46th AAPM Annual Meeting Program
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Standard Poster Display
Standard Poster Displays - Diagnostic Imaging - Viewing Sun thru Wed
Sunday 7:00:00 AM - 11:00:00 PM  Room: Exhibit Hall - No Formal Session; Displays Only

Standard Poster Display
Standard Poster Displays - Therapy - Viewing Sun thru Wed
Sunday 7:00:00 AM - 11:00:00 PM  Room: Exhibit Hall - No Formal Session; Displays Only

Symposium
Education Council Symposium
Sunday 8:00:00 AM - 9:30:00 AM  Room: Ballroom A

Symposium
2004 Student Meeting
Sunday 9:30:00 AM - 11:00:00 AM  Room: Ballroom A

Symposium
Professional Council Symposium
Sunday 9:30:00 AM - 11:00:00 AM  Room: Ballroom B

Symposium
Young Investigators Symposium
Sunday 11:00:00 AM - 1:00:00 PM  Room: Ballroom A

Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall
Box Lunch/Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall
Sunday 1:00:00 PM - 1:30:00 PM  Room: Exhibit Hall

Moderated Poster Session
IMRT Optimization
Sunday 1:30:00 PM - 2:15:00 PM  Room: Poster Discussion Area 1

Moderated Poster Session
CT and MRI
Sunday 1:30:00 PM - 2:15:00 PM  Room: Poster Discussion Area 15

Moderated Poster Session
Motion 1
Sunday 1:30:00 PM - 2:15:00 PM  Room: Poster Discussion Area 7

Moderated Poster Session
Brachytherapy
Sunday 1:30:00 PM - 2:15:00 PM  Room: Poster Discussion Area 9

Moderated Poster Session
Stereotactic and Particles
Sunday 2:15:00 PM - 3:00:00 PM  Room: Poster Discussion Area 11

Moderated Poster Session
X-ray Imaging
Sunday 2:15:00 PM - 3:00:00 PM  Room: Poster Discussion Area 13

Moderated Poster Session
IMRT Clinical Applications
Sunday 2:15:00 PM - 3:00:00 PM  Room: Poster Discussion Area 3

Moderated Poster Session
Motion 2
Sunday 2:15:00 PM - 3:00:00 PM  Room: Poster Discussion Area 5

Moderated Poster Session
Image Fusion and Treatment Planning
Sunday 3:00:00 PM - 3:45:00 PM  Room: Poster Discussion Area 10

Moderated Poster Session
Nuclear Medicine
Sunday 3:00:00 PM - 3:45:00 PM  Room: Poster Discussion Area 16

Moderated Poster Session
IMRT Verification
Sunday 3:00:00 PM - 3:45:00 PM  Room: Poster Discussion Area 2

Moderated Poster Session
Measurements 1
Sunday 3:00:00 PM - 3:45:00 PM  Room: Poster Discussion Area 8

Moderated Poster Session
Brachytherapy and Radiation Biology
Sunday 3:45:00 PM - 4:30:00 PM  Room: Poster Discussion Area 12

Moderated Poster Session
Image Processing and PACS
Sunday 3:45:00 PM - 4:30:00 PM  Room: Poster Discussion Area 14

Moderated Poster Session
Educational Moderated Poster Discussion Session
Sunday 3:45:00 PM - 4:30:00 PM  Room: Poster Discussion Area 17

Moderated Poster Session
Monte Carlo
Sunday 3:45:00 PM - 4:30:00 PM  Room: Poster Discussion Area 4

Moderated Poster Session
Measurements 2
Sunday 3:45:00 PM - 4:30:00 PM  Room: Poster Discussion Area 6

Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall
Refreshment Break
Sunday 4:30:00 PM - 5:30:00 PM  Room: Exhibit Hall

Continuing Education Course
CE: Physics Role in IS –
Monday 7:30:00 AM - 8:25:00 AM  Room: 303

Continuing Education Course
CE: Computed Tomography Physics and Technology -1
Monday 7:30:00 AM - 8:25:00 AM  Room: 305

