2011 Joint AAPM/COMP Meeting Program
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Thursday, August 4, 2011
Therapy Scientific Session
Therapy Scientific Session - Treatment Planning for External Beam Radiotherapy
Thursday 1:00:00 PM - 2:50:00 PM  Room: Ballroom B

Moderator: Lakshmi Santanam, Washington University School of Medicine

Moderator: Ying Xiao, Thomas Jefferson Univ Hospital

1:00 PM
TH-E-BRB-1
Significant Improvement of Plan Quality, Delivery Efficiency and Plan Consistency by VMAT Combined with Automated Inverse Planning Algorithm for Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy in Centrally/superiorly Located Stage I Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer - X. Li*, J. Chang, W. Liu, E. Quan, P. Balter, X. Zhang
1:10 PM
TH-E-BRB-2
Automated Optimization of Treatment Plans for a Dedicated Stereotactic Radiotherapy Device Using Intelligent Isocenter Selection and Penalty-Based Weight Optimization - H. Ghaffari, K. Ghobadi*, D. Aleman, M. Ruschin, D. Jaffray
1:20 PM
TH-E-BRB-3
Potential for a Monte Carlo Based Treatment Planning System to Replace Patient Specific QA Measurements in a Large University Hospital Setting - E. Soisson*, A. Alexander, L. Comeau, J. Seuntjens
1:30 PM
TH-E-BRB-4
Comparing the Effects of Tumor Motion Patterns and Beam Delivery Timing Between Scattering and Uniform Scanning Proton Beam - Q. Zhao*, H. Wu, C. Cheng, I. Das
1:40 PM
TH-E-BRB-5
Modeling the Correlation Between OAR Dose Sparing and Patient's Anatomy in Head and Neck IMRT - L. Yuan*, Y. Ge, T. Li, X. Zhu, F. Yin, Q. Wu
1:50 PM
TH-E-BRB-6
Clinical Implementation of Electron Monte Carlo for Breast Boost Radiation Therapy: A Retrospective Study to Improve Target Volume Dose Coverage - R. Sankreacha*, C. Cruje, S. Crosier, M. MacPherson, M. Carlone, Y. Wang
2:00 PM
TH-E-BRB-7
Treatment Planning Performance of High Intensity Flattening-Filter-Free Beams for Head-And-Neck Cancer: IMRT Versus VMAT - J. Duan*, S. Shen, R. Popple, X. Wu, I. Brezovich
2:10 PM
TH-E-BRB-8
Effect of Rectal Balloon Fillings On Doses to Prostate, PTV and Rectum: An IMRT Planning Study - S. Srivastava*, I. Das, C. Cheng, A. Kumar, P. Johnstone
2:20 PM
TH-E-BRB-9
Dose Invariance in Adaptive Prostate Radiation Therapy Treatment: Implication for Treatment Simulations - M. Sharma*, J. Siebers
2:30 PM
TH-E-BRB-10
A New Arc-Modulated Inverse-Planned Technique for Total Body Irradiation - M. Held*, N. Kirby, O. Morin, J. Pouliot
2:40 PM
TH-E-BRB-11
Optimizing Temporal Efficiency of 4D-Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy - E. Chin*, K. Otto