51st AAPM Annual Meeting [amosv.2]
51st AAPM Annual Meeting
Please note: If you are seeing small squares on your abstract document, you need to update to the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader.
amos v.2

Order by Title | Order by Session

Handouts will be shown as submitted.
Session: SU - AA-BRD - Professional Council Symposium
Title: Licensure and the Practicing Medical Physicist:AAPM Licensure Regulations Guidance Document
Byline: R Pizzutiello1 *, (1) Upstate Medical Physics, Victor, NY, AF
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: SU - BB-BRB - Education Council Symposium
Title: CAMPEP Self-Study Workshop
Byline: B Gerbi1 *, J Bayouth2 *, M Herman3 *, (1) University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, (2) University Of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, (3) Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: SU - AA-BRD - Professional Council Symposium
Title: Update On AAPM State Licensing Efforts
Byline: M Bevan1 *, J Limmer2 , (1) Bevan , Watchung, New Jersey, (2) Aspirus Regional Cancer Center, Wausau, WI
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: SU - AA-BRD - Professional Council Symposium
Title: A New “CARE” and a New Focus
Byline: L Fairobent1 *, (1) AAPM, College Park, MD
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: MO - SAM-BRB - CE - Therapy: Particle Therapy: Issues and Considerations
Title: Proton Physics and Technology
Byline: A Smith1 *, (1) MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: MO - B-211A - CE - Therapy: Biological/Clinical Outcome Models in RT Planning
Title: Biological/Clinical Outcomes Models in Radiation Therapy Planning - (Equivalent Uniform Dose (EUD) and Tumor Control Probability (TCP))
Byline: A Niemierko1 *, (1) Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: MO - A-211A - CE - Therapy: Pediatric Radiation Planning and Delivery
Title: Pediatric Radiotherapy Treatment Planning and Delivery
Byline: A Olch1 *, (1) Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles, and University of Southern Califiornia, Los Angeles, CA
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: MO - D-213A - ACR Accreditation in Nuclear Medicine and PET - A Practical Guide
Title: Practical Aspects of Nuclear Medicine Accreditation
Byline: B Harkness1 *, (1) Henry Ford Hospital System, Detroit, MI, AF
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: MO - D-BRD - The Physics and Challenges of Novel Proton Accelerators for Radiotherapy
Title: Laser-Driven Targetry: The Road to Clinical Applications
Byline: C Ma *, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: MO - D-213A - ACR Accreditation in Nuclear Medicine and PET - A Practical Guide
Title: ACR Accreditation
Byline: Carolyn R. MacFarlane/American College of Radiology
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: MO - A-303A - CE - Imaging: MRI I
Title: MR Acceptance Testing and Quality Control: Report of AAPM MR Subcommittee TG1
Byline: E Jackson1 *, (1) UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: MO - E-213A - Using and Contributing to Shared Quantitative Imaging Resources
Title: The Cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid - A Tremendous Resource for Research and Clinical Care
Byline: E Siegel1 *, (1) , ,
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: MO - D-210A - Advances in Photon Counting Detectors in X-ray Imaging
Title: Energy-Sensitive, Photon-Counting Computed Tomography: Opportunities and Technological Challenges
Byline: E Roessl1 *, B Brendel1 , G Martens1 , R Proksa1 , F Schmidt1 , A Thran1 , J Schlomka2 , (1) Philips Research Europe - Hamburg, Hamburg, DE, (2) Philips Research Europe - Aachen, Aachen, DE
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: MO - D-211A - Women in the AAPM
Title: Professional Development for Women in the AAPM
Byline: K Garman1 *, E Travis2 *
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: MO - D-211A - Women in the AAPM
Title: Professional Development for Women in the AAPM
Byline: K Garman1 *, E Travis2 *
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: MO - D-211A - Women in the AAPM
Title: Professional Development for Women in the AAPM
Byline: K Garman1 *, E Travis2 *
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: MO - SAM-BRB - CE - Therapy: Particle Therapy: Issues and Considerations
Title: Biological Aspects of Heavy Charged Particle Radiation Therapy
Byline: H Paganetti1 *, (1) Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: MO - A-BRD - CE - Therapy: Quality Assurance for IGRT
Title: Quality Assurance for IGRT
Byline: J-P Bissonnette1 *, (1) Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, ON, CA
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: MO - D-BRC - Challenges of Post-treatment and Real-time Imaging of Dose Deposition During Proton Therapy
Title: Prompt Gamma Measurements for the Verification of Dose Deposition in Proton Therapy
Byline: J Kim1 *, H Kubo2 , T Tanimori3 , (1) National Cancer Center, Goyang, , KR, (2) Kyoto University, Kyoto, , JP, (3) Kyoto University, Kyoto, , JP
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: MO - D-BRC - Challenges of Post-treatment and Real-time Imaging of Dose Deposition During Proton Therapy
Title: Latest Developments in PET Verification of Proton Therapy
Byline: K Parodi1,2 *, (1) Heidelberg Ion Beam Therapy Center and University Clinic, Heidelberg, Germany, (2) Previously at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, and Forschungszentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Dresden, Germany
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: MO - B-303A - CE - Imaging: Breast Imaging I
Title: Digital Mammography Update: Design and Characteristics of Current Systems
Byline: K Kanal, Univ Washington, Seattle, WA
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: MO - A-210A - CE - Imaging: Radiography/Fluoroscopy I
Title: Monitoring Radiation Dose: A New IHE Profile
Byline: K O'Donnell1 *, (1) Toshiba Medical Research Institute - USA , Brisbane, CA
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: MO - E-213A - Using and Contributing to Shared Quantitative Imaging Resources
Title: NCI: Quantitative Imaging Initiatives and Public Resources for Standarized Data Analysis
Byline: Cancer Imaging Program, NCI
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: MO - D-210A - Advances in Photon Counting Detectors in X-ray Imaging
Title: Photon Counting Detectors for Mammography
Byline: M Danielsson1 *, (1) Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, , SE
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: MO - B-BRC - CE - Therapy: Radiation Therapy Shielding
Title: Shielding Design for Linear Accelerators Using NCRP Report 151
Byline: M Martin1 *, (1) Therapy Physics, Inc., Gardena, CA
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: MO - B-213A - CE - Imaging: Safety/Risk I
Title: Magnitude of Radiation Exposure to US Population (NCRP Report #160) with Focus On CT Dose
Byline: M Mahesh1 *, (1) Johns Hopkins Univ, Baltimore, MD
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: MO - SAM-304A - CE - Imaging: Computed Tomography I: Optimizing CT Dose and Image Quality
Title: Optimizing CT Dose and Image Quality for Different Patient Sizes
Byline: D Cody1 *, M McNitt-Gray2 *, (1) U.T.M.D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, (2) UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: MO - SAM-BRB - CE - Therapy: Particle Therapy: Issues and Considerations
Title: CE-Therapy - SAM
Byline: J Palta1 *, D Yeung2 , (1) University of Florida Health Science Center, Gainesville, FL, (2) Univ of Florida Proton Therapy Institute, Jacksonville, FL
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: MO - D-213A - ACR Accreditation in Nuclear Medicine and PET - A Practical Guide
Title: Practical Aspects of PET Accreditation
Byline: Peter D. Esser1 *, (1) Columbia Univ, New York, NY
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: MO - D-210A - Advances in Photon Counting Detectors in X-ray Imaging
Title: Clinical CT Applications with Photon-Counting Detectors
Byline: R Levinson1 *, (1) GE Medical Systems, ,
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: MO - A-210A - CE - Imaging: Radiography/Fluoroscopy I
Title: Update On Fluoroscopy Physics
Byline: S Balter1 *, (1) Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: MO - B-210A - CE - Imaging: Informatics I
Title: Digital Dose Reporting
Byline: S Balter1 *, (1) Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: MO - E-211A - Professional Doctor of Medical Physics
Title: Professional Doctor of Medical Physics
Byline: C Serago1 *, C Coffey2 *, M Herman3 *, B Gerbi4 *, E Klein5 *, J Hevezi6 *, (1) Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, (2) Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville, TN, (3) Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, (4) University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, (5) Washington University, Saint Louis, MO, (6) , San Antonio, TX
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: MO - E-211A - Professional Doctor of Medical Physics
Title: Professional Doctor of Medical Physics
Byline: C Serago1 *, C Coffey2 *, M Herman3 *, B Gerbi4 *, E Klein5 *, J Hevezi6 *, (1) Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, (2) Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville, TN, (3) Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, (4) University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, (5) Washington University, Saint Louis, MO, (6) , San Antonio, TX
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: MO - E-211A - Professional Doctor of Medical Physics
Title: Professional Doctor of Medical Physics
Byline: C Serago1 *, C Coffey2 *, M Herman3 *, B Gerbi4 *, E Klein5 *, J Hevezi6 *, (1) Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, (2) Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville, TN, (3) Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, (4) University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, (5) Washington University, Saint Louis, MO, (6) , San Antonio, TX
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: MO - E-211A - Professional Doctor of Medical Physics
Title: Professional Doctor of Medical Physics
Byline: C Serago1 *, C Coffey2 *, M Herman3 *, B Gerbi4 *, E Klein5 *, J Hevezi6 *, (1) Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, (2) Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville, TN, (3) Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, (4) University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, (5) Washington University, Saint Louis, MO, (6) , San Antonio, TX
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: MO - E-211A - Professional Doctor of Medical Physics
Title: Professional Doctor of Medical Physics
Byline: C Serago1 *, C Coffey2 *, M Herman3 *, B Gerbi4 *, E Klein5 *, J Hevezi6 *, (1) Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, (2) Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville, TN, (3) Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, (4) University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, (5) Washington University, Saint Louis, MO, (6) , San Antonio, TX
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: MO - E-211A - Professional Doctor of Medical Physics
Title: Professional Doctor of Medical Physics
Byline: C Serago1 *, C Coffey2 *, M Herman3 *, B Gerbi4 *, E Klein5 *, J Hevezi6 *, (1) Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, (2) Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville, TN, (3) Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, (4) University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, (5) Washington University, Saint Louis, MO, (6) , San Antonio, TX
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: MO - D-BRC - Challenges of Post-treatment and Real-time Imaging of Dose Deposition During Proton Therapy
Title: Introduction: Challenges of Post-Treatment and Real-Time Imaging of Dose Deposition in Proton Therapy
Byline: T Bortfeld1 *, (1) Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: MO - D-BRD - The Physics and Challenges of Novel Proton Accelerators for Radiotherapy
Title: The Proton Beam Therapy Facility at PSI
Byline: T. Garvey, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland.
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: MO - B-BRD - CE - Therapy: Stereotactic Cranial RS/RT
Title: Quality Assurance in Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Fractionated Stereotactic Radiotherapy
Byline: D Shepard1 *, T Solberg2 *, (1) Swedish Cancer Institute, Seattle, WA, (2) UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: MO - B-BRD - CE - Therapy: Stereotactic Cranial RS/RT
Title: Quality Assurance in Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Fractionated Stereotactic Radiotherapy
Byline: D Shepard1 *, T Solberg2 *, (1) Swedish Cancer Institute, Seattle, WA, (2) UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: MO - B-BRD - CE - Therapy: Stereotactic Cranial RS/RT
Title: Quality Assurance in Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Fractionated Stereotactic Radiotherapy
Byline: D Shepard1 *, T Solberg2 *, (1) Swedish Cancer Institute, Seattle, WA, (2) UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: MO - D-BRC - Challenges of Post-treatment and Real-time Imaging of Dose Deposition During Proton Therapy
Title: Clinical Significance of In-Vivo Proton Range Detection and Potential of MRI Scanning After Proton Therapy
Byline: T Hong1 *, (1) Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: MO - B-211A - CE - Therapy: Biological/Clinical Outcome Models in RT Planning
Title: Biological/Clinical Outcomes Models in Radiation Therapy Planning
Byline: E Yorke1 *, (1) Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: MO - B-211A - CE - Therapy: Biological/Clinical Outcome Models in RT Planning
Title: Biological/Clinical Outcomes Models in Radiation Therapy Planning
Byline: E Yorke1 *, (1) Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: MO - E-213A - Using and Contributing to Shared Quantitative Imaging Resources
Title: Implementating In Vivo Perfusion Measurements Using DCE MRI
Byline: Y Cao1 *, (1) The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - E-303A - Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Breast Cancer
Title: Breast Cancer Applications of Optical Imaging Biomarkers Measured with Diffuse Optical Spectroscopic Imaging
Byline: A Cerussi1 *, W Tanamai1 , S Chung1 , D Hsiang2 , S Kukreti3 , R Mehta4 , E Gratton5 , B Tromberg1 , (1) Beckman Laser Institute, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, (2) UC Irvine Medical Center, Surgical Oncology, Orange, CA, (3) University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL, (4) UC Irvine Medical Center, Hematology/Oncology, Orange, CA, (5) Laboratory for Fluorescence Dynamics, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - D-210A - Advances in Ultrasound Imaging and Therapy
Title: 3D Ultrasound Guided Prostate Interventions
Byline: A Fenster1 *, (1) Robarts Research Institute, London, ON, CA
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - E-210A - Advances in CT
Title: A Double-Layer Detector, Dual-Energy CT - Principles, Advantages and Applications
Byline: A Altman1 *, R Carmi, (1) Philips Healthcare, Haifa, Israel
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - E-211A - New Member Symposium/Meet the Experts
Title: How to Apply for a Job
Byline: H Amols1 *, (1) Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - C-BRD - Technical and Biological Innovations in Small Animal Image-Guided Radiotherapy
Title: Translational Research with Small Animal IGRT
Byline: A Hope1,2 *, P Lindsay2,2 , R Hill1,3 , D Jaffray1,2,3 , (1) Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, ON, CA, (2) University of Toronto, ON, CA (3) Ontario Cancer Insitute, Toronto, ON
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - E-303A - Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Breast Cancer
Title: Contrasted-Enhanced Breast Tomosynthesis
Byline: A D A Maidment*,  Univ Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - D-211A - Regulatory Update
Title: U.S. NRC Regulatory Initiatives in Enhancing Accountability of Radioactive Material
Byline: Andrew Mauer , Angela Randall United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC, USA
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - D-303A - Nanotechnology in Imaging and Therapy
Title: Imaging Technologies - From Cells to Humans
Byline: A Chatziioannou1 *, (1) UCLA Crump Institute for Molecular Imaging, Los Angeles, CA
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - E-210A - Advances in CT
Title: Dual Energy Imaging with Dual Source Systems
Byline: R Raupach1 *, B Schmidt2 , (1) Siemens , , , DE, (2) Siemens Medical Solutions, Forchheim, DE
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - D-210A - Advances in Ultrasound Imaging and Therapy
Title: Development of High Frequency Ultrasound Transducers for Medical Imaging
Byline: J Cannata*1,Q Zhou1, J Williams1, C-H Hu1, K Shung1,(1) Department of Biomedical Engineering, NIH Transducer Resource CenterThe University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - D-210A - Advances in Ultrasound Imaging and Therapy
Title: Catheter-Based Ultrasound Technology for Image-Guided Hyperthermia and Thermal Ablation
Byline: C Diederich1 *, (1) UC San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - SAM-BRB - CE - Therapy: Dose Calculation Algorithms in 3D-CRT and IMRT
Title: Monte Carlo for Radiotherapy Treatment Planning
Byline: C Ma*, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - A-210A - CE - Imaging: Radiography/Fluoroscopy II
Title: Quality Assurance for Digital Radiography
Byline: C Willis1 *, (1) UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - C-213A - Routine Testing of CR and DR Radiographic Systems
Title: Adapting Traditional Clinical Medical Physics to Digital Radiography
Byline: C Willis1 *, K Jones1 *, M Flynn2 *, D Peck2 *, J Shepard1 , (1) U.T. M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, (2) Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - C-213A - Routine Testing of CR and DR Radiographic Systems
Title: Adapting Traditional Clinical Medical Physics to Digital Radiography
Byline: C Willis1 *, K Jones1 *, M Flynn2 *, D Peck2 *, J Shepard1 , (1) U.T. M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, (2) Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - C-213A - Routine Testing of CR and DR Radiographic Systems
Title: Adapting Traditional Clinical Medical Physics to Digital Radiography
Byline: C Willis1 *, K Jones1 *, M Flynn2 *, D Peck2 *, J Shepard1 , (1) U.T. M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, (2) Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - C-213A - Routine Testing of CR and DR Radiographic Systems
Title: Adapting Traditional Clinical Medical Physics to Digital Radiography
Byline: C Willis1 *, K Jones1 *, M Flynn2 *, D Peck2 *, J Shepard1 , (1) U.T. M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, (2) Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - C-BRC - Imaging as a Biomarker
Title: Imaging as a Biomarker
Byline: DA Mankoff1 *, (1) University of Washington and Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, Seattle, WA
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - C-BRC - Imaging as a Biomarker
Title: Infrastructure to Integrate Imaging in Clinical Trials
Byline: D Sullivan1 *, (1) ,Duke University Medical Center ,
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - D-211A - Regulatory Update
Title: Current State Regulatory Issues for Medical Physicists
Byline: D Gilley1 *, J Winston2 *, (1) Florida Bureau of Radiation Control, Tallahassee, FL, (2) Pennsylvania Bureau of Radiation Protection, Meadville, PA
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - D-211A - Regulatory Update
Title: Current State Regulatory Issues for Medical Physicists
Byline: D Gilley1 *, J Winston2 *, (1) Florida Bureau of Radiation Control, Tallahassee, FL, (2) Pennsylvania Bureau of Radiation Protection, Meadville, PA
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - C-210A - Developments in Breast Imaging - In Memoriam of Carolyn Kimme-Smith
Title: Enhancement Characteristics of Cancer On MRI of the Breast and Biopsy Techniques
Byline: D Ikeda1 *, (1) Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - E-211A - New Member Symposium/Meet the Experts
Title: Meet the Expets: Therapy Research
Byline: D Low1 *, J Deye2 , (1) Washington University , St. Louis , MO, (2) National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - SAM-304A - CE - Imaging: MRI II: ACR MRI Accreditation Program Update
Title: ACR MRI Accreditation Program Update
Byline: D Reeve1 *, (1) UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - E-BRD - Locating and Targeting Moving Tumors
Title: Recent Development in Predictive Localization of Moving Target
Byline: D Ruan1 *, (1) Stanford University, Stanford , CA
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - C-BRD - Technical and Biological Innovations in Small Animal Image-Guided Radiotherapy
Title: Preclinical Image Guided Microirradiators: Concepts, Design and Implementation
Byline: E. W. Izaguirre *, B.L. Kassebaum, J. Birch, I. Su , S. Mutic, P. Parikh, P. Grigsby, and D. Low. * Correspondent author. Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - E-BRB - CE - Therapy Symposium: Performance-Based QA for Radiotherapy - In Memoriam of Arnold Feldman
Title: Performance Based Quality Assurance: TG-142 - Medical Accelerator QA
Byline: E Klein1 *, (1) Washington University, Saint Louis, MO
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - C-BRD - Technical and Biological Innovations in Small Animal Image-Guided Radiotherapy
Title: An Integrated Robotic-Based Irradiation System for Small Animal Research
Byline: E Moros1 *, S Sharma1 , P Corry1 , M Chao1 , R Griffin1 , I Mihaylov1 , J Penagaricano1 , (1) University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR.
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - C-BRD - Technical and Biological Innovations in Small Animal Image-Guided Radiotherapy
Title: Applications of Millimeter Precision Small Animal Radiation
Byline: E Ford1 *, (1) Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - D-303A - Nanotechnology in Imaging and Therapy
Title: Immunoliposomes for Targeted Radionuclide Therapy
Byline: G Sgouros1 *, (1) Johns Hopkins Medical Institute, Baltimore, MD
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - E-211A - New Member Symposium/Meet the Experts
Title: The Practice of Clinical Therapy Medical Physics
Byline: J Hevezi1 *, (1) , San Antonio, TX
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - A-303A - CE - Imaging: Computed Tomography II
Title: C-Arm Cone-Beam CT: Principles and Applications
Byline: J Siewerdsen1 *, G Chen2 *, (1) University Health Network, Toronto, ON, CA, (2) University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - A-303A - CE - Imaging: Computed Tomography II
Title: C-Arm Cone-Beam CT: Principles and Applications
Byline: J Siewerdsen1 *, G Chen2 *, (1) University Health Network, Toronto, ON, CA, (2) University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - E-210A - Advances in CT
Title: Dual-Energy CT with Fast-KVp Switch
Byline: J Hsieh1 *, (1) GE Healthcare Technologies, Waukesha, WI
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - C-BRC - Imaging as a Biomarker
Title: AAPM Initiatives in Quantitative Imaging
Byline: JM Boone1 *, (1) UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - E-303A - Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Breast Cancer
Title: Breast CT as a Platform for Image Guided Therapies of Breast Cancer
Byline: JM Boone *, N Prionas, G Burkett , N Packard , K Yang , UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA,
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - E-210A - Advances in CT
Title: Dual Energy CT Image Reconstruction Algorithms and Performance
Byline: JA O'Sullivan1 *, (1) Washington University, St. Louis, MO
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - E-BRB - CE - Therapy Symposium: Performance-Based QA for Radiotherapy - In Memoriam of Arnold Feldman
Title: Performance-Based QA for Radiotherapy: TG-148 – Tomotherapy Quality Assurance
Byline: K Langen1 *, (1) MD Anderson Cancer Center Orlando, Orlando, FL
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - C-210A - Developments in Breast Imaging - In Memoriam of Carolyn Kimme-Smith
Title: MR-Guided Near Infrared Spectral Tomography of the Breast
Byline: K Paulsen1 *, (1) Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - A-213A - CE - Imaging: Multi-Modality Imaging I
Title: Quantitative PET/CT Imaging for Drug Discovery, Clinical Trials, and Individual Response to Therapy
Byline: P Kinahan1 *, (1) University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - B-BRC - CE - Therapy: PET - Imaging, Planning and Assessment
Title: Promise and Challenges of PET for Target Definition and Treatment Response Evaluation
Byline: R Jeraj1 *, A S Kirov2 *, (1) University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, (2) Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - B-BRC - CE - Therapy: PET - Imaging, Planning and Assessment
Title: Promise and Challenges of PET for Target Definition and Treatment Response Evaluation
Byline: R Jeraj1 *, A S Kirov2 *, (1) University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, (2) Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - E-BRD - Locating and Targeting Moving Tumors
Title: DMLC IMRT Tracking of Moving Anatomy - Issues and Solutions
Byline: L Papiez1 *, (1) University Of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - A-211A - CE - Therapy: Margins in Radiotherapy
Title: Margins in Radiation Therapy
Byline: D Low1 *, D Litzenberg2 *, (1) Washington University , St. Louis , MO, (2) Univ Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - C-210A - Developments in Breast Imaging - In Memoriam of Carolyn Kimme-Smith
Title: Molecular Imaging of the Breast
Byline: M O'Connor1 *, (1) Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - E-213A - Clinical Implementation of Newer Technologies
Title: Everything You Need to Know About the Cyberknife, But Were Afraid to Ask
Byline: M Masterson-McGary, Cyberknife Center of Tampa Bay, Tampa, FL
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - A-BRD - CE - Therapy: Panel Session: kV and MV CBCT
Title: KV and MV Cone-Beam CT Imaging for Daily Localization: Commissioning, QA, Clinical Use, and Limitations
Byline: R Hammoud1 *, M Miften2 *, D Moseley3 *, J Pouliot4 *, (1) Henry Ford Hospital System, Brownstown, MI, (2) Univ. of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO, (3) Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, ON, CA, (4) UC San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - A-BRD - CE - Therapy: Panel Session: kV and MV CBCT
Title: KV and MV Cone-Beam CT Imaging for Daily Localization: Commissioning, QA, Clinical Use, and Limitations
Byline: R Hammoud1 *, M Miften2 *, D Moseley3 *, J Pouliot4 *, (1) Henry Ford Hospital System, Brownstown, MI, (2) Univ. of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO, (3) Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, ON, CA, (4) UC San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - A-BRD - CE - Therapy: Panel Session: kV and MV CBCT
Title: KV and MV Cone-Beam CT Imaging for Daily Localization: Commissioning, QA, Clinical Use, and Limitations
Byline: R Hammoud1 *, M Miften2 *, D Moseley3 *, J Pouliot4 *, (1) Henry Ford Hospital System, Brownstown, MI, (2) Univ. of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO, (3) Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, ON, CA, (4) UC San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - A-BRD - CE - Therapy: Panel Session: kV and MV CBCT
Title: KV and MV Cone-Beam CT Imaging for Daily Localization: Commissioning, QA, Clinical Use, and Limitations
Byline: R Hammoud1 *, M Miften2 *, D Moseley3 *, J Pouliot4 *, (1) Henry Ford Hospital System, Brownstown, MI, (2) Univ. of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO, (3) Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, ON, CA, (4) UC San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - D-BRD - Improving the Radiation Therapy Process Using Industrial Process Development Techniques
Title: Improving the Radiation Therapy Process Using Industrial Process Development Techniques
Byline: T Pawlicki1 *, B Thomadsen2 *, C Newcomb3 *, S Mutic4 *, (1) UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, (2) University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, (3) Tom Baker Cancer Centre, Calgary, AB, CA, (4) Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - D-BRD - Improving the Radiation Therapy Process Using Industrial Process Development Techniques
Title: Improving the Radiation Therapy Process Using Industrial Process Development Techniques
Byline: T Pawlicki1 *, B Thomadsen2 *, C Newcomb3 *, S Mutic4 *, (1) UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, (2) University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, (3) Tom Baker Cancer Centre, Calgary, AB, CA, (4) Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - D-BRD - Improving the Radiation Therapy Process Using Industrial Process Development Techniques
Title: Improving the Radiation Therapy Process Using Industrial Process Development Techniques
Byline: T Pawlicki1 *, B Thomadsen2 *, C Newcomb3 *, S Mutic4 *, (1) UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, (2) University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, (3) Tom Baker Cancer Centre, Calgary, AB, CA, (4) Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - D-BRD - Improving the Radiation Therapy Process Using Industrial Process Development Techniques
Title: Improving the Radiation Therapy Process Using Industrial Process Development Techniques
Byline: T Pawlicki1 *, B Thomadsen2 *, C Newcomb3 *, S Mutic4 *, (1) UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, (2) University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, (3) Tom Baker Cancer Centre, Calgary, AB, CA, (4) Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - A-213A - CE - Imaging: Multi-Modality Imaging I
Title: CT Clinical Perspective: Challenges and the Impact of Future Technology Developments
Byline: M Vannier1 *, (1) University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - D-213A - Code of Practice for the Proton Therapy System
Title: Code of Practice for the Proton Therapy System
Byline: J Palta1 *, R Maughan2 *, R Slopsema3 *, (1) University of Florida Health Science Center, Gainesville, FL, (2) Univ Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, (3) University of Florida Proton Therapy Institute, Jacksonville, FL
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - D-213A - Code of Practice for the Proton Therapy System
Title: Code of Practice for the Proton Therapy System
Byline: J Palta1 *, R Maughan2 *, R Slopsema3 *, (1) University of Florida Health Science Center, Gainesville, FL, (2) Univ Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, (3) University of Florida Proton Therapy Institute, Jacksonville, FL
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - D-213A - Code of Practice for the Proton Therapy System
Title: Code of Practice for the Proton Therapy System
Byline: J Palta1 *, R Maughan2 *, R Slopsema3 *, (1) University of Florida Health Science Center, Gainesville, FL, (2) Univ Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, (3) University of Florida Proton Therapy Institute, Jacksonville, FL
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - E-213A - Clinical Implementation of Newer Technologies
Title: Quality Assurance for the Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion™
Byline: P Petti1 *, (1) Taylor McAdam Bell Neuroscience Institute, Gamma Knife Center, Washington Hospital, Fremont, CA
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - B-303A - CE - Imaging: Breast Imaging II
Title: Digital Mammography: A Radiologist's Perspective
Byline: R Gutierrez1 *, (1) University of Washington , Seattle, WA
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - A-BRC - CE - Therapy: Monte Carlo: Implementation of Clinical Systems
Title: Monte Carlo Treatment Planning: Implementation of Clinical Systems
Byline: R Popple1 *, J Cygler2 *, (1) Univ Alabama Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, (2) The Ottawa Hospital Regional Cancer Ctr., Ottawa, ON, CA
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - D-210A - Advances in Ultrasound Imaging and Therapy
Title: Where Sound Meets Electricity: The Acoustoelectric Effect in Biomedicine
Byline: R Witte1 *, R Olafsson1 , C Ingram1 , Z Wang1 , (1) University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - B-213A - CE - Imaging: Safety/Risk II
Title: NCRP Report On Radiation Protection in Fluoroscopically Guided Interventions
Byline: S Balter1 *, (1) Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - E-BRD - Locating and Targeting Moving Tumors
Title: Fluoroscopic Lung Tumor Tracking Without Implanted Fiducial Markers
Byline: S Jiang, University of California, San Deigo, La Jolla, CA
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - C-BRD - Technical and Biological Innovations in Small Animal Image-Guided Radiotherapy
Title: Carbon Nanotube Field Emission Based Imaging and Irradiation Technology Development for Basic Cancer Research
Byline: S Chang1 *, O Zhou2 , (1) Department of Radiation Oncology, (2) Department of Physics and Astronomy, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, , NC
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - B-210A - CE - Imaging: Radionuclide Imaging I
Title: Quality Assurance Testing of Gamma Camera and SPECT Systems
Byline: S White1 *, (1) Universiity Of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham , AL
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - E-BRB - CE - Therapy Symposium: Performance-Based QA for Radiotherapy - In Memoriam of Arnold Feldman
Title: Performance-Based QA for Radiotherapy: TG-135 - QA for Robotic Radiosurgery
Byline: S Dieterich1 *, C Cavedon2 , C Chuang3 , A Cohen4 , J Garrett5 , C Lee6 , J Lowenstein7 , M D'Souza8 , D Taylor9 , X Wu10 , C Yu11 , (1) Stanford University Cancer Center, Stanford, CA, (2) Ospedale Di Vicenza, Vicenza, IT, (3) UC San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, (4) Accuray Incorporated, Huntersville, NC, (5) Mississippi Baptist Medical Center, Jackson, MS, (6) Radiation Medical Group, Inc., San Diego, CA, (7) UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, AF, (8) St. Anthony Hospital, Oklahoma City, OK, (9) Rocky Mountain Cyberknife Center, Boulder, CO, (10) Univ Miami, Miami, FL, (11) Univ Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - SAM-304A - CE - Imaging: MRI II: ACR MRI Accreditation Program Update
Title: Clinical Considerations of the ACR MRI Accreditation Program
Byline: T Branham1 *, (1) American College of Radiology, Reston, VA
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - C-BRD - Technical and Biological Innovations in Small Animal Image-Guided Radiotherapy
Title: Development and Application of a Pre-Clinical Stereotactic Irradiator
Byline: T Solberg1 *, R Pidikiti1, K Song1, M Speiser1, S Stojadinovic1, D Saha1, S Seliounine1 (1) UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - E-213A - Clinical Implementation of Newer Technologies
Title: Implementing New Technologies for Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy
Byline: T Solberg1 *, (1) UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - B-211A - CE - Therapy: Treatment Planning of Complex Cases: Strategies and Tradeoffs
Title: Treatment Planning of Complex Cases: Strategies and Tradeoffs
Byline: T Nurushev1 *, M Hunt2 *, (1) Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, (2) Mem Sloan-Kettering Cancer Ctr, New York, NY
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - B-211A - CE - Therapy: Treatment Planning of Complex Cases: Strategies and Tradeoffs
Title: Treatment Planning of Complex Cases: Strategies and Tradeoffs
Byline: T Nurushev1 *, M Hunt2 *, (1) Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, (2) Mem Sloan-Kettering Cancer Ctr, New York, NY
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - SAM-BRB - CE - Therapy: Dose Calculation Algorithms in 3D-CRT and IMRT
Title: Model Based Dose Calculation Algorithms in External Radiation Therapy
Byline: T Knoos1 *, (1) Lund University Hospital, Lund, , SE
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - E-BRB - CE - Therapy Symposium: Performance-Based QA for Radiotherapy - In Memoriam of Arnold Feldman
Title: Performance-Based QA for Radiotherapy: TG-147 – QA for Non-Radiographic Localization Systems
Byline: T Willoughby1 *, (1) M.D. Anderson Cancer Ctr Orlando, Orlando, FL
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - C-210A - Developments in Breast Imaging - In Memoriam of Carolyn Kimme-Smith
Title: Recent Advances in Breast Tomosynthesis
Byline: W Zhao1 *, Y Hu1 , B Zhao2 , (1) Dept. of Radiology, SUNY Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY (2) University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - C-211A - Recap the 2008 Physics Teachers Workshop
Title: Becoming a Better Teacher
Byline: W Hendee1 *, M Giger2 , G Starkschall3 , J Molloy4 , C Peroni5 , J Seibert6 , J Dobbins7 , J Smilowitz8 , K Hogstrom9 , V Montemayor10 , E Jackson11 , (1) Medical College of Wisconsin, Whitefish Bay, WI, (2) Univ Chicago, Chicago, IL, AF, (3) UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, (4) Univ Kentucky, Lexington, KY, (5) Universita' di Torino, Torino, IT, (6) UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, (7) Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, (8) University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, (9) Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, (10) Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, (11) UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - C-211A - Recap the 2008 Physics Teachers Workshop
Title: Becoming a Better Teacher
Byline: W Hendee1 *, M Giger2 , G Starkschall3 , J Molloy4 , C Peroni5 , J Seibert6 , J Dobbins7 , J Smilowitz8 , K Hogstrom9 , V Montemayor10 , E Jackson11 , (1) Medical College of Wisconsin, Whitefish Bay, WI, (2) Univ Chicago, Chicago, IL, AF, (3) UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, (4) Univ Kentucky, Lexington, KY, (5) Universita' di Torino, Torino, IT, (6) UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, (7) Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, (8) University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, (9) Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, (10) Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, (11) UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - C-211A - Recap the 2008 Physics Teachers Workshop
Title: Becoming a Better Teacher
Byline: W Hendee1 *, M Giger2 , G Starkschall3 , J Molloy4 , C Peroni5 , J Seibert6 , J Dobbins7 , J Smilowitz8 , K Hogstrom9 , V Montemayor10 , E Jackson11 , (1) Medical College of Wisconsin, Whitefish Bay, WI, (2) Univ Chicago, Chicago, IL, AF, (3) UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, (4) Univ Kentucky, Lexington, KY, (5) Universita' di Torino, Torino, IT, (6) UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, (7) Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, (8) University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, (9) Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, (10) Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, (11) UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - C-211A - Recap the 2008 Physics Teachers Workshop
Title: Becoming a Better Teacher
Byline: W Hendee1 *, M Giger2 , G Starkschall3 , J Molloy4 , C Peroni5 , J Seibert6 , J Dobbins7 , J Smilowitz8 , K Hogstrom9 , V Montemayor10 , E Jackson11 , (1) Medical College of Wisconsin, Whitefish Bay, WI, (2) Univ Chicago, Chicago, IL, AF, (3) UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, (4) Univ Kentucky, Lexington, KY, (5) Universita' di Torino, Torino, IT, (6) UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, (7) Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, (8) University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, (9) Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, (10) Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, (11) UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - C-211A - Recap the 2008 Physics Teachers Workshop
Title: Becoming a Better Teacher
Byline: W Hendee1 *, M Giger2 , G Starkschall3 , J Molloy4 , C Peroni5 , J Seibert6 , J Dobbins7 , J Smilowitz8 , K Hogstrom9 , V Montemayor10 , E Jackson11 , (1) Medical College of Wisconsin, Whitefish Bay, WI, (2) Univ Chicago, Chicago, IL, AF, (3) UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, (4) Univ Kentucky, Lexington, KY, (5) Universita' di Torino, Torino, IT, (6) UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, (7) Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, (8) University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, (9) Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, (10) Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, (11) UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TU - C-211A - Recap the 2008 Physics Teachers Workshop
Title: Becoming a Better Teacher
Byline: W Hendee1 *, M Giger2 , G Starkschall3 , J Molloy4 , C Peroni5 , J Seibert6 , J Dobbins7 , J Smilowitz8 , K Hogstrom9 , V Montemayor10 , E Jackson11 , (1) Medical College of Wisconsin, Whitefish Bay, WI, (2) Univ Chicago, Chicago, IL, AF, (3) UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, (4) Univ Kentucky, Lexington, KY, (5) Universita' di Torino, Torino, IT, (6) UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, (7) Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, (8) University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, (9) Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, (10) Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, (11) UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: WE - E-210A - Advances in Cardiovascular Imaging : MR, Fluoroscopy and Ultrasound
Title: 3D Carotid Ultrasound Imaging for Monitoring Carotid Atherosclerosis
Byline: A Fenster1 *, (1) Robarts Research Institute, London, ON, CA
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: WE - A-BRC - CE - Therapy: IMRT Planning of the Pelvis/GU
Title: IMRT in Gynecological Malignancies
Byline: B Aydogan1 *, (1) The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: WE - E-213A - Practical Application of Beam Calibration Protocols
Title: Practical Aspects (and Pitfalls) of External Beam Photon Calibrations Using TG-51
Byline: B Curran1 *, (1) Rhode Island Hospital/Brown Medical Center, Providence, RI
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: WE - C-213A - ACR Accreditation for MRI - Role of the Medical Physicist
Title: MRI Annual Equipment Performance Evaluation & Acceptance Testing
Byline: G Clarke1 *, (1) UT Health Sciences Center, San Antonio, TX
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: WE - D-210A - Advances in Molecular Imaging
Title: Novel PET Probes to Image the Immune System and Cancer - From Discovery to Clinical Applications
Byline: C Radu1 *, (1) Crump Institute, Los Angeles, CA
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: WE - D-210A - Advances in Molecular Imaging
Title: Design and Development of An Advanced PET System Built From Semiconductor Detectors
Byline: Craig S. Levin*, Department of Radiology and Molecular Imaging Program, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: WE - C-210A - Advances in Quantitative MRI and MR Spectroscopy
Title: Quantitative Cardiac Motion Encoding with Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Byline: D Ennis1 *, (1) University of California, Los Angeles, CA
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: WE - C-BRD - Automated Segmentation for Radiotherapy Volume Definition
Title: Automated Segmentation for Radiotherapy Volume Definition
Byline: K Brock1 , L Dong2 , D Low3 *, W Lu3 , (1) Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, ON, CA, (2) UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, AF, (3) Washington University, St. Louis , MO
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: WE - C-BRD - Automated Segmentation for Radiotherapy Volume Definition
Title: Automated Segmentation for Radiotherapy Volume Definition
Byline: K Brock1 , L Dong2 , D Low3 *, W Lu3 , (1) Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, ON, CA, (2) UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, AF, (3) Washington University, St. Louis , MO
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: WE - C-BRD - Automated Segmentation for Radiotherapy Volume Definition
Title: Automated Segmentation for Radiotherapy Volume Definition
Byline: K Brock1 , L Dong2 , D Low3 *, W Lu3 , (1) Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, ON, CA, (2) UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, AF, (3) Washington University, St. Louis , MO
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: WE - C-BRD - Automated Segmentation for Radiotherapy Volume Definition
Title: Automated Segmentation for Radiotherapy Volume Definition
Byline: K Brock1 , L Dong2 , D Low3 *, W Lu3 , (1) Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, ON, CA, (2) UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, AF, (3) Washington University, St. Louis , MO
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: WE - C-213A - ACR Accreditation for MRI - Role of the Medical Physicist
Title: ACR MRI Accreditation: Medical Physicist Role in the Application Process
Byline: D Reeve1 *, (1) UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: WE - B-303A - CE - Imaging: Breast Imaging III
Title: Stereotactic Breast Biopsy: An Update for Physicists
Byline: D Pfeiffer1 *, (1) Boulder Community Foothills Hospital, Boulder, CO
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: WE - E-213A - Practical Application of Beam Calibration Protocols
Title: Practical Aspects of Electron Beam Dosimetry
Byline: B Gerbi1 *, (1) University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: WE - C-211A - Requirements and Opportunities for Maintenance of Certification
Title: Requirements and Opportunities for Maintenance of Certification
Byline: G Ibbott1 *, G Frey2 *, R Morin3 *, S Thomas4 *, (1) UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, (2) Medical Univ of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, (3) Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, (4) Univ Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: WE - C-211A - Requirements and Opportunities for Maintenance of Certification
Title: Requirements and Opportunities for Maintenance of Certification
Byline: G Ibbott1 *, G Frey2 *, R Morin3 *, S Thomas4 *, (1) UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, (2) Medical Univ of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, (3) Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, (4) Univ Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: WE - C-211A - Requirements and Opportunities for Maintenance of Certification
Title: Requirements and Opportunities for Maintenance of Certification
Byline: G Ibbott1 *, G Frey2 *, R Morin3 *, S Thomas4 *, (1) UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, (2) Medical Univ of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, (3) Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, (4) Univ Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: WE - C-211A - Requirements and Opportunities for Maintenance of Certification
Title: Requirements and Opportunities for Maintenance of Certification
Byline: G Ibbott1 *, G Frey2 *, R Morin3 *, S Thomas4 *, (1) UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, (2) Medical Univ of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, (3) Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, (4) Univ Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: WE - D-BRC - MR-Guided Radiotherapy
Title: Real-Time MR-Guided Radiotherapy: Integration of a Low-Field MR System
Byline: B Fallone1 *, (1) Cross Cancer Institute, Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, CA
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: WE - A-213A - CE - Imaging: Ultrasound II
Title: Ultrasound Beamformation and Image Reconstruction
Byline: W Moore, Sonora Medical Systems, Longmont, CO
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: WE - C-210A - Advances in Quantitative MRI and MR Spectroscopy
Title: Recent Advances in Quantitative MR Spectroscopy
Byline: A Henning1 *, (1) UZH and ETH Zurich, Zurich, CH
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: WE - D-BRC - MR-Guided Radiotherapy
Title: MR-XRT at 1.5T, the UMC Utrecht Hybrid MRI Linac System
Byline: J Lagendijk1 *, B Raaymakers1 , J Overweg2 , J Kok1 , E Kerkhof1 , A Raaijmakers1 , R van der Put1 , I Meijsing1 , S Crijns1 , F Benedosso1 , M van Vulpen1 , K Brown3 , (1) University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, NL, (2) Philips Research Hamburg, Hamburg, DE, (3) Elekta, Crawley, GB
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: WE - C-210A - Advances in Quantitative MRI and MR Spectroscopy
Title: Quantitative Estimate of In-Vivo Metabolites in Breast and Prostate Tissues by MR Spectroscopy
Byline: N R Jagannathan1 *, (1) Department of NMR & MRI Facility, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, IN
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: WE - B-213A - CE - Imaging: Safety/Risk III
Title: Medical Response to a Radiological/Nuclear Event
Byline: J Bader1 *, (1) Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: WE - E-303A - Image Guided Interventions: Imaging Guidance and New Technologies for Interventional Procedures
Title: Image-Guided Therapies: Advances in Imaging, Modeling, and New Applications
Byline: J Siewerdsen1 *, D Hawkes2 *, P Keall3 *, (1) University Health Network, Toronto, ON, CA, (2) University College London, London, GB, (3) Stanford University Cancer Center, Stanford, CA
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: WE - E-303A - Image Guided Interventions: Imaging Guidance and New Technologies for Interventional Procedures
Title: Image-Guided Therapies: Advances in Imaging, Modeling, and New Applications
Byline: J Siewerdsen1 *, D Hawkes2 *, P Keall3 *, (1) University Health Network, Toronto, ON, CA, (2) University College London, London, GB, (3) Stanford University Cancer Center, Stanford, CA
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: WE - E-303A - Image Guided Interventions: Imaging Guidance and New Technologies for Interventional Procedures
Title: Image-Guided Therapies: Advances in Imaging, Modeling, and New Applications
Byline: J Siewerdsen1 *, D Hawkes2 *, P Keall3 *, (1) University Health Network, Toronto, ON, CA, (2) University College London, London, GB, (3) Stanford University Cancer Center, Stanford, CA
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: WE - B-BRC - CE - Therapy: IMRT Metrology
Title: Dosimetry Metrology for IMRT
Byline: R Stern1 *, J Moran2 *, (1) UC Davis Cancer Center, Sacramento, CA, (2) Univ Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: WE - B-BRC - CE - Therapy: IMRT Metrology
Title: Dosimetry Metrology for IMRT
Byline: R Stern1 *, J Moran2 *, (1) UC Davis Cancer Center, Sacramento, CA, (2) Univ Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: WE - B-211A - CE - Therapy: MRI - Imaging, Planning and Assessment
Title: Strengths and Limitations of Anatomical and Spectroscopic MRI in Radiation Oncology Treatment Planning
Byline: J Bayouth1 *, (1) University Of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: WE - A-211A - CE - Therapy: New Measurement Dosimetry - New Developments
Title: New Dosimetry Measurements - New Developments
Byline: J Seuntjens1 *, J Gibbons2 *, I Das3 *, (1) McGill University, Montreal, QC, CA, (2) Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center, Baton Rouge, LA, (3) Indiana University- School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: WE - A-211A - CE - Therapy: New Measurement Dosimetry - New Developments
Title: New Dosimetry Measurements - New Developments
Byline: J Seuntjens1 *, J Gibbons2 *, I Das3 *, (1) McGill University, Montreal, QC, CA, (2) Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center, Baton Rouge, LA, (3) Indiana University- School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: WE - A-211A - CE - Therapy: New Measurement Dosimetry - New Developments
Title: New Dosimetry Measurements - New Developments
Byline: J Seuntjens1 *, J Gibbons2 *, I Das3 *, (1) McGill University, Montreal, QC, CA, (2) Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center, Baton Rouge, LA, (3) Indiana University- School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: WE - D-BRC - MR-Guided Radiotherapy
Title: MR Imaging for Real-Time Radiotherapy Guidance
Byline: K Butts Pauly1 *, A Sawant1 , R Fahrig1 , P Keall1 , (1) Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: WE - C-213A - ACR Accreditation for MRI - Role of the Medical Physicist
Title: ACR MRI QC Program
Byline: C Keener1 *, (1) Medical & Radiation Physics, Inc., San Antonio, TX
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: WE - D-BRD - Imaging and Treatment Planning for Adaptive Radiotherapy in the Head and Neck
Title: Imaging and Treatment Planning for Adaptive Radiotherapy in the Head and Neck
Byline: J Sonke1 *, K Brock2 *, L Dong3 *, V Gregoire4 *, (1) Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, NL, (2) Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, ON, CA, (3) UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, AF, (4) Cliniques Universitaires St-Luc, Brussels, BE
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: WE - D-BRD - Imaging and Treatment Planning for Adaptive Radiotherapy in the Head and Neck
Title: Imaging and Treatment Planning for Adaptive Radiotherapy in the Head and Neck
Byline: J Sonke1 *, K Brock2 *, L Dong3 *, V Gregoire4 *, (1) Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, NL, (2) Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, ON, CA, (3) UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, AF, (4) Cliniques Universitaires St-Luc, Brussels, BE
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: WE - D-BRD - Imaging and Treatment Planning for Adaptive Radiotherapy in the Head and Neck
Title: Imaging and Treatment Planning for Adaptive Radiotherapy in the Head and Neck
Byline: J Sonke1 *, K Brock2 *, L Dong3 *, V Gregoire4 *, (1) Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, NL, (2) Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, ON, CA, (3) UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, AF, (4) Cliniques Universitaires St-Luc, Brussels, BE
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: WE - D-BRD - Imaging and Treatment Planning for Adaptive Radiotherapy in the Head and Neck
Title: Imaging and Treatment Planning for Adaptive Radiotherapy in the Head and Neck
Byline: J Sonke1 *, K Brock2 *, L Dong3 *, V Gregoire4 *, (1) Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, NL, (2) Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, ON, CA, (3) UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, AF, (4) Cliniques Universitaires St-Luc, Brussels, BE
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: WE - D-210A - Advances in Molecular Imaging
Title: Systems and Probes for Ultrasound Molecular Imaging
Byline: K Ferrara1 *, X Hu2 , H Zhang3 , D Stephens4 , D Kruse5 , (1) University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, (2) UC Davis, Davis, CA, (3) University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, (4) University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, (5) University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: WE - D-210A - Advances in Molecular Imaging
Title: Photoacoustic Tomography: High-Resolution Imaging of Optical Contrast In Vivo at New Depths
Byline: L V Wang1 *, (1) Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: WE - E-210A - Advances in Cardiovascular Imaging : MR, Fluoroscopy and Ultrasound
Title: Functional Cardiovascular MRI: Assessment, Visualization and Quantification of 3D Blood Flow Characteristics
Byline: M Markl1 *, (1) University Hospital Freiburg, Germany, DE
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: WE - D-BRC - MR-Guided Radiotherapy
Title: Magnetic Field Effects On Radiation Dose Distribution
Byline: M Green, Varian Medical Systems, Mountain View, CA
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: WE - B-210A - CE - Imaging: Informatics II
Title: DICOM & IHE: An Update On the DICOM Standard and the IHE Radiology Framework
Byline: M Flynn1 *, (1) Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: WE - SAM-BRB - CE - Therapy: Image Processing
Title: Image Processing in Radiation Therapy: A Play in Three Acts
Byline: M Kessler1, J Siewerdsen2, J-J Sonke3, (1) The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, (2) University Health Network, Toronto, ON, CA, (3) NKI - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, , NL
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: WE - SAM-BRB - CE - Therapy: Image Processing
Title: Image Processing in Radiation Therapy: A Play in Three Acts
Byline: M Kessler1, J Siewerdsen2, J-J Sonke3, (1) The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, (2) University Health Network, Toronto, ON, CA, (3) NKI - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, , NL
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: WE - SAM-BRB - CE - Therapy: Image Processing
Title: Image Processing in Radiation Therapy: A Play in Three Acts
Byline: M Kessler1, J Siewerdsen2, J-J Sonke3, (1) The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, (2) University Health Network, Toronto, ON, CA, (3) NKI - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, , NL
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: WE - A-BRD - CE - Therapy: Panel Session: The Management of Motion: Technologies and Practical Limitations
Title: 4D Treatment Planning: Rationale, Methods and Significance
Byline: M Rosu1 *, (1) Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: WE - C-210A - Advances in Quantitative MRI and MR Spectroscopy
Title: Quantitative MRI of the Brain: Investigation of Cerebral Gray and White Matter Diseases
Byline: L Tugan Muftuler *, University of California, Irvine, CA
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: WE - SAM-304A - CE - Imaging: Radionuclide Imaging II: PET/CT: Technology Updates, Quality Assurance and Applications
Title: PET/CT Technology Update, Quality Assurance and Applications
Byline: O Mawlawi1 *, (1) MD Anderson Cancer Ctr., Houston, TX
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: WE - A-BRD - CE - Therapy: Panel Session: The Management of Motion: Technologies and Practical Limitations
Title: Locating and Targeting Moving Tumors with Radiation Beams
Byline: P Keall *, B Cho , S Dieterich, P Poulsen , D Ruan, A Sawant , Y Suh , Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: WE - A-210A - CE - Imaging: Radiography/Fluoroscopy III
Title: Fluoroscopic Imaging Equipment: Guidelines for Detector Input Dose Settings and Image Optimization
Byline: P Rauch, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI.
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: WE - A-BRC - CE - Therapy: IMRT Planning of the Pelvis/GU
Title: IMRT for Prostate Cancer
Byline: R Price1 *, (1) Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: WE - E-211A - Education Symposium - History: Early Days of CT: Innovations (Good and Bad)
Title: Early Days of CT: Innovations (Both Good and Bad)
Byline: R Gould1 *, (1) UC San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: WE - A-BRD - CE - Therapy: Panel Session: The Management of Motion: Technologies and Practical Limitations
Title: Gated Radiotherapy for Lung Cancer
Byline: S Jiang, University of California, San Deigo, La Jolla, CA
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: WE - D-213A - Setting up a Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) Program in the Clinic
Title: Establishing a Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) Clinical Program, Part 1: Physics and Dosimetry
Byline: D Lovelock1 *, S Benedict2 *, (1) Mem Sloan-Kettering Cancer Ctr, New York, NY, AF, (2) University of Virginia Health Systems, Charlottesville, VA
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: WE - D-213A - Setting up a Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) Program in the Clinic
Title: Establishing a Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) Clinical Program, Part 2: Clinical and Radiobiological Considerations
Byline: P Read1 *, B Kavanagh2 *, (1) University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, (2) University of Colorado Health Science Center, Aurora, CO
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: WE - D-213A - Setting up a Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) Program in the Clinic
Title: Establishing a Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) Clinical Program, Part 1: Physics and Dosimetry
Byline: D Lovelock1 *, S Benedict2 *, (1) Mem Sloan-Kettering Cancer Ctr, New York, NY, AF, (2) University of Virginia Health Systems, Charlottesville, VA
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: WE - D-213A - Setting up a Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) Program in the Clinic
Title: Establishing a Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) Clinical Program, Part 2: Clinical and Radiobiological Considerations
Byline: P Read1 *, B Kavanagh2 *, (1) University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, (2) University of Colorado Health Science Center, Aurora, CO
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: WE - SAM-304A - CE - Imaging: Radionuclide Imaging II: PET/CT: Technology Updates, Quality Assurance and Applications
Title: SPECT/CT: Technology Updates, Quality Assurance and Applications
Byline: S.C. Kappadath1 *, (1) UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: WE - E-213A - Practical Application of Beam Calibration Protocols
Title: Practical Aspects of Cyberknife Small Field Dosimetry
Byline: S Dieterich1 *, L Wang1 , (1) Stanford University Cancer Center, Stanford, CA
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: WE - E-210A - Advances in Cardiovascular Imaging : MR, Fluoroscopy and Ultrasound
Title: Emerging X-Ray Fluoroscopic Guidance Technologies for Challenging Cardiovascular Interventions
Byline: M Speidel*, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: WE - E-213A - Practical Application of Beam Calibration Protocols
Title: Practical Aspects of Commissioning and Calibration of Clinical Orthovoltage Units
Byline: W Abdel-Rahman1 *, L Liang2 , I AlDahlawi3 , J Seuntjens4 , (1) Montreal General Hospital, Montreal, QC, CA, (2) Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, CA, (3) McGill University, Montreal, QC, CA, (4) McGill University, Montreal, QC, CA
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: WE - A-303A - CE - Imaging: MRI III
Title: DCE MRI for Quantitative Assessment of Therapy Response
Byline: Y Cao1 *, (1) The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: WE - B-211A - CE - Therapy: MRI - Imaging, Planning and Assessment
