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  Brachytherapy Wednesday
Therapy Scientific Session 8:00:00 AM - 9:55:00 AM  Room: Ballroom B

Moderator 1: Mark Rivard, Tufts Medical Center
Moderator 2: Jean Pouliot, UC San Francisco

8:00 AM
WE-A-BRB-1
Robotic Brachytherapy Demonstration: Implant of HDR Brachytherapy Needle Configuration Computer-Optimized to Avoid Critical Structures Near the Bulb of the Penis
J. Cunha*, T. Siauw, A. Garg, N. Zhang, K. Goldberg, D. Stoianovici, M. Roach, I. Hsu, J. Pouliot
8:10 AM
WE-A-BRB-2
Characterization of a New Cervical Applicator for Use with the Axxent 50kVp EBx Source
L. Kelley*, R. Holt, T. Rusch, A. Walawalkar, A. Lum
8:20 AM
WE-A-BRB-3
A Fiber Optic Dosimeter to Calibrate P-32 Conformal Brachytherapy Sources
J. Pursley*, T. Mauceri, A. Sliski
8:30 AM
WE-A-BRB-4
Comparison of the Radiation and Thermal Dose Distributions of a Novel Thermo-Brachytherapy Seed
G. Warrell*, D. Shvydka, B. Gautam, E. Parsai
8:40 AM
WE-A-BRB-5
Methods to Optimize COMS Plaque Loading for Improved Dose Homogeneity and Conformity
N. Gagne*, D. Cutright, M. Rivard
8:50 AM
WE-A-BRB-6
3D In-Patient Dose Reconstruction From the PET-CT Imaging of Y-90 Microspheres for Metastatic Cancer to the Liver
E. Fourkal*, I. Veltchev, S. Koren, M. Lin, C. Ma, J. Meyer, M. Doss, M. Yu
9:00 AM
WE-A-BRB-7
Critical Analysis of Strength-Based Medical Event Definition in Prostate Seed Brachytherapy Based On a Comparative Retrospective Pre- and Post-Implant Analysis
D. Todor, J. Horn*, J. Karlin, M. Hagan
9:10 AM
WE-A-BRB-8
Dosimetric Investigation of Praseodymium-142 Microspheres for Microsphere Brachytherapy of Nonresectable Hepatic Tumor
M. Ferreira*, T. Podder, J. Jung
9:20 AM
WE-A-BRB-9
Dosimetric Effects of Needle Tip Localization Errors in Prostate Brachytherapy
B. Ruiz*, S. Leu, T. Podder
9:30 AM
WE-A-BRB-10
Validation of the AAPM/ESTRO TG-192 Protocol for Robotic Implantation of Brachytherapy Seeds: Spatial Positioning Assessment
T. Podder*, L. Beaulieu, B. Caldwell, R. Cormack, J. Crass, A. Dicker, A. Fenster, G. Fichtinger, M. Meltsner, M. Moerland, R. Nath, M. Rivard, T. Salcudean, D. Song, B. Thomadsen, Y. Yu
9:40 AM
WE-A-BRB-11
How Certain Can the Real-Time Plan Predict the Post Dosimetry for Prostate Seed Implant?
J. Li*, M. Buyyounouski, E. Horwitz, C. Ma