2011 Joint AAPM/COMP Meeting Program
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Thursday, August 4, 2011
Imaging Scientific Session
Imaging Scientific Session - CT Dosimetry
Thursday 8:00:00 AM - 9:55:00 AM  Room: 214

Moderator: John M. Boone, UC Davis Medical Center

Moderator: Erin Angel, Toshiba America Medical Systems

8:00 AM
TH-A-214-1
IMAGING BEST IN PHYSICS - Patient-Specific Dosimetry for Pediatric X-Ray Computed Tomography - J. Clark*, M. Stabin, D. Pickens, R. Price
8:10 AM
TH-A-214-2
Organ Dose, Effective Dose, and Dose Conversion Coefficients in Adult CT: Comparison of Mathematical, XCAT, and ICRP Reference Phantoms - Y. Zhang*, X. Li, W. Segars, E. Samei
8:20 AM
TH-A-214-3
Automated Patient-Specific CT Dose Monitoring System: Assessing Variability in CT Dose - O. Christianson*, X. Li, D. Frush, E. Samei
8:30 AM
TH-A-214-4
Impact of Body Size of Obese Patients On PET/CT Dose Estimates: Monte Carlo Calculations Using a Set of BMI-Adjustable Phantoms - A. Ding*, M. Mille, P. Caracappa, X. Xu
8:40 AM
TH-A-214-5
Creation of Patient Size Dependent Methods of Estimating Organ Doses in Tube-Current Modulated MDCT Exams - R. Fisher*, D. Hintenlang, M. Arreola
8:50 AM
TH-A-214-6
Organ Dose Weighting Methods for Tube Current Modulated CT Exams: Demonstration Using Adult Patient Phantoms - P. Caracappa*, A. Ding, J. Gu, B. Liu, X. Xu
9:00 AM
TH-A-214-7
Evaluation of Potential Effective Dose Estimates Using Values Included in CT Dose Reports - A. Turner*, M. McNitt-Gray
9:10 AM
TH-A-214-8
Change in X-Ray CT Spectra Inside of Dosimetry Phantoms: Beam Hardening Or Beam Softening? - D. Zhang*, J. DeMarco, C. Cagnon, A. Turner, M. Khatonabadi, M. McNitt-Gray
9:20 AM
TH-A-214-9
Direct Measurement of Skin Dose From CT Brain Perfusion Scans - X. Rong*, S. Kappadath, D. Schellingerhout
9:30 AM
TH-A-214-10
Comparison of Bismuth Shielding and Globally Reducing Tube Current in Head and Thoracic CT - J. Wang*, X. Duan, J. Christner, S. Leng, L. Yu, C. McCollough
9:40 AM
TH-A-214-11
Dose to Implantable Cardiac Devices From Cone Beam CT - M. Wronski*, G. Pang