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Tuesday, August 12, 2003 Session Information
Scientific Session
Brachytherapy: High Dose Rate/Intravascular
Tuesday 10:00:00 AM - 12:00:00 PM  Room: Ballroom 20D

Chair 1: David Steidley, St. Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ

Chair 2: Sou-Tung Chiu-Tsao, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY, US

10:00 AM
TU-C20D-1
Dose Perturbation of a Novel Cobalt Chromium Coronary Stent On Intravascular Brachytherapy 32P Catheter-Based Source - F. Mourtada*, J. Horton
10:10 AM
TU-C20D-2
Dosimetric Characteristics of the Novoste Beta-Cath Sr/Y-90 Source Trains at Sub-Millimeter Distances - D. Roa*, H. Song, J. Yue, F. d'Errico, R. Nath
10:20 AM
TU-C20D-3
Evidence with Ultra-High Resolution Film Dosimetry of Dose Enhancement Due to Backscattered Sr-90 Beta Radiation From a Stent - S. Chiu-Tsao*, T. Duckworth, C. Zhang, C. Soares, A. Sliski, Y. Ho, L. Harrison
10:30 AM
TU-C20D-4
Optimization of Dose Distributions for Bifurcated Coronary Vessels Treated with Catheter-Based Photon and Beta Emitters Using the Simulated Annealing Algorithm - N. Yue*, H. Song, R. Nath
10:40 AM
TU-C20D-5
Radiochromic Film Measurements and Monte Carlo Calculations of Absorbed Dose Around An Angioplasty Balloon Catheter Dilated with Liquid Holmium-166 - S. Ye*, C. Joh, S. Shen, S. Tahk, K. Park, S. Yoon, J. Jang, I. Brezovich
10:50 AM
TU-C20D-6
Dose Perturbations Due to Contrast Medium in Mammosite: Dosimetric Investigation of Dose Calculation Accuracy - R. Mitra*, C. Cheng, I. Das
11:00 AM
TU-C20D-7
Evaluation of An Independent Dose Verification Program for HDR Planning - S. Tong*, S. Benedict, D. Todor, J. Williamson
11:10 AM
TU-C20D-8
Impact Of New Software Tool In Treatment Planning For Prostate High-Dose Rate (HDR) Brachytherapy - R. Sankreacha*, G. Morton, B. Keller
11:20 AM
TU-C20D-9
Magnetic-Resonance Spectroscopy Targeting for Inverse Planned HDR Prostate Brachytherapy - J. Pouliot*, Y. Kim, E. Lessard, I. Hsu, J. Kurhanewicz
11:30 AM
TU-C20D-10
Prostate Volume Change and Dosimetric Impact of Edema Between CT-Based HDR Brachytherapy Fractions - Y. Kim*, I. Hsu, E. Lessard, J. Pouliot
11:40 AM
TU-C20D-11
The Feasibility of CT-Based Inverse Planning for Breast HDR Brachytherapy - C. Chuang*, D. Wieczorek, E. Lessard, V. Mishra, M. Rodrigues, I. Hsu, J. Pouliot
11:50 AM
TU-C20D-12
Towards Unsupervised Catheter Reconstruction in HDR Brachytherapy: An Application to Breast Implants - L. Beaulieu*, D. Tubic


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