Works-In-Progress Posters

12:00 noon 1:30 pm Exhibit Hall D

WIP-1 CT Simulation with the MCNP Monte Carlo Code C. Hills, R. Brockhoff, G. Estes

WIP-2 A Portable Computerized Tomography (CT) Scanner N. Shaikh, R. Baker, C. Larsen

WIP-3 Absolute Coronary Artery Blood Flow Measurement Using Digital Subtraction Angiography S. Molloi, G. Bednarz, J. Tang

WIP-4 Detection of Scatter Reducing Grids in Scanned Radiographic Images T. Pawlicki and R. Gaborski

WIP-5 Multiresolution Image Registration for use in Digital Subtraction R. DiFlorio, D. Healy, P. Kostelec, H. Nagy, P. Siegel, J. Weaver

WIP-6 Determination of Radiography System MFT Using a Commercial Grade CCD Camera K. Ogden, P. Nagy, C. Wilson

WIP-7 Theoretical Characterization of the Linear and Non-Linear Behavior of a Scan-Rotate Geometry for Equalization Mammography J. Sabol and D. Plewes

WIP-8 Development and Evaluation of Forms for Recordkeeping in Mammography Quality Control M. McKetty and M. Archie

WIP-9 MQSA Revisited M. Sabau

WIP-10 Variability of the MQSA Safelight Test W. Moore, A. Henry, M. O'Donnell

WIP-11 Quantitative Analysis of the Detectability of Microcalcifications as a Function of Quantum Mottle in Screen/Film Mammography R. Terwilliger and C. Kimme-Smith

WIP-12 Detection of Speck Artifacts with an Artificial Neutral Network (ANN): Algorithm and Evaluation of Performance Q. Qian, B. Yang, D. Chakraborty

WIP-13 MRI Characterization of Tissue Histopathology of Cerebral Ischemia in Rat M. Jacobs, J. Windham, R. Knight, K. Welch, D. Peck, Q. Jiang, M. Chopp

WIP-14 Homodyne Half K-Space Reconstruction of LF MR Images Y. Cao and D. Levin

WIP-15 Unsupervised Method to Estimate In-vivo Urine Volume Using MRI A. Alyassin

WIP-16 Discrete Analysis of MRI Signal With Quadratic Phase F. Li

WIP-17 Quantitative Resolution Formula in Fourier MRI Image F. Li

WIP-18 Enhancement of Chromium Uptake by Red Blood Cells: A Potential MRI Contrast Agent R. Chandra, N. Rofsky, D. Pizzarello, J. Drygas

WIP-19 The Iron (III) Complex of the 3,5-Diethylsufonamide Derivative of Catechol: A Novel Organ Selective MRI Paramagnetic Contrast Agent M. Sayed, N. Richardson, R. Keck, L. Miller, J. Gee, M. Dennis, J. Davies

WIP-20 MRI Pulse Design by Searching for and Inverting the Roots of the SRL Polynomials M. Popescu and S. Pickup

WIP-21 Establishment of MIPS-94/DICOM Standards in Japan A. Ito, Y. Ando, K. Inamura, M. Kimura, Y. Imanishi, N. Shigemura

WIP-22 An Investigation of Artifacts Resulting from Lossy Wavelet Compression of Digital Mammograms R. Gaborski and F. Lure

WIP-23 Systematical Errors in Noninvasive kVp Measurements M. Sabau, G. Buchel, T. Wilson

WIP-24 Evaluation of a Commercial Graphics Based Workstation for Quality Control Testing of Pulse-Echo Ultrasound Imaging Equipment G. Mawko, K. Chantziantoniou, D. Metcalfe, C. Daniel

WIP-25 A Biomagnetic Technique to Study Gastric Antrum Contractions O. Baffa, J. Miranda, R. Oliveira

WIP-26 Primary Beam Exposure Outside the Fluoroscopic FOV and Proposed Exposure Reduction Using ROI Filtration W. Granger, Jr., S. Klash, S. Rudin, D. Bednarek

WIP-27 Analytical Dose Calculations in Heterogeneous Tissues for 192Ir, 125I and 103 Pd Brachytherapy Sources J. Johnson and A. Meigooni

WIP-28 Source Calibration and Verification By Means of a Two-component Redundant System An Experience With Newly-purchased CDCS/J Cesium-137 Sources D. Tai, E. Arant, W. Bielskis, R. Palmer

WIP-29 Measurement of Model 6711 125I Seed Source Dose Distribution and Verification of Dose Calculations for 125I Ophthalmic Plaques Using High Sensitivity GafChromic film B. Milliken, F. Kuchnir, R. Hamilton, C. Reft, S. Rubin, J. Turian, D. Spelbring

WIP-30 HDR Source Calibration Discrepancies T. Nair

WIP-32 Dose Rate and Uniformity Measurements for Strontium-90 Ophthalmic Applicators E. Hendee and L. DeWerd

WIP-33 Imaging Radiation Dose Distributions In Tissue-Equivalent Polymer Gels Using Optical Tomography M. Randade, J. Gore, R. Schultz, M. Maryanski

WIP-34 Fast Radiochromic Film for Megavoltage Interface Dosimetry A. Meigooni and G. Neyman

WIP-35 Temperature Dependence of Diffusion in Fricke Gel MRI Dosimetry C. Baldock, P. Harris, A. Piercy, S. Patval, D. Prior, S. Keevil, P. Summers

WIP-36 Video Densitometry R. Sandberg, P. Johnson, A. Kepka

WIP-37 Saturation Characteristics and Polarity Effect for Very Small Ionization Chamber T. Hiraoka, K. Omata, A. Fukumura, M. Takeshita

WIP-38 Application of MOSFET Dosimetry System in TBI and HDR Treatments J. Cygler, M. Soubra, J. Szanto, G. Mackay, I. Thomson

WIP-39 Characteristics of the 4 MV Photon Beam on a Saturne 43 Linac M. Hartson, J. Cantwell, J. Krise, L. Leininger, T. Jones

WIP-40 Beam Matching on Saturne 41 and Saturne 43 Linacs M. Hartson, J. Cantwell, J. Krise, L. Leininger, T. Jones

WIP-41 A Repeat Localization Head Frame for Stereotactic Radiotherapy T. Scott and J. Beach

WIP-42 Clinical Implementation of Frameless Stereotactic Fractionated Radiotherapy W. Roberts, G. Ezzell, L. Zamorano, L. Gaspar, A. Canaday, P. Aronin, J. Fontanesi

WIP-43 Application of Receptors on the Skull for Precision Fractionated Stereotactic Radiotherapy R. Miller and J. Misko

WIP-44 Accuracy of MRI for Radiosurgery Planning P. Medin, A. DeSalles, V. Vassilev, T. Solberg

WIP-45 Commissioning Stereotactic Radiosurgery in a Commercial 3D Treatment Planning Systems (CMS, Focusª) Z. Shen and F. Newman

WIP-46 A Procedure to Compensate for Imprecisions in Couch Rotation During Linac-Based Radiosurgery I. Brezovich, P. Pareek, W. Plott, R. Jennelle

WIP-47 Normal Tissue Sparing by Dual-port Proton Radiotherapy of Uveal Melanoma I. Daftari, D. Char, P. Petti, L. Verhey, J. Castro, E. Blakely

WIP-48 Establishment of a New UCSF Proton Ocular Beam Facility at Crocker Nuclear Laboratory Cyclotron I. Daftari, L. Verhey, T. Renner, M. Nyman, R. Singh, P. Petti, J. Castro

WIP-49 Present Status for Carbon Beam Radiotherapy at HIMAC in Chiba H. Koyama-Ito, M. Endo, T. Kanai, S. Minohara, J. Miyahara, K. Kawachi, J. Mizoe, T. Miyamoto, H. Tsujii, K. Morita

WIP-50 A Conformal Hyperthermia Applicator for Tumors Located on Curved Surfaces L. Leybovich, J. Ho, J. Stanton, R. Kreimer

WIP-51 Evaluation of Heterogeneity Corrections Performed by a 3-D Pencil Beam Algorithm on a Commercial 3-D Treatment Planning System B. Berman, J. Koss, F. Newman, H. Cline

WIP-52 Super Monte Carlo for Electron Beam Planning P. Keall and P. Hoban

WIP-53 Beam Characteristics and Calibration of a Commercially Available Electron Arc Applicator T. Potts and V. Potts

WIP-54 Comparison of Electron Beam Depth Dose Measurements D. Velkley and R. Beatty

WIP-55 Output Factors and Doses at Tumor Depth for Shaped Electron Beams in Water: A Comparison of Two Different Commerical Electron beam Algorithms R. Muller-Runkel and R. Wang

WIP-56 Lateral Electronic Disequilibrium in FFT Convolution Dose Calculation E. Wong, Y. Zhu, J. Van Dyk

WIP-57 Theoretical Developments on FFT Convolution Dose Calculation in Inhomogeneous Media E. Wong, Y. Zhu, J. Van Dyk

WIP-58 Clinical Implementation of Multileaf Collimator for 6 and 10 MV Photon Beams V. Krithivas and S. Gibb

WIP-59 The Effect of Physical and Dynamic Wedges on Effective Sources Position J. Gibbons

WIP-60 Comparative Dosimetry Measurements for the Buildup Region in Dynamic Wedge D. Leavitt, J. Moeller, J. O'Rear

WIP-61 Dose Verifications of Peacock System With Multileaf Intensity Modulation Collimators A. Wu, C. Berta, M. Johnson, S. Kalnicki, A. Chen, H. Figura

WIP-62 Experimental Determination of Compensator Tissue Equivalence Factor of ComputeRx-Compª Compensator System F. Hu and R. Rydman

WIP-63 Fitting TCP and NTCP Models to Censored Clinical Data A. Niemierko

WIP-64 A New Approach to Dose Distribution Calculation and Display A. Niemierko

WIP-65 The Use of MCNPª in Conventional Radiotherapy Treatment Planning - K. Adams, G. Estes, H. Hughes, L. Waters, R. Little, J. DeMarco, J. Smathers, T. Solberg, R. Wallace

