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1997 AAPM Annual Meeting Program
PROGRAM OF THE MEETING
Calendar of Events
Tuesday, July 29, 1997
Key to Session Codes
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Gammex 5K Run/Walk
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6:00 am
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Veterans Park
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Refresher Courses:
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7:30 am - 8:30 am
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Room: East Octagon A
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TU-A1-01 Radiation Management of the Pregnant
Patient in Diagnostic Radiology - L. Wagner, University of Texas
Medical School, Houston, TX
TU-A3-01 Treatment Planning Using A Computerized
Tomography (CT) Simulator - G. Svensson and C. Beard, Joint Center
for Radiation Therapy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
TU-A4-01 Monte Carlo Dose Calculations
for Radiation Treatment Planning - R. Mohan, Medical College of
Virginia, Richmond, VA
TU-A5-01 Modeling of Responses of Normal
Tissues to Radiation - T. Schultheiss, Fox Chase Cancer Center,
Philadelphia, PA
TU-A7-01 A Treatment Planning Strategy
and Dose Estimates for a Multi-Center Lymphoma Radoimmunotherapy Trial
- K. Zasadny, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor,
MI
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8:00 am12:00 noon
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Room: West Octagon B
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This session provides a hands-on opportunity for participants in
the practice of ultrasound QA/QC where simple techniques can be performed
on actual scanning equipment and phantoms. Participants are encouraged
to learn and/or refresh their QA/QC skills at the B-MODE ULTRASOUND
QUALITY CONTROL: AN INTRODUCTION TO HANDS-ON WORKSHOP which occurs
earlier in the meeting. This will insure that the material in the
hands-on session can be covered relatively quickly insuring the maximum
participation possible.
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Continuing Education Course
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7:30 am - 9:35 am
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Room: East Octagon B
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TU-A2 Technology Assessment in Diagnostic Radiology
Moderator: Donald E. Herbert, University of South Alabama, Mobile,
AL
TU-A2-01 Practical Approaches to Technology
Assessment in Diagnostic Radiology - C. Langlotz, University of
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
TU-A2-02 Some Statistical Insights and
Methods for Technology Assessment - D. Herbert, University of
South Alabama, Mobile, AL
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Refresher Courses:
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8:35 am - 9:35 am
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Room: East Octagon A
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TU-B1 Teaching Physics to Diagnostic Radiology
Residents
TU-B1-01 - F. Zink, Mayo Clinic, Rochester,
MN
TU-B1-02 - C. McCollough, Mayo Clinic,
Rochester, MN Room: Juneau
TU-B4-01 Dynamic Intensity Modulation
Technique - C. Chui, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New
York, NY
TU-B5 GYN Interstitial Implants
TU-B5-01 - B. Erickson, Medical College
of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
TU-B5-02 - M. Gillin, Medical College
of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
TU-B7-01 Implementation of a 3-D Internal
Dosimetry System on a PC - T. Johnson, University of Colorado
Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO
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Coffee Break
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9:30 am - 10:00 am
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East and Central Exhibit Halls
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Scientific Sessions:
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10:00 am - 12:00 pm
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Room: East Octagon A
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TU-C1 Dosimetry in Diagnostic Radiology Chairs:
Gary T. Barnes, University Hospital, Birmingham, AL and Andrew Karellas,
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
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10:00 am
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TU-C1-01 Interventional Fluoroscopy
Exposure Monitoring: With MOSFET, Dose Area Product Meters and TLD's
- C. Cagnon, C. Kimme-Smith, A. Arellano*, T. Solberg
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10:10 am
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TU-C1-02 Evaluation of a Scintillator
Sensor Skin Dose Monitor for High Dose Fluoroscopy - M. Goodsitt*,
E. Christodoulou, S. Keshavmurthy, H. Chan
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10:20 am
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TU-C1-03 Radiation Dose Monitor For
Fluoroscopic Procedures - M. Mahesh, T. Beck*, N. Azar
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10:30 am
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TU-C1-04 Effective Dose in Diagnostic
Radiology as a Function of X-ray Beam Filtration for a Constant
Exit Dose and a Constant Film Density - R. Behrman* and G. Yasuda
