1997 Summer School
Program Schedule

The 1997 summer school will be devoted to diagnostic imaging. It will consider the critical changes that are taking place in diagnostic imaging and will help the medical physicist adapt to changes in current technology and the widespread introduction of digital imaging.

This summer school will be held on the campus of historic Georgetown University. The facilities are excellent for a summer school and the university is convenient to public transport so that companions and families can enjoy our nation's capital city. The summer school atmosphere is a relaxed one with time to socialize with peers and faculty.

PROGRAM DIRECTORS: LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS:
Donald Frey freygd@musc.edu Marlene McKetty fax: (202) 865-3285
Perry Sprawls sprawls@emory.edu


PROGRAM SCHEDULE

SUNDAY, JUNE 22
8:30 am - 9:30 am Perry Sprawls Characteristics of Medical Images for Effective Diagnosis - The Transition from Analogue to Digital
9:30 am - 10:30 am Perry Sprawls Digital Imaging Concepts & Applications
10:50 am - 11:50 am J. Anthony Seibert Computed Radiography Technology & QA
1:15 pm - 2:15 pm Robert Gould New Detector Technology
2:15 pm - 3:15 pm Piet Vuylsteke Optimizing CR Imaging Performance
3:40 pm - 4:40 pm Lee Kitts Film Screen Systems Recent Advances
MONDAY, JUNE 23
8:30 am - 9:30 am Ron Van Loon X-ray Tube & Generator
9:30 am - 10:30 am Willi Kalender Fluoroscopy - Recent Developments & Current Status
10:50 am - 11:50 am Melissa Martin Fluoroscopy System Evaluation
1:15 pm - 2:15 pm Ian Cunningham Analyzing System Performance
2:15 pm - 3:15 pm Benjamin Archer Shielding Design - New Data & Concepts
3:40 pm - 4:40 pm Robert Dixon Shielding Design - Using the New Methods
TUESDAY, JUNE 24
8:30 am - 9:30 am Donald Frey PACS Design
9:30 am - 10:30 am Steve Horii Network Design Technology and Archives
10:50 am - 11:50 am Alain Noel Digital Imaging Image Quality Issues
Afternoon off to relax and enjoy the city
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25
8:30 am - 9:30 am Sam Dwyer Soft Copy Displays and Digitizers
9:30 am - 10:30 am Walter Carpenter Issues in Teleradiology
10:50 am - 11:50 am Alan Rowberg Image Compression
1:15 pm - 2:15 pm Jon Trueblood Radiation Safety - The Impact of the Current Regulations
2:15 pm - 3:15 pm Keith Faulkner The Potential for Reducing Exposure in X-ray Imaging
3:40 pm - 4:40 pm Steve Balter Training Non-Radiologists in the Safe Use of Fluoroscopy
THURSDAY, JUNE 26
8:30 am - 9:30 am Lee Goldman Medical Physics Budgets & Cost Justification
9:30 am - 10:30 am Donald Frey
Melissa Martin
Robert Pizzetiuello 		Communicating the Results of Medical Physics Surveys
10:50 am - 11:50 am Robert Pizzetiuello Mammography - Technology Update
1:15 pm - 2:15 pm Penny Butler Mammography - Regulatory Update
2:15 pm - 3:15 pm Gary Barnes Mammography - Optimizing System Performances
For further information contact:
Lisa Rose Sullivan, AAPM Projects Manager
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740-3846
Tel: 301-209-3387 Fax: 301-209-0862
lrose@aapm.org