WIP-66 Integrating a CT-Simulator into Radiotherapy Treatment Planning T. Fox, K. Brooks, L. Davis

WIP-67 Two Modifications of Meansquare Criteria of Dose Optimization in Radiotherapy L. Papiez and M. Ringor

WIP-68 Novel Field Arrangements Utilizing Beam's Eye View T. Bista, A. Kepka, R. Sandberg, P. Johnson

WIP-69 The Impact of Excluding the Seminal Vesicle Coverage in the Treatment of Prostate Cancer with Conformal Radiotherapy J. Sohn, P. Kupelian, D. Abraham, J. Suh, M. Weinhous, R. Macklis

WIP-70 Is a Breast Shield Needed to Reduce the Scatter Dose to the Contralateral Breast in the Treatment of Breast Cancer J. Sohn, J. Suh, P. Kupelian, M. Weinhous, R. Macklis

WIP-71 Video Based Patient Position Monitoring and Setup Guidance in Radiation Therapy B. Milliken, R. Hamilton, F. Kuchnir, C. Pelizzari, S. Rubin, G. Chen

WIP-72 Evaluation of Time/MU Calculations on a Commercial 3-D Treatment Planning System J. Koss, B. Berman, H. Cline, C. Dennett, F. Newman

WIP-73 Accurate Determination of Machine Isocentricity with a High Resolution Film Scanner D. Tai and J. Galiano

WIP-74 Interface of a Digital Linac to a Commercial Record and Verify System C. Thomason, R. Sandberg, V. Sathiaseelan, A. Kepka

WIP-75 A Relational Database Monitors Radiation Oncology/ Medical Physics Resource Utilization C. Rosen and R. Scheller

WIP-76 Installations of Wireless Network Patient Management System at West Virginia University Hospitals C. Saw and L. Korb

WIP-77 A Comparison of Axial Versus Spiral Scanning in CT Simulation W. Fong and M. Herman

WIP-78 The Inverse Compton Process and Radiotherapy K. Weeks, P. O'Shea, D. Straub, V. Litvinenko, J. Madey

WIP-79 Radionuclide Photon Dose Kernels for Internal Emitter Dosimetry E. Furhang, G. Sgouros, C. Chui

WIP-80 MABDOSE: An Integrated Program for Internal Radionuclide Dosimetry B. Berman, G. Andl, T. Johnson

WIP-81 An Automated Internal Dosimetry Scheme for Radiolabeled Antibodies R. Dunn, M. Juweid, T. Behr, J. Siegel, R. Sharkey, D. Goldenberg

WIP-82 A New Axial Smoothing Method Based on Feature Mapping J. Yang and S. Huang

WIP-83 A Practical Technique in Clinical Fusion of Images Obtained By Bremsstrahlung SPECT for Infusional E. Parsai, K. Ayyangar, J. Siegel

WIP-84 A Guided Evolution of Attenuation Image Using Filtered Backprojection in SPECT G. Andl, D. Newman, T. Johnson

WIP-85 Influence of Camera Sensitivity on SPECT Imaging with Multidetector Systems M. Ivanovic, D. Weber, S. Loncaric, J. Udugama

WIP-86 Comparison of PET vs. SPECT Fusion Imaging with MR/Chemical Shift Images: A New Approach to to Marrow Dosimetry M. Graham, D. Ballon, J. Koutcher, J. Kalaigian, S. Larson, D. Scheinberg, W. Robeson, A. Belakhleg

WIP-87 Feasibility Study of Vanadium-48 Usage in PET Imaging S. Mazza, D. Rich, T. Yoshizumi

WIP-88 Evaluation of Vanadium-48 as a PET Transmission Source S. Mazza, D. Rich, T. Yoshizumi

WIP-89 Two Component Respiratory Tract Airways Clearance Assessment J. Agnew, A. Warry, A. Hasani, D. Pavia, S. Clarke

WIP-90 Radiation Safety Training for Radiation Workers Information Booklet for Hospital Personnel R. Jucius and P. Rao

WIP-91 The Use of Simulated Annealing in the Training of Artificial Neural Networks G. Starkschall and I. Rosen

WIP-92 On Mechanical Forces and Transferences in Dielectric Fluid in the Presence of X-ray Radiation and Electric Field G. Rukman

WIP-93 Radiotherapy Doses for Treatment of Intraoral Tumors Retrospectively Measured By Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) in Dental Enamel and Alanine B. Pass, R. Wood, U. Gohs, P. Scallion, P. McLaughlin

WIP-94 Collective Bio-dosimetry as a Dosimetric "Gold-Standard" B. Pass, D. Godfrey-Smith, A. Baranov, J. Aldrich, P. Scallion, R. Gale x

WIP-96 Radiation Yield and Maximum Beta Range of Spilled Radionuclide Sr-98 C. Obcemea