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Review Courses

Saturday, July 29 • 8:00am - 6:00pm
Sunday, July 30 • 8:00am - Noon
$195
$100 for students with student I.D.

Two courses will be offered; see course outlines below:
Diagnostic Physics will take place in Room 332, Convention Center
Radiation Therapy Physics will take place in Room 340AB, Convention Center

The courses provide a good review of medical physics for physicists entering the specialty, those preparing for board certification, physicists in need of continuing education credits, and physicists who would benefit from a refresher course taught by experts in the field. Course notebooks are provided to registrants. The courses will be held concurrently on Saturday and Sunday.

Diagnostic Review Course
Course Director: George David

Saturday, July 29, 2006
7:30am - 8:00am Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00am - 9:00am The Physics and Quality Characteristics of X-Ray Images Perry Sprawls
9:00am - 9:30am Digital Radiography Principles and Quality Characteristics Perry Sprawls
9:30am - 9:45am Morning Break
9:45am - 10:45am Diagnostic X-Ray Testing George David
10:45am – 12:15pm MRI Resonance Imaging Principles and Quality Characteristics Perry Sprawls
12:15pm - 1:30pm Lunch on your own
1:30pm – 2:30pm Radiation Shielding Design Doug Simpkin
2:30pm – 3:30pm Hospital Radiation Protection Doug Simpkin
3:30pm - 3:45pm Afternoon Break
3:45pm - 4:45pm Fluoroscopic Image Quality Beth Schueler
4:45pm - 5:45pm Medical Physics Issues in Mammography Jerry Allison
Sunday, July 30, 2006
7:30am - 8:00am Continental Breakfast
8:00am - 9:00am Fetal Dose Calculations Louis Wagner
9:00am - 10:00am Ultrasound Physics & Technology Nick Hangiandreou
10:00am - 10:15am Morning Break
10:15am - 11:15am CT Technology & Dosimetry James Kofler
11:15am - 12:15pm Digital Technologies for Radiography & Mammography Andrew Karellas

 

Therapy Review Course
Course Director: Gary Luxton

Saturday, July 29, 2006
7:30am - 8:00am Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00am - 8:55am Radiation Protection in Radiotherapy Arthur Boyer
8:55am - 9:55am Anatomy and Imaging for 3-D Treatment Planning Arthur Boyer
9:55am - 10:10am Morning Break
10:10am - 11:05am Electron and Photon Interactions in Water and Tissue Paul DeLuca
11:05am – 11:55am Nuclear Physics in Radiotherapy: Radioactivity and Hadrontherapy Gary Luxton
11:55 am - 1:15pm Lunch on your own
1:15pm – 2:05pm Radiation Measurement in Radiation Therapy C-M Charlie Ma
2:05pm – 2:55pm Radiation Generators for External Beam Radiotherapy Peter Biggs
2:55pm - 3:05pm Afternoon Break
3:05pm - 3:55pm Treatment Planning: Clinical Electrons John Antolak
3:55pm - 4:45pm Shielding for Megavoltage Therapy Machines Peter Biggs
4:45pm - 4:55pm Afternoon Break  
4:55pm - 5:50pm Computer-Controlled Delivery of External Beam Radiotherapy Benedick Fraass
Sunday, July 30, 2006
7:30am - 8:00am Continental Breakfast
8:00am - 8:55am Treatment Planning with Clinical X-Rays: Fundamentals Colin Orton
8:55am - 9:50am Treatment Planning with Clinical X-Rays: Dose-volume and Radiobiological Modeling Considerations Colin Orton
9:50am - 10:05am Morning Break
10:05am - 11:00am Brachytherapy Sources: Dosimetry and Source Strength Specifications Jeffrey Williamson
11:00am - Noon Brachytherapy Treatment Planning Bruce Thomadsen