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10:40 am
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TU-C1-05 Estimation Of X-Ray Exposure
To Patient Head In Neurovascular Procedures - X. Zhao*, P. Chakraborty,
D. Hackney, R. Hurst, W. Staten
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10:50 am
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TU-C1-06 Estimated Radiation Dose in
RF Catheter Ablation Procedures: Results of a Large Multi-Center
Study - M. Mahadevappa*, L. Rosenthal, T. Beck, J. Lawrence,
H. Calkins
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11:00 am
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TU-C1-07 Entrance Skin and Organ Doses
from Cardiac Catheterization Procedures - M. Pina* and J. Deye
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11:10 am
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TU-C1-08 The Practical Peak Voltage
Of Diagnostic X-Ray Generators - H. Kramer and H. Selbach*
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10:00 am - 12:00 pm
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Room: Juneau
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TU-C4 Brachytherapy I: Intravascular Brachytherapy
Chairs: Sou-Tung Chiu-Tsao, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI and
Ravinder Nath, Yale University, New Haven, CT
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10:00 am
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TU-C4-01 Dosimetric Characteristics
of a Novel Brachytherapy Applicator Using a Liquid Radionuclide
Source - J. Williams*, J. Williamson, J. Stubbs, T. Patrick
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10:10 am
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TU-C4-2 A Dosimetric Study For Intravascular
Brachy-Therapy Of An Artery With Calcified Plaque - E. Ahunbay*,
S. Chiu-Tsai, F. Fang
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10:20 am
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TU-C4-03 Calculation of 3-D Dose Distributions
for Irregularly Deployed Stents Using MCNP - A. Li*
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10:30 am
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TU-C4-04 Activity Measurements of Beta-Particle
Emitting Radionuclides for use in Intravascular Brachytherapy
- B. Coursey* and R. Colle
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10:40 am
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TU-C4-05 Comparison of Measured and
Calculated Dosimetry of 32P Wire Sources for Intravascular Brachytherapy
- C. Soares*, S. Seltzer, K. Mathers
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10:50 am
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TU-C4-06 The Study of the Effect of
a Curved 32P Wire on Radial Dose Distribution for Endovascular
- Z. u*, G. Yang, S. Pai, L. Reinstein, P. Almond
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11:00 am
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TU-C4-07 Application of the DPK Model
to Predict the Dose Field Around a 32P Advanced Stent Design
- C. Janicki*, D. Fischell, K. Krumme, M. Perry
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11:10 am
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TU-C4-08 Dosimetric Parameters for 192Ir
and 125I Seeds for Intravascular Brachytherapy - S. Chiu-Tsao*,
F. Fang, E. Ahunbay, J. Shih
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11:20 am
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TU-C4-09 A Treatment Planning System
for Intravascular Brachytherapy - H. Xie*, R. Miller, R. Chan,
S. Chiu-Tsao, P. Okunieff
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11:30 am
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TU-C4-10 3-D Dose Distributions for
Stents, Liquid Balloons and Y-90 Seeds Using Dose-Volume Histograms
- J. Whiting*, A. Li, N. Eigler
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11: 40 am
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TU-C4-11 High-Resolution 3D Dosimetry
for Endovascular Brachytherapy Using High-Field MRI Microimaging
of Bang Polymer Gels - M. Maryanski*, R. Kennan, J. Gore, U.
Hafeli
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11:50 am
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TU-C4-12 Three Dimensional Dosimetry
of Brachytherapy Sources with Superheated Emulsions - F. d'Errico*,
R. Nath, S. Holland, M. Lamba
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10:00 am - 12:00 pm
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Room: Kilbourn
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TU-C5 Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy I
Chairs: Thomas R. Mackie, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
and John Wong, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI
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10:00 am
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TU-C5-01 Optimization for Intensity
Modulated Beams Using Multiple Beam Kernels and Slice Based Optimization
- S. Sutlief*, P. Cho, M. Phillips
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10:10 am
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TU-C5-02 Intensity Modulation With Static
MLC Fields - P. Xia* and L. Verhey
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10:20 am
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TU-C5-03 Use of Dose Compensating Filters
in Lieu of Segmented Intensity Modulation - P. Roberson*, V.