Title: Development of Therapy Response Models Based Upon Functional MRI
Byline: Y Cao1 *, (1) The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TH - C-210A - Brain Interventional and Perfusion Imaging
Title: X-Ray Based Imaging in Neurovascular Intervention - Requirements and Challenges
Byline: A Wakhloo1 *, (1) University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TH - B-213A - CE - Imaging: Safety/Risk IV
Title: Risks From Occupational Radiation Exposures
Byline: A Berrington1 *, (1) , ,
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TH - A-BRC - CE - Therapy: The Use of Ultrasound Imaging in RT Planning and Delivery
Title: Ultrasound Based IGRT
Byline: B Salter1 *, (1) University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TH - A-213A - CE - Imaging: Multi-Modality Imaging II
Title: Noninvasive Monitoring of Brain Tumor Therapy
Byline: E Bullitt1 *, (1) University of North Carolina-CH, Chapel Hill, NC
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TH - A-303A - CE - Imaging: Computed Tomography III
Title: Practical Procedures for Achieving and Maintaining ACR CT Accreditation
Byline: D Pickens1 *, (1) Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TH - SAM-304A - CE - Imaging: Breast Imaging IV: FFDM in the Field: Physicist's Role in the QC of Third-Party Review Work Stations
Title: Digital Detector QC, Tips and Problems
Byline: E Berns1 *, (1) Denver Health Medical Center, University of Colorado, Denver, CO
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TH - A-211A - CE - Therapy: Digital Tomosynthesis
Title: Digital Tomosynthesis for Target Localization
Byline: F Yin1 *, D Godfrey2 *, L Ren3 , J Maurer4 , S Yoo5 , H Yan6 , Q Wu7 , (1) Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, (2) Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, (3) Duke University, Durham, NC, (4) Duke University, Durham, NC, (5) Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, AF, (6) Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, (7) Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TH - A-BRD - CE - Therapy: Panel Session: The Future of NIH Research Funding
Title: The Future of NIH Research Funding
Byline: C Kitt1 *, J Williamson2 *, H Paganetti3 *, (1) National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, (2) Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, (3) Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TH - A-BRD - CE - Therapy: Panel Session: The Future of NIH Research Funding
Title: The Future of NIH Research Funding
Byline: C Kitt1 *, J Williamson2 *, H Paganetti3 *, (1) National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, (2) Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, (3) Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TH - A-BRD - CE - Therapy: Panel Session: The Future of NIH Research Funding
Title: The Future of NIH Research Funding
Byline: C Kitt1 *, J Williamson2 *, H Paganetti3 *, (1) National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, (2) Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, (3) Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TH - D-211A - Economics Update
Title: Reimbursement for Medical Physics Services
Byline: J Goodwin1 *, (1) Fletcher Allen Health Care, Burlington, VT
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TH - D-211A - Economics Update
Title: Current Reimbursement Issues in Medical Physics 2009
Byline: J Hevezi1 *, (1) , San Antonio, TX
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TH - C-213A - Quality Assurance for Ultrasound Units Used in Radiation Therapy: How to Apply TG128 and TG154 Recommendations in the Clinic
Title: Preliminary Report On the Application of TG154 Recommendations in the Clinical Setting
Byline: J Molloy1 *, (1) Univ Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TH - SAM-304A - CE - Imaging: Breast Imaging IV: FFDM in the Field: Physicist's Role in the QC of Third-Party Review Work Stations
Title: FFDM in the Field: Physicist's Role in the QC of Third-Party Review Work Stations
Byline: C Keener1 *, (1) Medical & Radiation Physics, Inc., San Antonio, TX
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TH - A-210A - CE - Imaging: Radiography/Fluoroscopy IV
Title: Management of Interventional Equipment and Suite: Cradle to Grave
Byline: K Strauss1 *, (1) Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TH - B-210A - CE - Imaging: Radionuclide Imaging III
Title: Determination of Dose to Individual Patients in Radionuclide Imaging Procedures Including Planar, SPECT, and PET
Byline: L Williams1 *, (1) City of Hope Medical Center, Duarte, CA
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TH - C-210A - Brain Interventional and Perfusion Imaging
Title: Perfusion‐CT of the Brain: Stroke, TBI and Beyond
Byline: M Wintermark, UCSF Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Neuroradiology Section, San Francisco, CA
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TH - C-BRB - Professional: PQI
Title: Society-Based Practice Quality Improvement Projects for Maintenance of Certification
Byline: M Taylor1 *, (1) Kaiser Permanente, Portland, OR
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TH - B-211A - CE - Therapy:Clinical Implementation of Respiration Motion Correlated Imaging, Treatment Planning and Delivery
Title: Practical Considerations for Respiratory Colarated CT Imaging and Target Volume Delineation
Byline: S Mutic1 *, (1) Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TH - C-BRB - Professional: PQI
Title: Professional - SAM
Byline: M Yester1 *, (1) UAB Medical Center, Birmingham, AL
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TH - B-303A - CE - Imaging: MRI IV
Title: Diffusion Imaging: What It Can Tell Us About Cancer
Byline: N Yanasak1 *, (1) Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA, AF
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TH - SAM-BRB - CE - Therapy: HDR and LDR Brachytherapy: Everything You Need to Know
Title: HDR and LDR Brachytherapy: Everything You Need to Know
Byline: B Thomadsen1 *, R Miller2 *, (1) University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, (2) Radiation Oncology Services, Inc, Riverdale, GA
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TH - C-210A - Brain Interventional and Perfusion Imaging
Title: Principles of Perfusion Measurement with CT
Byline: R Gould1 *, (1) UC San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TH - C-210A - Brain Interventional and Perfusion Imaging
Title: New High Resolution Dynamic Detectors and Flow Modifying Stents for Neuro-Endovascular Image Guided Interventions
Byline: S Rudin *, CN Ionita , A Kuhls-Gilcrist, A Jain, C Keleshis , W Wang, DR Bednarek, Toshiba Stroke Research Center, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo (SUNY), Buffalo, NY
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TH - C-213A - Quality Assurance for Ultrasound Units Used in Radiation Therapy: How to Apply TG128 and TG154 Recommendations in the Clinic
Title: Prostate Brachytherapy Ultrasound Quality Assurance Following AAPM TG-128
Byline: D Pfeiffer1 *, S Sutlief2 , (1) Boulder Community Foothills Hospital, Boulder, CO, (2) VA Medical Center, Seattle, WA
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TH - A-213A - CE - Imaging: Multi-Modality Imaging II
Title: Multi-Modality Image-Guided Near Infrared Spectroscopy: Optimization and Clinical Applications
Byline: S Srinivasan*, B W Pogue , C Carpenter , S C Davis , K D Paulsen , Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TH - B-211A - CE - Therapy:Clinical Implementation of Respiration Motion Correlated Imaging, Treatment Planning and Delivery
Title: Clinical Implementation of Respiration Motion Correlated Imaging, Treatment Planning and Delivery
Byline: S Vedam1 *, (1) UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TH - B-BRC - CE - Therapy: Tools for IMRT Commissioning:  Static and Rotating Gantries
Title: Tools for IMRT Commissioning: Static and Rotating Gantries
Byline: G Ezzell1 *, F Yin2 *, Y Xiao3 *, (1) Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, Phoenix, AZ, (2) Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, (3) Thomas Jefferson Univ Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TH - B-BRC - CE - Therapy: Tools for IMRT Commissioning:  Static and Rotating Gantries
Title: Tools for IMRT Commissioning: Static and Rotating Gantries
Byline: G Ezzell1 *, F Yin2 *, Y Xiao3 *, (1) Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, Phoenix, AZ, (2) Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, (3) Thomas Jefferson Univ Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Contact Email:
 
 
Session: TH - B-BRC - CE - Therapy: Tools for IMRT Commissioning:  Static and Rotating Gantries
Title: Tools for IMRT Commissioning: Static and Rotating Gantries
Byline: G Ezzell1 *, F Yin2 *, Y Xiao3 *, (1) Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, Phoenix, AZ, (2) Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, (3) Thomas Jefferson Univ Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Contact Email: