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

Thursday, July 31, 1997
Key to Session Codes

Refresher Courses

7:30 am - 8:30 am

Room: East Octagon A

TH-A1-01 How Much Information can an X Ray Carry? The Role of Information Theory in Image Assessment - A. Maidment, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

 

Room: Juneau

TH-A4-01 3-D Treatment Planning Systems - W. Harms, Sr., Washington University, St. Louis, MO

 

Room: Kilbourn

TH-A5-01 Electronic Portal Imaging: Physical Principles and Clinical Applications - J. Wong, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI

 

Refresher Courses

8:35 am - 9:35 am

Room: East Octagon A

TH-B1-01 Electronic Anatomic Atlases for Medical Imaging - M. Vannier, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

 

Room: Juneau

TH-B4-01 The Peacock System - W. Grant III, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

 

Room: Kilbourn

TH-B5-01 Eye Plaques for Ocular Diseases: Treatment Planning Dosimetry and Quality Assurance - S. Chiu-Tsao, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI

 

Scientific Sessions:

10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Room: East Octagon A

TH-C1 Computed Aided Diagnosis Chairs: Maryellen Giger, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL and Carolyn M. Kimme-Smith, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA

10:00 am

TH-C1-01 Application of Computer-Aided Diagnosis to the Diagnosis of Breast Cancer - Y. Jiang*, R. Nishikawa, R. Schmidt, C. Metz, K. Doi

10:10 am

TH-C1-02 Computer-Aided Detection Applied Prospectively to Screening Mammograms - R. Nishikawa*, M. Giger, D. Wolverton, R. Schmidt, C. Comstock, S. Collins, A. Urbas, K. Doi

10:20 am

TH-C1-03 Comparison of Scoring Methods for Computerized Detection of Clustered Microcalcifications in Mammograms - L. Yarusso*, R. Nishikawa, K. Doi

10:30 am

TH-C1-04 Computer Aided Diagnosis for Detection of Clustered Microcalcifications: Optimization and Analysis - M. Anastasio*, H. Yoshida, R. Nishikawa, K. Doi

10:40 am

TH-C1-05 Computerized Analysis of Ultrasound Images of Breast Lesions - H. Al-Hallaq*, M. Giger, D. Wolverton, C. Chan, Z. Huo, J. Rubenstein

10:50 am

TH-C1-06 Neural Network Model Selection in the Computerized Detection of Mass Lesions in Digital Mammograms - M. Kupinski* and M. Giger

11:00 am

TH-C1-07 Application of Artificial Neural Networks for Differential Diagnosis of Interstitial Lung Disease - K. Ashizawa*, T. Ishida, S. Katsuragawa, C. Vyborny, H. MacMahon, K. Doi

11:10 am

TH-C1-08 Automation of Eigenimage Filtering - D. Peck*, H. Soltanain-Zadeh, J. Windham, L. Emery, L. Robbins

11:20 am

TH-C1-09 Image Analysis of the Hippocampus for Surgically Determining Epileptic Foci in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy - J. Hasenau*, J. Windham, K. Elisevish

11:30 am

TH-C1-10 Temporal Interpolation of Vessel-like Structures in Cardiac Biplane Angiography - B. Williams*, J. Esthappan, K. Hoffmann

11:40 am

TH-C1-11 Quantitative Evaluation of Vessel Tracking Techniques on Clinical Coronary Angiograms - A. Sen*, L. Lan, B. Williams, K. Doi, K. Hoffmann

11:50 am

TH-C1-12 3D Vascular Analysis from Biplane Angiograms - K. Hoffmann*, A. Sen, K. Chua, L. Lan, B. Williams, C. Metz, M. Mazzucco, M. Fiebich, J. Esthappan, K. Doi

 

 

10:00 am - 2:00 pm

Room: Juneau

TH-C4 Stereotactic Radiosurgery Chairs: Daniel Bourland, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC and Frank J. Bova, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

10:00 am

TH-C4-01 Stereotactic Radiotherapy for Treatment of Choroidal Neovascularizations - B. Gerbi*

10:10 am

TH-C4-02 A Systematic Study of Clinically Relevant Optimization for Stereotactic Radiosurgery - J. Zhang*, Y. Yu, M. Schell, R. Brasacchio, P. Rubin

10:20 am

TH-C4-03 Radiosurgery of Early Breast Cancer: A Dosimetric Study - G. Jozsef*, S. Formenti, G. Luxton

10:30 am

TH-C4-04 A 3-Dimensional Anatomy-Based Treatment Verification System for Radiosurgery - K. Otto* and G. Fallone

10:40 am

TH-C4-05 Are "mini" MLC-based Radiosurgery Distributions and DVH's Independent of the Complexity of the Target Shapes and Treatment Planners Relative to Conventional Arc-based Radiosurgery? - H. Kubo* and M. Mathai

10:50 am

TH-C4-06 A Convolution Based Dose Computation Method for Leksell Gamma Knife-based Stereotactic Radiosurgery - X. Wu*, J. Ting, C. Yang, M. Watzich, A. Markoe

11:00 am

TH-C4-07 A Repositioning Verification System for the GTC Frame in Stereotactic Radiotherapy - S. Gliessmann* and A. Shiu

11:10 am

TH-C4-08 Evaluation of the Spatial Accuracy of MRI-Based Stereotactic Target Localization for GAMMA Knife Radiosurgery of Functional Disorders - G. Bednarz*, B. Downes, B. Corn, W. Curran, H. Goldman

11:20 am

TH-C4-09 Evaluation of Tomographic Optical Scanning of Bang Polymer Gels for 3D Dosimetry and Quality Assurance in Stereotactic Radiosurgery - M. Maryanski, M. Ranade, L. Liu, J. Knisely, P. Vitali, R. Schulz*, J. Gore

11:30 am

TH-C4-10 Output Factors for Small Radiosurgery Collimators - D. Duggan* and C. Coffey

11:40 am

TH-C4-11 Use Computerized Fusion of CT and MRI Data Set to Evaluate the Precision of SRT Localization - D. Zellmer*, L. Crimi, L. Nardella, J. Rankin, H. Brereton

11:50 am

TH-C4-12 Measured Accuracy of a Replaceable Stereotactic Radiotherapy Headframe System Using Sequential CT Scanning - D. Mellenberg*, E. Pennington, P. Hitchon, C. Saw, D. Hussey

 

10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Room: Kilbourn

TH-C5 Radiation Measurement II Chairs: Michael Gillin, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI and Franca T. Kuchnir, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

10:00 am

TH-C5-01 The Use of an Electronic Portal Imaging Device to Measure Exit Dose Profiles - H. Parsaei, R. Rajapukshe, E. El-Khatib

10:10 am

TH-C5-02 Intercomparison of the Bremsstrahlung Spectra of Radiotherapy Linear Accelerators - M. Vossler* and W. Hanson

10:20 am

TH-C5-03 Relative Dosimetry Measurement for Kilovoltage X-Ray Units - X. Li*, C. Ma, D. Salhani

10:30 am

TH-C5-04 Broad Beam Attenuation and Organ Shielding in Kilovoltage Photon Beams: Dependence on Ion Chambers - I. Das*

10:40 am

TH-C5-05 Measurement of the Product PwallPrepl at New Reference Depth in Electron Beams for a Markus Ionization Chamber - G. Ding* and J. Cygler

10:50 am

TH-C5-06 Comparison of Electron Beam Depth Dose Curves in Water Obtained by Following the Recommendations of the AAPM TG25 Report and the IAEA 1987 Code of Practice - N. Yue* and M. Huq

11:00 am

TH-C5-07 Energy Dependence of Commercially Available Patient Diode Detectors - T. Zhu, A. Saini*, L. Ding

11:10 am

TH-C5-08 Scatter-Phantom Ratios for 6 and 18 MV Photons. - C. Reft*, F. Kuchnir, J. Turian

11:20 am

TH-C5-09 Evaluation and Implementation of Double Focus Multileaf Collimator System - A. Thavendrarajah*, N. Samsami, N. Gupta, C. Kanellitsas, P. Werner, D. Boyle

 

Symposia

10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Room: West Octagon B

TH-C6 Boron-Neutron Capture Therapy Moderator: Robert Zamenhof, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

TH-C6-01 An Update on Neutron Capture Therapy - G. Solares, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

 

AAPM Board of Directors Meeting

1:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Hyatt Regency Lakeshore A and B

 

Scientific Sessions:

1:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Room: East Octagon A

TH-D1 CT Chairs: Michael Flynn, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI and Mitchell Goodsitt, University of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI

1:30 pm

TH-D1-01 Overcoming Collimator-dependent Slice Thickness in CT using Multiple Detector Arrays - N. Corrigan*, A. Chavez, E. Wisner, J. Boone

1:40 pm

TH-D1-02 QCT Based Finite Element Models Predict Proximal Femur Structural Characteristics - D. Cody*, D. Fyhrie, F. Hou

1:50 pm

TH-D1-03 Automatic 3D Segmentation Of Bone Structure In CT Studies - M. Fiebich* and K. Hoffmann

2:00 pm

TH-D1-04 Fast and Novel Bone Removal Technique from CT Angiography Data - A. Alyassin* and G. Avinash

2:10 pm

TH-D1-05 Radiation Dose Measurement for Helical CT Scans at Different Collimations and Table Speeds - M. McNitt-Gray*, C. Cagnon, T. Solberg, I. Chetty

2:20 pm

TH-D1-06 Spiral Phantom in CT Quality Assurance - J. Ho*

2:30 pm

TH-D1-07 Design, Modeling and Performance of a Volumetric Micro-CT Scanner - R. Johnson*, C. Wilson, S. Haworth, C. Dawson, J. Linehan, D. Roerig

2:40 pm

TH-D1-08 Radiation Dose for Small Field High Resolution Computed Tomography of Bone - M. Flynn* and S. Hames

 

 

1:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Room: Juneau

TH-D4 Electron Calculations, Heavy Particles Chairs: Kenneth Hogstrom, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX and Mark Phillips, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

1:30 pm

TH-D4-01 Accuracy of Dose Output at Extended Treatment Distances Calculated Using a Pencil-Beam Algorithm - K. Hogstrom**, R. Gastorf, G. Myron, A. Shiu, R. Steadham

1:40 pm

TH-D4-02 Monte Carlo Calculated Electron Beam Applicator Gap Factor vs SSD - G. Zhang*, D. Rogers, J. Cygler

1:50 pm

TH-D4-03 Prediction of Output Factors for MLC-Shaped Electron Fields - J. Moran*, A. Bruinvis, B. Fraass

2:00 pm

TH-D4-04 Field Equivalence in Electron Beam Dosimetry - F. Khan* and P. Higgins

2:10 pm

TH-D4-05 Monte Carlo Treatment Planning: Output Factors for Small Irregular Field Electron Beams - C. Ma*, E. Mok, A. Kapur, D. Findly

2:20 pm

TH-D4-06 Recent Improvements and Accuracy Tests of the Voxel Monte Carlo Algorithm - I. Kawrakow* and A. Bielajew

2:30 pm

TH-D4-07 Clinical Implementation of the Voxel Monte Carlo Algorithm for Treatment Planning with Electron Beams - M. Fippel*, K. Friedrich, F. Kamprad, U. Wolf, R. Schneider, W. Wilke, I. Kawrakow

2:40 pm

TH-D4-08 Monte Carlo Modelling of a p(50) + Be(26) Neutron Therapy Machine - M. Phillips* and C. Wemple

2:50 pm

TH-D4-09 Radiation Doses Delivered During Clinical Trials of Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT) Using Single-or-Double-field Irradiations - J. Capala*, A. Diaz, A. Chanana

3:00 pm

TH-D4-10 Lahet Monte Carlo Simulations of the NAC Proton Therapy Beam Line - J. Siebers* and J. Symons

3:10 pm

TH-D4-11 Effects of Fluence Perturbation on Cavity Dose Response in Clinical Proton Beams - H. Palmans* and F. Verhaegen

3:20 pm

TH-D4-12 Dosimetry of Particle Beams With Different Walled Ionization Chambers - T. Hiraoka*, K. Omata, A. Fukumura, M. Takeshita



1:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Room: Kilbourn

TH-D5 Treatment Planning Chairs: Gary Ezzell, Harper Hospital, Detroit, MI and Robin Stern, University California - Davis Cancer Center, Sacramento, CA

1:30 pm

TH-D5-01 Dose Escalation Potential of IMRT for Lung Cancer - R. Kendall* and I. Rosen

1:40 pm

TH-D5-02 Combining Electron Beams with Intensity-Modulated Photon Beams for Improved Organ Sparing - S. Spirou* and C. Chui

1:50 pm

TH-D5-03 Tabu Search: An Automatic Treatment Planning Algorithm for Conformal Radiotherapy - J. Gilio*

2:00 pm

TH-D5-04 An Active Set Algorithm for Treatment Planning Optimization - D. Hristov* and B. Fallone

2:10 pm

TH-D5-05 Optimization of Pancreatic Treatment Plans Using a Genetic Algorithm - G. Ezzell* and L. Gaspar

2:20 pm

TH-D5-06 Inverse Planning as a Vehicle for Dose Escalation in Maxillary Sinus Cancer - J. Sheldon*, K. Forster, R. Woode, C. Chui

2:30 pm

TH-D5-07 Inverse Planning for Head and Neck Sites: Does a Mini-MLC Provide Advantages? - K. Forster*, J. Sheldon, C. Chui, C. Ling, W. Lutz

2:40 pm

TH-D5-08 The Volume Effect In Irradiated Mouse Colorectum - M. Skwarchuk* and E. Travis

2:50 pm

TH-D5-09 Derivation of Dose in Small Fields from Broad-Beam Measurements for Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy Planning - A. Bleier*, M. Carol, B. Curran, T. Holmes, A. Kania, R. Lalonde, L. Larson, E. Sternick Continuing Education Course



1:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Room: West Octagon A

TH-D3 Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Clinical Medical Physicists Moderators: Jerry Allison, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA and Joe Windham, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI

TH-D3-01 Acceptance Testing of MRI Systems - E. Jackson, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX