO-D6-01 Phantoms for Doppler Ultrasound - A. Fenster*, D. Holdsworth, D. Rickey
1:55 pm MO-D6-02 An Automated Method for Performance Testing of Ultrasound Scanners Using Simulated Focal Lesions in a Regular Array - J. Kofler*, E. Madsen, J. Zagzebski
2:20 pm MO-D6-03 Quality Assurance in the Absence of a Performance Standard for Diagnostic Ultrasound Imaging Systems - H. Lopez*
2:45 pm MO-D6-04 Evaluation of Color Doppler Spatial Resolution Performance with a Thin Film Test Object - D. Phillips*, S. McAleavey, K. Parker
3:10 pm MO-D6-05 Comparison of Selected Ultrasound Performance Tests Using Conventional and Magnified Field of View - K. Kanal*, J. Kofler, D. Groth
3:20 pm MO-D6-06 Lesion Signal-to-Noise (LSNR) Measurements for Diagnostic Medical Ultrasound Performance Characterization - J. Kofler*, E. Madsen, J. Zagzebski
 
 
Continuing Education Course
1:30 - 3:30 pm

Room: West Octagon A
MO-D3 Mammography Topics Moderator: Maynard High, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY
MO-D3-01 Regulatory Update - P. Butler, The George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
MO-D3-02 Optimizing Mammography System Performance - G. Barnes, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
 
Refreshment Break
3:30 pm- 4:00 pm

East and Central Exhibit Halls
 
Symposia
4:00 pm- 5:30 pm

Room: Kilbourn
MO-E1 Ultrasound Quality Assurance/Quality Control
MO-E1-01 B-Mode Ultrasound Quality Control: An Introduction to Hands-On Workshop - C. Kimme-Smith, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
 
4:00 pm- 5:30 pm

Room: Juneau
MO-E4 "What They May Not Have Told You About Linear Accelerator Output Factors" Moderator: Randall Ten Haken, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI
MO-E4-01 Common Notions Disputed - R. Ten Haken, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI
MO-E4-02 Origins of Primary Scattered Radiation In and Around the Linac Head - M. Sharpe, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI
MO-E4-03 Parameterization of Head Scatter Factor - K. Lam, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI
MO-E4-04 Wedge Induced Components of the Output of Photon Beams - S. Heukelom, Free University Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
 
 
Continuing Education Courses
4:00 pm- 5:30 pm

Room: West Octagon A
MO-E3 Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Clinical Medical Physicists Moderators: Jerry Allison, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA and Joe Windham, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
MO-E3-01 Test Objects/Equipment for Quality Assurance, Compliance Testing, and Acceptance Testing - G. Clarke, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
MO-E3-02 Personnel Roles in Quality Assurance, Compliance Testing, and Acceptance Testing - W. Sobol, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL
 
4:00 pm- 5:30 pm

Room: Walker
MO-E7 Nuclear Medicine Moderator: Michael Yester, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
MO-E7-01 Attenuation Correction and Scatter Correction - L. S. Graham, West LA VA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
MO-E7-02 How to Get the Images Out of the Equipment, Archive Them, Manipulate Them, and Make Them Available - G. Maguire, Jr., Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden and M. Noz, New York University, New York, NY
 
 
AAPM Awards Ceremony and Reception
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Hyatt Regency-Regency Ballroom