Narayana, P. McLaughlin, K. Lam, B. Fraass, D. McShan
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10:30 am
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TU-C5-04 Calculating the Effects of
Intra-Treatment Organ Motion on Dynamic Intensity Modulation -
C. Yu*, D. Jaffray, J. Wong
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10:40 am
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TU-C5-05 A Binary Volume Delivery System
Temporal-Based Intensity Modulation Radiation Therapy - M. Carol*,
D. Dawson, R. Spies
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10:50 am
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TU-C5-06 Generation of Intensity Modulated
Beam Profiles on the MM50 Racetrack Microtron Using Dynamic Multileaf
Collimation - M. P. Dirkx*, J. van Santvoort, B. M. Heijmen
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11:00 am
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TU-C5-07 Theory of Monitor Unit Calculations
for Beam Modulation with a Multileaf Collimator - A. Boyer*,
L. Xing, P. Geis, B. Curran, T. Holmes, R. Hill, A. Kania
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11:10 am
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TU-C5-08 The Effect of MLC Leakage on
the Calculation and Delivery of Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy
- T. Holmes*, A. Bleier, M. Carol, B. Curran, A. Kania, R. Lalonde,
L. Larson, E. Sternick
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11:20 am
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TU-C5-09 The Quantitative Dosimetry
Verification of a Commercial IMRT Planning and Delivery System -
D. Low*, S. Mutic, R. Gerber, W. Bosch, J. Purdy
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11:30 am
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TU-C5-10 Verification of Intensity-modulated
X-ray Beams with an Electronic Portal Imaging Device - A. Curtin-Savard
and E. Podgorsak
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11:40 am
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TU-C5-11 A Detector System for Dose
and Image Verification for a Tomotherapy Prototype Unit - G.
Fang*
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11:50 am
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TU-C5-12 Quality Assurance For Intensity
Modulated Conformal Radiotherapy (IMCRT) Using A Beam Imaging Systems
(BIS) - L. Ma*, P. Geis, A. Boyer
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Continuing Education Course
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10:00 am - 12:00 am
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Room: West Octagon A
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TU-C3 Mammography Topics Moderator:
Donald Frey, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
TU-C3-01 Stereotaxic Breast Procedures
- G. Newstead, NYU-Zuckerman Breast Imaging Center, New York, NY
TU-C3-02 Stereotactic Breast Biopsy Surveys
and Accreditation - M. High, New York Medical College, Valhalla,
NY
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Poster Session:
Diagnostic and Nuclear Medicine Poster Presentations
Electronic Poster Displays
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12:00 noon - 1:30 pm
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West Exhibit Hall
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Scientific Sessions:
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1:30 pm - 2:40 pm
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Room: East Octagon A
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TU-D1 Digital Radiography Chairs: Stephen
Balter, New York Hospital, New York City, NY and James T. Dobbins, II,
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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1:30 pm
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TU-D1-01 Contrast Advantage Measured
for the Scanning- Beam Digital X-Ray (SBDX) Fluoroscopic System
- M. Speidel*, M. van Lysel, B. Wilfley, E. Solomon
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1:40 pm
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TU-D1-02 Measurement Of X-Ray Conversion
Gain In Amorphous Selenium - I. Blevis*, D. Hunt, J. Rowlands
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1:50 pm
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TU-D1-03 Comparison of Dual-Energy Computed
Radiography Detectors - T. Poage*, A. Seibert, R. Alvarez
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2:00 pm
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TU-D1-04 Withdrawn
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2:10 pm
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TU-D1-05 The Design of a Dynamic Range
test Phantom for Photostimulable Phosphor Imaging Devices -
J. Dugan* and D. Tucker
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2:20 pm
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TU-D1-06 Comparison of OEM and Manufacturer's
Image Processing in a Computed Radiography Devise - D. Tucker*,
J. Dugan, C. Willis
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2:30 pm
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TU-D1-07 Dry Processing: Film Quality
and Stability - E. Christian*, R. Chu, B. Eaton
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2:50pm - 3:30pm
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Room: East Octagon A
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TU-D1 General and Health Physics Plus Miscellaneous
Chair: Stewart Bushong, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
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2:50 pm
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TU-D1-08 Determination of the Shielding
for an Unoccupied Roof of a Radiation Therapy Facility to Account
for Adjacent Buildings - Modification of a Computer Program
- P. Biggs*
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3:00 pm
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TU-D1-09 LiF:Mg,Cu,P: Investigation
of Long Term Stability and Reproducibility of a Promising TLD Material
- L. Duggan* and T. Kron
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3:10 pm
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TU-D1-10 Critical-Historical Revision
of LA-1; The First Criticality Accident in History - E. Galino*
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3:20 pm
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TU-D1-11 What Does Medical Physics Mean
for a Small Lesser Developed Nation; The Case of Paraguay -
E. Galiano*
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1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
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Room: Juneau
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TU-D4 Therapy Imaging I Chairs: Michael
G. Herman, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD and Keneth Gilhuijs,
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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1:30 pm
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TU-D4-01 Effects of Respiration on Target
and Critical Structure Positions During Treatment Assessed with
Movie-Loop Electronic Portal Imaging - M. Herman* and K. Khadivi
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1:40 pm
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TU-D4-02 Automated On-Line Verification
of Dynamic Multileaf Collimator Configuration Using a Megavoltage
Imager and a Computer Controlled Radiotherapy System - J. Balter*,
D. McShan, J. Kim, B. Fraass
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1:50 pm
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TU-D4-03 Automated Verification of Complex
Target Volumes in Three Dimensions - K. Gilhuijs*, E. Geerlof,
R. Keus, J. Lebesque, L. Ploeger, A. Touw, M. Van Herk, R. Vijlbrief
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2:00 pm
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TU-D4-04 De-Warping Clinical Radiotherapy
Images - K. Luchka*, R. Rajapakshe, S. Shalev
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2:10 pm
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TU-D4-05 Characterisation of an Amorphous
Silicon EPID - P. Munro* and D. Bouius
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2:20 pm
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TU-D4-06 Monte Carlo Optimization of
a Metal-Plate/a-Se Portal Imager - M. Lachaine* and G. Fallone
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2:30 pm
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TU-D4-07 Wavelet-Based Edge Detection
in Simulator and Portal Images - R. Stafford* and G. Starkschall
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2:40 pm
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TU-D4-08 Effective Energy and Phantom-Size-Dependence
of the CT Numbers for Varian Ximatron/CT Scanner - B. Ni*, J.
Chu, V. Saxena, R. Kriz
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2:50 pm
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TU-D4-09 Computed Tomography With an
Electronic Portal Imaging Device - D. Roback*
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3:00 pm
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TU-D4-10 Detector Sensitivity of a Liquid
Filled Ionisation Chamber Used for Portal Imaging - H. Keller*,
C. Stoecklin, M. Fix, P. Ruegsegger
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3:10 pm
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TU-D4-11 Image Quality from Electronic
Portal Imaging Devices - S. Shalev*, K. Luchka, R. Rajapakshe
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3:20 pm
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TU-D4-12 Imaging Parameters of a Prototype
Megavoltage KCD System - S. Samant*, F. DiBianca, J. Laughter,
P. Patra
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1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
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Room: Kilbourn
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TU-D5 Radiation Measurement and Instrumentation
Chairs: Geoffrey S. Ibbott, University of Kentucky Medical Center,
Lexington, KY and Lawrence Reinstein, SUNY Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY
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1:30 pm
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TU-D5-01 Phosphorescent Plastic Fiber
Scintillators for Radiation Therapy Dosimetry - K. Jordan*
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1:40 pm
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TU-D5-02 Two Dimensional Dosimeter Using
Plastic Scintillator: Localization of the Scintillation Process
- A. Kirov*, J. Totty, W. Binns, P. Dowkontt, J. Epstein, C. Hurlbut,
J. Williamson
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1:50 pm
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TU-D5-03 Synchrotron Radiation for the
Study of Dose Response of Radiographic and Radiochromic Film to
Monoenergetic Photons - T. Kron*, M. Butson, L. Duggan, T. Smith,
K. Hyodo
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2:00 pm
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TU-D5-04 Post-irradiation Dependence
of Radiochromic Film Optical Density on Temperature and Time -
L. Reinstein*, G. Gluckman, S. Pai, A. Meek
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2:10 pm
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TU-D5-05 Surface Dose Measurement of
Photon Beams Using CEA Film in a Custom Packet - S. McNeeley*
and I. Das
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2:20 pm
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TU-D5-06 A Simplified TLD Technique
for High Precision Dose Measurement From 0.5 to 1000 cGy - C.