Continuing Education Course
CE: Mammography Physics and Technology - 1
Monday 7:30:00 AM - 8:25:00 AM  Room: 315

Continuing Education Course
CE: Digital Image Management Systems - 1
Monday 7:30:00 AM - 8:25:00 AM  Room: 317

Continuing Education Course
CE: PET Physics and Technology -1
Monday 7:30:00 AM - 8:25:00 AM  Room: 319

Continuing Education Course
CE:State of the Art IMRT -1
Monday 7:30:00 AM - 8:25:00 AM  Room: Ballroom A

Continuing Education Course
CE: Quality Assurance for Clinical Trials: A Primer for Physicists
Monday 7:30:00 AM - 8:25:00 AM  Room: Ballroom B

Continuing Education Course
CE: DICOM: Definitions and Testing
Monday 8:30:00 AM - 9:25:00 AM  Room: 303

Continuing Education Course
CE: Fluoroscopy Physics and Technology - 1
Monday 8:30:00 AM - 9:25:00 AM  Room: 305

Continuing Education Course
CE: Radiation Safety and Risk Management - 1
Monday 8:30:00 AM - 9:25:00 AM  Room: 310

Continuing Education Course
CE: Magnetic Resonance Imaging Physics and Technology - 1
Monday 8:30:00 AM - 9:25:00 AM  Room: 315

Continuing Education Course
CE: Ultrasound Imaging Physics and Technology- 1
Monday 8:30:00 AM - 9:25:00 AM  Room: 317

Continuing Education Course
CE: Radionuclide Dosimetry - 1
Monday 8:30:00 AM - 9:25:00 AM  Room: 319

Continuing Education Course
CE: State of the Art IMRT - 2
Monday 8:30:00 AM - 9:25:00 AM  Room: Ballroom A

Continuing Education Course
CE: Transition to Heterogeneity Corrections –
Monday 8:30:00 AM - 9:25:00 AM  Room: Ballroom B

Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall
Coffee Break
Monday 9:30:00 AM - 10:00:00 AM  Room: Exhibit Hall

Symposium
AAPM President’s Symposium:The Future of Diagnostic Imaging and Radiation Therapy
Monday 10:00:00 AM - 12:00:00 PM  Room: Ballroom B

Lunch Break
Lunch Break
Monday 12:00:00 PM - 1:30:00 PM  Room: ...

Professional Session
Professional Practice Proffered - Cosponsored by ACMP
Monday 1:30:00 PM - 2:30:00 PM  Room: 305

Scientific Session
Brachytherapy 1
Monday 1:30:00 PM - 3:20:00 PM  Room: 303

Scientific Session
Ultrasound/Bone Imaging
Monday 1:30:00 PM - 3:20:00 PM  Room: 315

Scientific Session
CT 1
Monday 1:30:00 PM - 2:30:00 PM  Room: 317

Scientific Session
IMRT Clinical Applications 1
Monday 1:30:00 PM - 3:20:00 PM  Room: Ballroom A

Scientific Session
4D Treatment Planning
Monday 1:30:00 PM - 3:20:00 PM  Room: Ballroom B

Symposium
PACS and Medical Physicist
Monday 1:30:00 PM - 3:20:00 PM  Room: 319

Workshop
Display Evaluation Workshop
Monday 1:30:00 PM - 3:20:00 PM  Room: 310

Professional Session
The ABR Maintenance of Certification –
Monday 2:30:00 PM - 3:20:00 PM  Room: 305

Symposium
CT Noise Metrology
Monday 2:30:00 PM - 3:20:00 PM  Room: 317

Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall
Refreshment Break
Monday 3:20:00 PM - 4:00:00 PM  Room: Exhibit Hall

Forum
Digital Radiography/Mammography Debate
Monday 4:00:00 PM - 5:30:00 PM  Room: 319

Professional Session
Economics/Medical Physics Work Values, the ABT study and ACR Task Group: Cosponsored by ACR, ACMP
Monday 4:00:00 PM - 5:30:00 PM  Room: 305

