Program Information

	Brachytherapy Applications and Techniques	Tuesday - 7/14/2015
	Therapy Scientific Session	7:30 AM - 9:30 AM	Room: 201

Moderator 1: Ryan Flynn, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Moderator 2: Derek Brown, University of California, San Diego

Tuesday 7:30 AM TU-AB-201-1

A Comprehensive Planning Comparison Study Between a Novel Direction Modulated Brachytherapy Tandem Applicator and Conventional T&R Applicator for Image Guided Cervical Cancer Brachytherapy D. Han*, K. Tanderup, H. Safigholi, A. Soliman, D. Scanderbeg, Z. Liu, W. Song

Tuesday 7:40 AM TU-AB-201-2

An Automated Treatment Plan Quality Assurance Program for Tandem and Ovoid High Dose-Rate Brachytherapy J. Tan*, F. Shi, B. Hrycushko, P. Medin, S. Stojadinovic, A. Pompos, M. Yang, K. Albuquerque, X. Jia

Tuesday 7:50 AM TU-AB-201-3

A Robot for the Automated Delivery of An Electromagnetic Tracking Sensor for the Localization of Brachytherapy Catheters S. Don*, R. Cormack, A. Viswanathan, A. Damato

Tuesday 8:00 AM TU-AB-201-4

Optimizing the Number of Catheter Implants and Their Tracks for Prostate HDR Brachytherapy D. Riofrio*, J. Zhou, L. Ma, S. Luan

Tuesday 8:10 AM TU-AB-201-5

Automatic Adaptive Per-Operative Re-Planning for HDR Prostate Brachytherapy - a Simulation Study On Errors in Needle Positioning M. Borot de Battisti*, M. Maenhout, B. Denis de Senneville, G. Hautvast, D. Binnekamp, J. Lagendijk, M. Van Vulpen, M. Moerland

Tuesday 8:20 AM TU-AB-201-6

Evaluation of Electromagnetically Guided High-Dose Rate Brachytherapy for Ablative Treatment of Lung Metastases D. Pinkham*, D. Shultz, B. Loo, A. Sung, M. Diehn, B. Fahimian

Tuesday 8:30 AM TU-AB-201-7

Image Guided Endorectal HDR Brachytherapy Using a Compliant Balloon Applicator G. Cohen*, K. Goodman

Tuesday 8:40 AM TU-AB-201-8

Rotating Shield High Dose Rate Brachytherapy with 153Gd and 75Se Isotopes M. Renaud*, R. Flynn, J. Seuntjens, S. Enger

Tuesday 8:50 AM TU-AB-201-9

Calibration of An Element of a New Directional Pd-103 Planar Source Array M. Aima*, W. Culberson, J. Reed, L. DeWerd

Tuesday 9:00 AM TU-AB-201-10

Novel Conformal Skin Brachytherapy Device C. Ferreira*, K. Rasmussen, D. Johnson, S. Ahmad, J. Jung

Tuesday 9:10 AM TU-AB-201-11

A Novel Theoretical Framework for MRI-Only Image Guided LDR Prostate and Breast Brachytherapy Implant Dosimetry A. Soliman*, A. Elzibak, A. Fatemi, H. Safigholi, D. Han, A. Ravi, G. Morton, W. Song

Tuesday 9:20 AM TU-AB-201-12

Effects of Tissue Interference On Electromagnetic Sensor and Ultrasound Imaging Sensing for Robot-Guided Needle Interventions F. Maria Joseph, M. Kumar, P. Hutapea, A. Dicker, Y. Yu, T. Podder*