2011 Joint AAPM/COMP Meeting Program
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Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Therapy Scientific Session
Therapy Scientific Session - Brachytherapy and Radionuclide Therapy
Wednesday 8:00:00 AM - 9:55:00 AM  Room: Ballroom B

Moderator: Larry A. DeWerd, University of WI-Madison/ADCL

Moderator: Jean Pouliot, UC San Francisco

8:00 AM
WE-A-BRB-1
THERAPY BEST IN PHYSICS - Accurate Dosimetric Characterization of a Fully Loaded 20 Mm COMS I-125 Eye Plaque Using Specially Designed GAFCHROMIC™ Film - S. Trichter*, S. Chiu-Tsao, M. Zaider, A. Sabbas, F. Kulidzhanov, J. Chang, G. Cohen, D. Nori, K. Chao
8:10 AM
WE-A-BRB-2
THERAPY BEST IN PHYSICS - Gold Nanoparticle-Aided Brachytherapy with Vascular Dose Painting: Estimation of Dose Enhancement to the Endothelial Cell Nucleus - W. Ngwa*, M. Makrigiorgos, R. Berbeco
8:20 AM
WE-A-BRB-3
X-Ray Guided Targeting of Nanoparticles to Cancer - D. Ferraro, D. Hallahan*
8:30 AM
WE-A-BRB-4
Real-Time Catheter Tracking for HDR Prostate Implant Using An Electromagnetic 3D Guidance Device - J. Zhou*, E. Sebastian, M. Ghilezan, A. Martinez, D. Yan
8:40 AM
WE-A-BRB-5
AAPM Guidelines for Image-Guided Robotic Brachytherapy: Progress Report From Task Group 192 - T. Podder*, L. Beaulieu, B. Caldwell, R. Cormack, J. Crass, A. Dicker, A. Fenster, G. Fichtinger, M. Meltsner, M. Moerland, R. Nath, M. Rivard, T. Salcudean, D. Song, B. Thomadsen, Y. Yu
8:50 AM
WE-A-BRB-6
Detecting Afterloaded Brachytherapy Errors in a Phantom Using Real-Time Fiber-Coupled Luminescence Dosimetry - G. Kertzscher*, C. Andersen, F. Siebert, S. Nielsen, J. Lindegaard, K. Tanderup
9:00 AM
WE-A-BRB-7
Characterization and Use of a 2D-Array of Ion Chambers for Brachytherapy Dosimetric Quality Assurance - M. Yewondwossen*
9:10 AM
WE-A-BRB-8
Comparison of Brachytherapy Dose Distribution Using the Gamma-Index Method - Y. Yang*, M. Rivard
9:20 AM
WE-A-BRB-9
Brachytherapy Using Pyroelectric Based X-Ray Sources - M. Klopfer*, V. Satchouk, F. Yu, S. Molloi
9:30 AM
WE-A-BRB-10
Radiobiologically Based Treatment Plan Evaluation for Prostate Seed Implant - C. Knaup*, P. Mavroidis, C. Esquivel, G. Swanson, N. Papanikolaou
9:40 AM
WE-A-BRB-11
Evaluation of Cervical Cancer Radiation Therapy Using External Beam Therapy and Brachytherapy - T. Biggers*, C. Esquivel, S. Stathakis, A. Gutiérrez, N. Papanikolaou