Scientific Session
Nuclear Medicine
Monday 4:00:00 PM - 5:30:00 PM  Room: 315

Scientific Session
Dosimetry
Monday 4:00:00 PM - 5:30:00 PM  Room: 317

Scientific Session
Motion Tracking
Monday 4:00:00 PM - 5:30:00 PM  Room: Ballroom B

Symposium
Beyond Film: Alternatives for Dosimetric Verification
Monday 4:00:00 PM - 5:30:00 PM  Room: 303

Symposium
IMRT Optimization and Operations Research
Monday 4:00:00 PM - 5:30:00 PM  Room: Ballroom A

Workshop
Display Evaluation Workshop
Monday 4:00:00 PM - 5:30:00 PM  Room: 310

AAPM Awards Ceremony and Reception
AAPM Awards Ceremony/Reception
Monday 6:00:00 PM - 8:30:00 PM  Room: The Westin Hotel - Allegheny Ballroom

Continuing Education Course
CE: Theory of Quality Assurance
Tuesday 7:30:00 AM - 8:25:00 AM  Room: 303

Continuing Education Course
CE: Computed Tomography Physics and Technology - 2
Tuesday 7:30:00 AM - 8:25:00 AM  Room: 305

Continuing Education Course
CE: Mammography Physics and Technology - 2
Tuesday 7:30:00 AM - 8:25:00 AM  Room: 315

Continuing Education Course
CE: Digital Image Management Systems - 2
Tuesday 7:30:00 AM - 8:25:00 AM  Room: 317

Continuing Education Course
CE: PET Physics and Technology - 2
Tuesday 7:30:00 AM - 8:25:00 AM  Room: 319

Continuing Education Course
CE: State of the Art IMRT - 3
Tuesday 7:30:00 AM - 8:25:00 AM  Room: Ballroom A

Continuing Education Course
CE: Extracranial Radiosurgery
Tuesday 7:30:00 AM - 8:25:00 AM  Room: Ballroom B

Continuing Education Course
CE: Managing Respiratory Motion In Radiation Therapy
Tuesday 8:30:00 AM - 9:25:00 AM  Room: 303

Continuing Education Course
CE: Fluoroscopy Physics and Technology - 2
Tuesday 8:30:00 AM - 9:25:00 AM  Room: 305

Continuing Education Course
CE: Radiation Safety and Risk Management -2
Tuesday 8:30:00 AM - 9:25:00 AM  Room: 310

Continuing Education Course
CE: Magnetic Resonance Imaging Physics and Technology - 2
Tuesday 8:30:00 AM - 9:25:00 AM  Room: 315

Continuing Education Course
CE: Magnetic Resonance Imaging Physics and Technology - 2
Tuesday 8:30:00 AM - 9:25:00 AM  Room: 315

Continuing Education Course
CE: Ultrasound Imaging Physics and Technology - 2
Tuesday 8:30:00 AM - 9:25:00 AM  Room: 317

Continuing Education Course
CE: Radionuclide Dosimetry - 2
Tuesday 8:30:00 AM - 9:25:00 AM  Room: 319

Continuing Education Course
CE: State of the Art IMRT- 4
Tuesday 8:30:00 AM - 9:25:00 AM  Room: Ballroom A

Continuing Education Course
CE: Daily Prostate Radiotherapy Localization
Tuesday 8:30:00 AM - 9:25:00 AM  Room: Ballroom B

Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall
Coffee Break
Tuesday 9:30:00 AM - 10:00:00 AM  Room: Exhibit Hall

Professional Session
Symposium on Ethics
Tuesday 10:00:00 AM - 12:00:00 PM  Room: 305

Scientific Session
Monte Carlo
Tuesday 10:00:00 AM - 12:00:00 PM  Room: 303

Scientific Session
MRI
Tuesday 10:00:00 AM - 12:00:00 PM  Room: 315

Scientific Session
Fluoroscopy and Angiography
Tuesday 10:00:00 AM - 12:00:00 PM  Room: 317

Scientific Session
IMRT Optimization
Tuesday 10:00:00 AM - 12:00:00 PM  Room: Ballroom A

Scientific Session
4D CT
Tuesday 10:00:00 AM - 12:00:00 PM  Room: Ballroom B

Symposium
From Physics to Medicine
Tuesday 10:00:00 AM - 12:00:00 PM  Room: 319

Workshop
Diagnostic Ultrasound Quality Control Workshop
Tuesday 10:00:00 AM - 11:00:00 AM  Room: 310

Workshop
Diagnostic Ultrasound Quality Control Workshop
Tuesday 11:00:00 AM - 12:00:00 PM  Room: 310

Lunch Break
Lunch Break
Tuesday 12:00:00 PM - 1:30:00 PM  Room: ...

Scientific Session
Calibration and QA
Tuesday 1:30:00 PM - 3:20:00 PM  Room: 303

Scientific Session
CT II
Tuesday 1:30:00 PM - 3:20:00 PM  Room: 315

Scientific Session
Mammography I
Tuesday 1:30:00 PM - 3:20:00 PM  Room: 317

Scientific Session
IMRT Clinical Applications 2
Tuesday 1:30:00 PM - 3:20:00 PM  Room: Ballroom A

Scientific Session
Functional Imaging and Fusion
Tuesday 1:30:00 PM - 3:20:00 PM  Room: Ballroom B

Symposium
Image-guided Therapy
Tuesday 1:30:00 PM - 3:20:00 PM  Room: 305

Symposium
Dual Modality Imaging
Tuesday 1:30:00 PM - 3:20:00 PM  Room: 319

Workshop
Shipment of Radioactive Materials (1:30 - 5:30 course)
Tuesday 1:30:00 PM - 3:20:00 PM  Room: 310

Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall
Refreshment Break
Tuesday 3:20:00 PM - 4:00:00 PM  Room: Exhibit Hall

Continuing Education Course
CE: Education Methods and Issues -1
Tuesday 4:00:00 PM - 4:50:00 PM  Room: 305

Forum
A Survival Guide for Young Investigators
Tuesday 4:00:00 PM - 5:30:00 PM  Room: 319

Scientific Session
CAD
Tuesday 4:00:00 PM - 5:30:00 PM  Room: 315

Scientific Session
Mammography II
Tuesday 4:00:00 PM - 5:30:00 PM  Room: 317

Scientific Session
Particles: Electrons and Protons
Tuesday 4:00:00 PM - 5:30:00 PM  Room: Ballroom A

Symposium
Monte Carlo in Radiotherapy Planning
Tuesday 4:00:00 PM - 5:30:00 PM  Room: 303

Symposium
Memorial Session in Honor of Hideo Kubo: 4D
Tuesday 4:00:00 PM - 5:30:00 PM  Room: Ballroom B

Workshop
Shipment of Radioactive Materials (1:30 - 5:30 course)
Tuesday 4:00:00 PM - 5:30:00 PM  Room: 310

AAPM Night Out
AAPM Night Out
Tuesday 6:00:00 PM - 10:00:00 PM  Room: Carnegie Science Center

Continuing Education Course
CE: Head Scatter: Report of TG-74
Wednesday 7:30:00 AM - 8:25:00 AM  Room: 303

Continuing Education Course
CE:- Computed Tomography Physics and Technology - 3
Wednesday 7:30:00 AM - 8:25:00 AM  Room: 305

Continuing Education Course
CE: Mammography Physics and Technology - 3
Wednesday 7:30:00 AM - 8:25:00 AM  Room: 315

Continuing Education Course
CE: Digital Image Management Systems - 3
Wednesday 7:30:00 AM - 8:25:00 AM  Room: 317

Continuing Education Course
CE: PET Physics and Technology - 3
Wednesday 7:30:00 AM - 8:25:00 AM  Room: 319