Yu* and G. Luxton
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2:30 pm
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TU-D5-07 Profile Measurement in Lung-Equivalent
Inhomogeneous Media Using Various Dosimetry Systems - M. Muthuswamy*,
M. Martel, K. Lam, R. Ten Haken, B. Fraas
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2:40 pm
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TU-D5-08 Multileaf Collimator Inter-Leaf
Transmission - J. Balog*, R. Mackie, D. Wenman, P. Reckwerd
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2:50 pm
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TU-D5-09 Dosimetric characteristics
of the Small Cylindrical Chamber, or "Pinpoint" Chamber, in Electron
and Photon Beams - U. Rosenow*, G. Kasten, J. Lehmann, M. Lauterbach
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3:00 pm
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TU-D5-10 A Dosimetric and Monte Carlo
Study of Guard Ring Width and Shape of Air Volume of a Plane-Parallel
Electron Chamber - M. Lauterbach*, J. Lehmann, U. Rosenow
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3:10 pm
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TU-D5-11 Dependence of Response of Plane-Parallel
Chambers on the Polarity and the Absolute Value of the Polarizing
Voltage - M. Roos* and K. Derikum
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3:20 pm
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TU-D5-12 A Comparison of AAPM TG39 Protocol
and IAEA TRS 381 Code of Practice for Dosimetry Calibration of Electron
Beams - M. Huq* and N. Yue
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1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
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Room: West Octagon B
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TU-D6 Volume Estimation Using Ultrasound: Prostate
Implant Placement Chairs: Paul Carson, University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, MI and Brian Fowlkes, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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1:30 pm
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TU-D6-01 3-D Ultrasound Imaging of the
Prostate - A. Fenster* and D. Downey
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1:45 pm
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TU-D6-02 Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and
Staging by 3D Ultrasound - A. Moskalik, P. Carson, B. Fowlkes*,
J. Rubin, K. Wojno, R. Bree
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2:00 pm
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TU-D6-03 2D & 3D Ultrasound Guidance
and Treatment Planning for Permanent Prostate Implants - V.
Narayana*, P. Roberson, R. Winfield, P. McLaughlin
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Continuing Education Course
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1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
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Room: West Octagon A
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TU-D3 Mammography Topics Moderator:
Maynard High, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY
TU-D3-01 Common Problems in Mammography
- D. Frey, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
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Refreshment Break
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3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
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East and Central Exhibit Halls
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Symposia
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4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
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Room: Kilbourn
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TU-E1 Radon Exposure and the Risk of Lung Cancer
Moderator: Kenneth Kase, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center,
Stanford, CA
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4:00 pm
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Introduction: K. Kase, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center,
Stanford, CA
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4:10 pm
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TU-E1-01 Test of the Linear- No Threshold
Theory of Radiation Carcinogenesis - B. Cohen, University of
Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
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4:35 pm
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TU-E1-02 EPA Perspective on Radon in
Homes - J. Puskin, U.S. EPA, Washington, DC
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5:00 pm
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Open Floor Discussion
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4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
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Room: Plankinton Theater
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TU-E2 Electronic Communications Moderator:
Bhudatt R. Paliwal, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
TU-E2-01 Commentary on Electronic Publishing
and the AAPM - J. Laughlin, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center,
New York, NY
TU-E2-02 The AAPM Electronic Media Coordinating
Committee - D. Bourland, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem,
NC
TU-E2-03 The Coming (R)Evolution in Publishing:
Electronic Journals - B. Curran, NOMOS Corporation, Sewickley,
PA
TU-E2-04 Medical Physics: Preparing for
the Electronic Revolution - C. Orton, Harper Hospital, Detroit,
MI
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4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
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Room: Juneau
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TU-E4 Biological Modeling for Radiation Therapy:
Dose-Volume Effects Moderator: Timothy Schultheiss, Fox Chase
Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA
TU-E4-01 Volume Effects and the Clinic
- A. Jackson, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York,
NY
TU-E4-02 Modeling Dose and Volume Effects:
When Can We Expect Extrapolations from Animals to Humans to be Valid?
- J. Moulder, Medical College of WI/Rad. Oncology, Milwaukee, WI
TU-E4-03 Limitations to the use of Response
Models in Treatment Planning - S. Tucker, University of Texas
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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Continuing Education Courses
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4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
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Room: West Octagon A
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TU-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
TU-E3-01 Quality Assurance of MRI Systems
- D. Hearshen, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
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4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
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Room: Walker
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TU-E7 Nuclear Medicine Moderator:
Michael Yester, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
TU-E7-01 Imaging FDG with a Scintillation
Camera - F. Fahey, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem,
NC
TU-E7-02 Scintillation Cameras and Acceptance
Testing - M. Yester, Nuclear Medicine, University of Alabama at
Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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AAPM Night Out
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Milwaukee Public Museum
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6:30 pm10:30 pm
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