Each year AAPM conducts an Early-Career Investigators’ Competition at the Spring Clinical Meeting. Early-Career Investigators are encouraged to submit abstracts for the competition. The ten highest scored Early-Career Investigator submissions determined by abstract reviewers are selected to be presented in a special symposium. The top three recipients are recognized at the Spring Clinical Meeting each year.
| Alexander Peter Niver
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Non-Contact Scintillator Imaging Dosimetry for Total Body Irradiation
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2024 SCM - 1st Place |
| Catherine (Caffi) Meyer, PhD
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Quantitative Post-Therapy Imaging of [177]Lu-PSMA-617 for Response Monitoring and Dosimetry
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2024 SCM - 2nd Place |
| Evan Porter, PhD
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Safeplan: Automation Framework for Planning Error Tracking and Prevention in Raystation
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2024 SCM - 3rd Place |
| Aroon Pressram
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Agreement between Dual-Energy Computed Tomography (DECT) and MRI after Stroke Intervention
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2023 SCM - 1st Place |
| Olivia Catherine Certa
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Implementation and Evaluation of Rapidplan PT Knowledge-Based Planning
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2023 SCM - 2nd Place |
| Yao Chen
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Cherenkov-Based Positioning Correction Through Registration of Biomarkers
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2023 SCM - 3rd Place |
| Savannah Decker, PhD
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Automated Detection Algorithms for Improving Radiotherapy Delivery That Directly Quantify Treatment Errors From Online In Vivo Cherenkov Imaging
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2022 SCM - 1st place |
| William S. Ferris, PhD, MS
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Target Visibility On Planar Radiographs On the Radixact Synchrony System
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2022 SCM - 2nd place |
| Krystal M. Kirby, PhD
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Workload data in a modern digital radiography practice
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2022 SCM - 3rd place |
| Justine M. Cunningham, MS
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Enhanced Cardiac Substructure Sparing Using MR-Guided Adaptive Radiation Therapy
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2020 SCM 1st Place |
| Kayla Blunt, PhD
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Appropriateness of Using Portable Radiography to Detect Retained Foreign Objects: Quantification of Suture Needle Detection
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2020 SCM 2nd Place |
| Andrew Michael Headley, DMP
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Intermachine Reproducibility of R2* Measurements Using Least-Squares Fitting
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2020 SCM 3rd Place |
| Jessica Rodgers
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Towards a 3D Ultrasound Needle Guidance System for High-Dose-Rate Interstitial Gynecologic Brachytherapy Implant Placements
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2019 SCM 1st Place |
| Derek J. Gillies, PhD
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Minimally Invasive Focal Liver Tumor Therapy Using a Mechanically Assisted 3D Ultrasound System for Geometrically Variable Imaging
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2019 SCM 2nd Place |
| Muhammad Ramish Ashraf
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Remote, Real-Time and High-Resolution Optical Imaging of Small Beamlets Relevant in Radiotherapy
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2019 SCM 3rd Place |
| Ilma Xhaferllari
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Characterizing the Response of Gafchromic Film to Magnetic Fields On An MRI-Guided Linear Accelerator
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2018 SCM 1st Place |
| Irwin I. Tendler, PhD
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Linear Accelerator Pulse-Synchronized Imaging of Scintillator Emission for Patient Surface Dosimetry
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2018 SCM 2nd Place |
| Brian J. Leong, MS
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A Novel 3D Printed Liquid-Based Brachytherapy Ultrasound QA Phantom
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2018 SCM 3rd Place |
| Alon Witztum, DPhil
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Spatial Dose Surface Map Visualization for Hollow Organ Dose Evaluation
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2017 SCM 1st Place |
| Emily Hubley, MS
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A Novel Quality Control Test for Gantry Angle Accuracy in Respiratory-Gated VMAT Treatments
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2017 SCM 2nd Place |
| Jonathon A. Van Schelt, PhD
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Characterization and Validation of Optically Stimulated Luminescent Dosimeters for In-Vivo Surface Dosimetry of HDR Breast Brachytherapy Treatment
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2017 SCM 3rd Place |
| Manju Liu, PhD
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Effective and Efficient Grid Therapy Using High Dose Rate Flattening Filter Free Beam and Multileaf Collimator
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2016 SCM 1st Place |
| Michael R. Young
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Improving Non-MCO VMAT Planning in RayStation for Prostate Treatment with An Automated Knowledge-Based Model Created Using a Database of Clinical MCO-IMRT Plans
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2016 SCM 2nd Place |
| Christiane Sarah Burton
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A Novel Energy-Dependent Subtraction Method for Cardiac Imaging: Signal and Noise Analysis
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2016 SCM 3rd Place |
| Izabella L. Barreto, PhD
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Quantifying Organ Dose and Improving Image Quality in CT Exams of Subjects with Metal Implants Utilizing a Metal-Artifact Reduction Algorithm
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2015 SCM 1st Place |
| Meral L. Reyhan, PhD
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Characterization of the Effect of MRI On Gafchromic Film Dosimetry
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2015 SCM 2nd Place |
| Edgar Gelover, PhD
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Combining Collimation with Spot-Scanning Proton Therapy to Improve Brain Treatments
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2015 SCM 3rd Place |
| Xuanfeng Ding, PhD
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Generation and Applications of 3D Printed Patient Specific Devices for Proton Therapy
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2014 SCM 1st Place |
| Dustin J. Jacqmin, PhD
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A Comprehensive and Efficient QA system for Validation of Photon Dose Calculation Accuracy
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2014 SCM 2nd Place |
| Taeho Kim, PhD
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Automated Treatment Planning System Dosimetric Quality Assurance
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2014 SCM 3rd Place |
| Anna M. Mench, PhD
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Investigation of X-Ray Attenuation Properties of Organs within the Body and Head of Cadaveric Subjects vs. Living Patients for the Validation of CT Organ Dose Measurements
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2013 SCM 1st Place |
| Lindsay Sinclair
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Direct Organ Dose Measurement for Multi-Detector Computed Tomography Utilizing Cadaveric Subjects
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2013 SCM 2nd Place |
| James Valle Roberts, MS
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A Rapid 1D in Vivo Dose Measurement Technique for VMAT Treatments Using Single Integrated Portal Images
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2013 SCM 3rd Place (Tie) |
| Ke Colin Huang, PhD
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Volume Based Evaluation of Geometric Distortion in Magnetic Resonance Imaging Using 3D Template Matching
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2013 SCM 3rd Place (Tie) |
| Patricia Judy
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Clinical Assessment and Utility of Eye Dose Measurements for Imaging Procedures
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2012 SCM 1st Place |
| Steven R. Jackson, MS
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Evaluation of External Factors Affecting Response of XR-QA2 Gafchromic Film for Diagnostic Energy Range Application
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2012 SCM 2nd Place |
| Sharif F. Elguindi
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Pneumonitis Risk Analysis Based On V20 Measurements in Lung Cancer Patients
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2012 SCM 3rd Place |