Continuing Education Course
CE: Overview of Clinical Implementation of IMRT
Wednesday 7:30:00 AM - 8:25:00 AM  Room: Ballroom A

Continuing Education Course
CE: CT/PET in Radiation Oncology
Wednesday 7:30:00 AM - 8:25:00 AM  Room: Ballroom B

Continuing Education Course
CE: Monitor Unit Calculations
Wednesday 8:30:00 AM - 9:25:00 AM  Room: 303

Continuing Education Course
CE: Fluoroscopy Physics and Technology - 3
Wednesday 8:30:00 AM - 9:25:00 AM  Room: 305

Continuing Education Course
CE: Radiation Safety and Risk Management - 3
Wednesday 8:30:00 AM - 9:25:00 AM  Room: 310

Continuing Education Course
CE: Magnetic Resonance Imaging Physics and Technology - 3
Wednesday 8:30:00 AM - 9:25:00 AM  Room: 315

Continuing Education Course
CE: Ultrasound Imaging Physics and Technology- 3
Wednesday 8:30:00 AM - 9:25:00 AM  Room: 317

Continuing Education Course
CE: Commissioning an IMRT System for MLC Delivery
Wednesday 8:30:00 AM - 9:25:00 AM  Room: Ballroom A

Continuing Education Course
CE: Fusion for Treatment Planning
Wednesday 8:30:00 AM - 9:25:00 AM  Room: Ballroom B

Forum
Reminiscences from a Half-Century of Image Science
Wednesday 8:30:00 AM - 9:25:00 AM  Room: 319

Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall
Coffee Break
Wednesday 9:30:00 AM - 10:00:00 AM  Room: Exhibit Hall

Continuing Education Course
CE: Mammography Physics and Technology - 4
Wednesday 10:00:00 AM - 11:00:00 AM  Room: 315

Scientific Session
Brachytherapy 2
Wednesday 10:00:00 AM - 12:00:00 PM  Room: 303

Scientific Session
Radiography
Wednesday 10:00:00 AM - 12:00:00 PM  Room: 317

Scientific Session
Photon Treatment Planning
Wednesday 10:00:00 AM - 12:00:00 PM  Room: Ballroom A

Scientific Session
Reviewers’ Choice
Wednesday 10:00:00 AM - 12:00:00 PM  Room: Ballroom B

Symposium
Government/Regulatory Interactions
Wednesday 10:00:00 AM - 12:00:00 PM  Room: 305

Symposium
Memorial Session in Honor of Carl J. Vyborny: Current Status and Future of CAD: Manufacturers' Perspectives
Wednesday 10:00:00 AM - 12:00:00 PM  Room: 319

Continuing Education Course
CE: Mammography Physics and Technology - 5
Wednesday 11:00:00 AM - 12:00:00 PM  Room: 315

Lunch Break
Lunch Break
Wednesday 12:00:00 PM - 1:30:00 PM  Room: ...

Scientific Session
Radiation Biology/Other
Wednesday 1:30:00 PM - 3:20:00 PM  Room: 303

Scientific Session
Multi-modality/New Imaging
Wednesday 1:30:00 PM - 3:20:00 PM  Room: 315

Scientific Session
Cone Beam CT
Wednesday 1:30:00 PM - 3:20:00 PM  Room: 317

Scientific Session
IMRT Verification and QA
Wednesday 1:30:00 PM - 3:20:00 PM  Room: Ballroom A

Scientific Session
Stereotactic
Wednesday 1:30:00 PM - 3:20:00 PM  Room: Ballroom B

Symposium
Quantitative Functional Imaging
Wednesday 1:30:00 PM - 3:20:00 PM  Room: 305

Symposium
Advances in Vascular Imaging
Wednesday 1:30:00 PM - 3:20:00 PM  Room: 319

Workshop
Diagnostic DR QC
Wednesday 1:30:00 PM - 3:20:00 PM  Room: 310

Refreshment Break in Ballroom Foyer
Refreshment Break
Wednesday 3:20:00 PM - 4:00:00 PM  Room: Grand Ballroom Foyer

