50th AAPM Annual Meeting Program
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Monday, July 28, 2008
Therapy Scientific Session
Brachytherapy I
Monday 1:30:00 PM - 3:20:00 PM  Room: Aud-B

Chair 1: Jeffrey F. Williamson, Virginia Commonwealth University

Chair 2: Mark J. Rivard, Tufts-New England Medical Ctr

1:30 PM
MO-D-AUD B-1
An Analytical Approach to Account for Shielding, Anatomical Heterogeneities and Patient Dimensions for 192Ir High Dose Rate Brachytherapy Applications - E. Poon*, F. Verhaegen
1:42 PM
MO-D-AUD B-2
Dose Rate Constants Determined by a Photon Spectrometry Technique for 20 Different Models of Low-Energy Brachytherapy Sources - Z. Chen*, R. Nath
1:54 PM
MO-D-AUD B-3
An Enabling Technology for Creating Sculpted Brachytherapy Dose Patterns with the Xoft Axxent™ System - S. Axelrod*, D. Pettibone, R. Neimeyer
2:06 PM
MO-D-AUD B-4
Parameter Optimization for Brachytherapy Robotic Needle Insertion and Seed Deposition - I. Buzurovic*, T. Podder, K. Yan, Y. Hu, R. Valicenti, A. Dicker, Y. Yu
2:18 PM
MO-D-AUD B-5
Verification of Mammosite Radiation Source Position - B. Fang*, V. Mistry, J. Shoales, T. Boyle, P. Bourland, A. Boyer
2:30 PM
MO-D-AUD B-6
Source Motion in Permanent Implant Prostate Brachytherapy Due to Ultrasound Probe Deformation - T. Meyer*, I. Kay, P. Dunscombe, S. Husain, S. Angyalfi
2:42 PM
MO-D-AUD B-7
Analysis of Rectal Dose Variability Due to Inter-Fractional Variations of Rectal Marker Positioning in Film-Based HDR Cervical Brachytherapy - Z. Wang*, W. Jaggernauth, H. Malhotra, M. Podgorsak
2:54 PM
MO-D-AUD B-8
Treatment Planning for Complex Brachytherapy Dose Distributions Using High-Z Shields and Conventional Software - M. Rivard*, C. Melhus, J. Perez-Calatayud, D. Granero, F. Ballester
3:06 PM
MO-D-AUD B-9
The Role of the Radiotherapy Physicist in Intraoperative Partial Breast Irradiation Using a Low Energy X-Ray Source, Based On 10 Years Clinical Experience - C. Stacey*, M. Metaxas, S. Morgan, D. D'Souza