Forum
A Survival Guide for Young Clinical Physicists
Wednesday 4:00:00 PM - 5:30:00 PM  Room: 319

Scientific Session
Display
Wednesday 4:00:00 PM - 5:30:00 PM  Room: 317

Scientific Session
Clinical Measurements
Wednesday 4:00:00 PM - 5:30:00 PM  Room: Ballroom A

Scientific Session
Dosimetry Instrumentation 1
Wednesday 4:00:00 PM - 5:30:00 PM  Room: Ballroom B

Symposium
The Advanced Technology QA Consortium (ATC)
Wednesday 4:00:00 PM - 5:30:00 PM  Room: 303

Symposium
AAPM New Member Symposium
Wednesday 4:00:00 PM - 5:30:00 PM  Room: 315

Workshop
Diagnostic DR QC
Wednesday 4:00:00 PM - 5:30:00 PM  Room: 310

AAPM Annual Business Meeting
AAPM Annual Business Meeting
Wednesday 5:45:00 PM - 6:45:00 PM  Room: Grand Ballroom A

Continuing Education Course
CE:- Computed Tomography Physics and Technology - 4
Thursday 7:30:00 AM - 8:25:00 AM  Room: 305

Continuing Education Course
CE: Mammography Physics and Technology - 6
Thursday 7:30:00 AM - 8:25:00 AM  Room: 315

Continuing Education Course
CE: Digital Image Management Systems - 4
Thursday 7:30:00 AM - 8:25:00 AM  Room: 317

Continuing Education Course
CE: PET Physics and Technology - 4
Thursday 7:30:00 AM - 8:25:00 AM  Room: 319

Continuing Education Course
CE: Inverse Planning Techniques for IMRT
Thursday 7:30:00 AM - 8:25:00 AM  Room: Ballroom A

Continuing Education Course
CE: TG-43 Revision
Thursday 7:30:00 AM - 8:25:00 AM  Room: Ballroom B

Continuing Education Course
CE: Fluoroscopy Physics and Technology - 4
Thursday 8:30:00 AM - 9:25:00 AM  Room: 305

Continuing Education Course
CE: Radiation Safety and Risk Management - 4
Thursday 8:30:00 AM - 9:25:00 AM  Room: 310

Continuing Education Course
CE: Magnetic Resonance Imaging Physics and Technology - 4
Thursday 8:30:00 AM - 9:25:00 AM  Room: 315

Continuing Education Course
CE: Ultrasound Imaging Physics and Technology- 4
Thursday 8:30:00 AM - 9:25:00 AM  Room: 317

Continuing Education Course
CE: Patient-based QA for IMRT
Thursday 8:30:00 AM - 9:25:00 AM  Room: Ballroom A

Continuing Education Course
CE: Monte Carlo Applications in Radiotherapy
Thursday 8:30:00 AM - 9:25:00 AM  Room: Ballroom B

Coffee Break in Grand Ballroom Foyer
Coffee Break
Thursday 9:30:00 AM - 10:00:00 AM  Room: Grand Ballroom

Continuing Education Course
CE: Mammography Physics and Technology - 7
Thursday 10:00:00 AM - 11:00:00 AM  Room: 310

Scientific Session
Dosimetry Instrumentation 2
Thursday 10:00:00 AM - 12:00:00 PM  Room: 303

Scientific Session
Image Processing
Thursday 10:00:00 AM - 12:00:00 PM  Room: 315

Scientific Session
CT Dosimetry
Thursday 10:00:00 AM - 12:00:00 PM  Room: 317

Scientific Session
IMRT Delivery
Thursday 10:00:00 AM - 12:00:00 PM  Room: Ballroom A

Scientific Session
Deformable Models and Localization Techniques
Thursday 10:00:00 AM - 12:00:00 PM  Room: Ballroom B

Continuing Education Course
CE: Mammography Physics and Technology - 8
Thursday 11:00:00 AM - 12:00:00 PM  Room: 310

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