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40th Annual Meeting of
the American Association of Physicists in Medicine
August 9-13, 1998 San Antonio, Texas

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Session Information

Symposium
Symposium on "NCI Workshop on Oncologic Imaging, 1997"
Sunday 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM Room: Centro

Education Council Symposium
Education Council Symposium: Teaching Technologists About Mammography
Sunday 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Room: Plaza

Professional Council Symposium
Professional Council Symposium
Sunday 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Room: Centro

Refresher Courses
Current State of the Art of Nuclear Medicine
Monday 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Room: 208

Refresher Courses
Monitor Unit Calculations for High Energy Photon Beams
Monday 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Room: Centro

Refresher Courses
Image Processing, Neural Networks, and Classifier Design
Monday 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Room: Fiesta A

Refresher Courses
Multileaf Collimators I: General Description, Systems and Technology Assessment
Monday 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Room: Fiesta D

Refresher Courses
Navigating the Bay of Funding at the NIH
Monday 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Room: Plaza

Refresher Courses
511-keV Coincidence Imaging with SPECT Cameras
Monday 8:35 AM - 9:35 AM Room: 208

Refresher Courses
TG-64: Prostate Seed Implant Brachytherapy
Monday 8:35 AM - 9:35 AM Room: Centro

Refresher Courses
Digital Radiographic Imaging Systems
Monday 8:35 AM - 9:35 AM Room: Fiesta A

Refresher Courses
Ultrasound Bid Specifications and Acceptance Testing
Monday 8:35 AM - 9:35 AM Room: Fiesta B

Refresher Courses
Fast Imaging Methods in MRI
Monday 8:35 AM - 9:35 AM Room: Fiesta D

Refresher Courses
Professional Council: CPT Codes
Monday 8:35 AM - 9:35 AM Room: Fiesta E

Refresher Courses
Clinical Implementation of CT Simulation
Monday 8:35 AM - 9:35 AM Room: Plaza

President's Symposium
President's Symposium: Filmless Radiology - PACS is Here to Stay!
Monday 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Room: Theatre

Poster Session: Works In Progress Poster Presentation
Works in Progress Poster Session
Monday 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Room: South Banquet Hall

Symposia
Computer Aided Diagnosis
Monday 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM Room: Fiesta A

Symposium
Legacy of Marie Curie: 100 Years of Radioactivity
Monday 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM Room: Centro

Young Investigators Symposium
Young Investigator's Symposium
Monday 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM Room: Plaza

Scientific Sessions
Focus Session: Radiation Prevention of Restenosis
Monday 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Room: Centro

Scientific Sessions
Mammography/Computer-Aided Diagnosis
Monday 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Room: Fiesta A

Scientific Sessions
Focus Session: Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy
Monday 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Room: Plaza

Symposium
Women in Medical Physics
Monday 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Room: Fiesta E

Refresher Courses
Scintillation Camera Accepting Testing
Tuesday 7:30 AM - 9:35 AM Room: 208

Refresher Courses
Inhomogeneity Calculations
Tuesday 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Room: Centro

Refresher Courses
The Fundamentals of MTF, Wiener Spectra, and DQE
Tuesday 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Room: Fiesta A

Refresher Courses
Hands-on Ultrasound Quality Control
Tuesday 7:30 AM - 9:35 AM Room: Fiesta B

Refresher Courses
Multileaf Collimators II: Acceptance Testing, Commissioning and Quality Assurance
Tuesday 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Room: Fiesta D

Refresher Courses
New Developments in Biological Effects and Biophysical Models of Brachytherapy Sources
Tuesday 7:30 AM - 9:35 AM Room: Plaza

Refresher Courses
Quality Control Procedures and Programs
Tuesday 8:35 AM - 9:35 AM Room: 208

Refresher Courses
TG-53: Quality Assurance for Clinical Radiotherapy Treatment Planning
Tuesday 8:35 AM - 9:35 AM Room: Centro

Refresher Courses
ROC Analysis
Tuesday 8:35 AM - 9:35 AM Room: Fiesta A

Refresher Courses
MR Imaging of Flow
Tuesday 8:35 AM - 9:35 AM Room: Fiesta D

Refresher Courses
Professional Council: Appropriate Documentation by Medical Physicists
Tuesday 8:35 AM - 9:35 AM Room: Fiesta E

Continuing Education Courses
Mammography: Risks & Benefits, Dose Measurements, Film & Dose
Tuesday 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Room: Fiesta E

Refresher Courses
Ultrasound QA Hand-On (cont.)
Tuesday 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Room: Fiesta B

Scientific Sessions
Treatment Planning Optimization for Conformal Therapy
Tuesday 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Room: Centro

Scientific Sessions
Image Processing/Computer-Aided Diagnosis
Tuesday 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Room: Fiesta A

Scientific Sessions
Brachytherapy
Tuesday 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Room: Plaza

Symposia
Practical Aspects of Functional MRI
Tuesday 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Room: Fiesta D

Electronic Poster Displays
Electronic Poster Displays
Tuesday 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Room: South Exhibit Hall

Poster Presentations Therapy Posters
Therapy and General Physics Poster Session
Tuesday 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Room: South Banquet Hall

Continuing Education Courses
Mammography: Stereotactic Biopsy Surveys; Image Quality & Artifacts Tests
Tuesday 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM Room: Fiesta E

Scientific Sessions
Diagnostic Imaging: MR, Radioisotope, & Ultrasound Imaging
Tuesday 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM Room: Fiesta D

Scientific Sessions
Treatment Planning and Delivery
Tuesday 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM Room: Centro

Scientific Sessions
Diagnostic System Evaluation/Quality Assurance
Tuesday 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM Room: Fiesta A

Scientific Sessions
Quality Assurance
Tuesday 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM Room: Plaza

Symposium
Ultrasound MiniPacs
Tuesday 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM Room: Fiesta B

Symposium
Establishing and Treating Conformal Therapy Target Volumes
Tuesday 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Room: Centro

Symposium
Evaluating Diagnostic Imaging Systems
Tuesday 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Room: Fiests A

Symposium
40 Years of AAPM
Tuesday 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Room: Plaza

Refresher Courses
Convolution/Superposition Algorithms
Wednesday 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Room: Centro

Refresher Courses
Digital Angiographic Imaging
Wednesday 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Room: Fiesta A

Refresher Courses
Multileaf Collimators III: Multileaf Collimator Dosimetry
Wednesday 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Room: Fiesta D

Refresher Courses
Hadrontherapy: Neutrons, Protons, and Other Exotica
Wednesday 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Room: Plaza

Continuing Education Courses
Introductory Clinical Magnetic Resonance Imaging Physics: MRI Basic Physical Principles
Wednesday 8:35 AM - 9:35 AM Room: Fiesta D

Refresher Courses
TG-61 Report: Kilovoltage Dosimetry
Wednesday 8:35 AM - 9:35 AM Room: Centro

Refresher Courses
Spiral CT
Wednesday 8:35 AM - 9:35 AM Room: Fiesta A

Refresher Courses
Ultrasound "Breakthroughs"
Wednesday 8:35 AM - 9:35 AM Room: Fiesta B

Refresher Courses
Medical Lasers and PDT: QC, Safety, Standards, and Regulations
Wednesday 8:35 AM - 9:35 AM Room: Fiesta E

Refresher Courses
Review of Respiration Gated Radiotherapy
Wednesday 8:35 AM - 9:35 AM Room: Plaza

Continuing Education Courses
Introductory Clinical Magnetic Resonance Imaging Physics: MRI Image Formation and MRI Imaging Techniques and Pulse Sequences
Wednesday 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Room: Fiesta D

Continuing Education Courses
Mammography: New Regulations; Phototimer Testing
Wednesday 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Room: Fiesta E

Scientific Sessions
Dose Calculations
Wednesday 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Room: Centro

Scientific Sessions
Digital Radiography
Wednesday 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Room: Fiesta A

Scientific Sessions
Proton, Neutron Therapy
Wednesday 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Room: Plaza

Poster Presentations: Diagnostic and Nuclear Medicine
Diagnostic Imaging Poster Session
Wednesday 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Room: South Banquet Hall

Continuing Education Courses
Introductory Clinical Magnetic Resonance Imaging Physics: MRI Signal to Noise Characteristics and MRI Image Contrast
Wednesday 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM Room: Fiesta D

Scientific Sessions
Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy II
Wednesday 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM Room: Centro

Scientific Sessions
Digital Radiography/Instrumentation/CT
Wednesday 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM Room: Fiesta A

Scientific Sessions
Radiation Therapy Instrumentation and Measurement
Wednesday 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM Room: Plaza

Symposia
Vacular Imaging
Wednesday 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Room: Fiesta A

Symposium
Guide to the AAPM: An Introduction for New Members
Wednesday 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Room: Fiesta B

Symposium
Clinical Reference Dosimetry of High Energy Photon and Electron Beams: The Report of Task Group 51
Wednesday 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Room: Centro

Paper Presentations
Mon-Wed (7 am to 11 pm) Thurs (7 am to 12 pm)
Therapy and General Physics Paper Session
Thursday - Room: South Banquet Hall

Paper Presentations
Mon-Wed (7 am to 11 pm) Thurs (7 am to 12 pm)
Diagnostic Imaging Paper Session
Thursday - Room: South Banquet Hall

Refresher Courses
Monte Carlo Dose Calculations for Radiation Treatment Planning
Thursday 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Room: Centro

Refresher Courses
Optimizing Digital Radiographic Image Quality
Thursday 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Room: Fiesta A

Refresher Courses
Multileaf Collimators IV: Non-Conventional and Future Use of MLC
Thursday 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Room: Fiesta D

Continuing Education Courses
Introductory Clinical Magnetic Resonance Imaging Physics: MRI Artifacts and Suppression Techniques
Thursday 8:35 AM - 9:35 AM Room: Fiesta D

Refresher Courses
TG-59 Report: High Dose Rate Safety
Thursday 8:35 AM - 9:35 AM Room: Centro

Refresher Courses
Quality Assurance in Teleradiology/PACS: Implications in System Design and Maintenance
Thursday 8:35 AM - 9:35 AM Room: Fiesta A

Refresher Courses
Radiation Management in Fluoroscopically Guide Interventional Radiology
Thursday 8:35 AM - 9:35 AM Room: Fiesta E

Refresher Courses
Radiosurgery Using Multileaf Collimators
Thursday 8:35 AM - 9:35 AM Room: Plaza

Continuing Education Courses
Introductory Clinical Magnetic Resonance Imaging Physics: Safety and Equipment
Thursday 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Room: Fiesta D

Scientific Sessions
Radiation Therapy Imaging
Thursday 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Room: Centro

Scientific Sessions
Diagnostic Radiography: Dosimetry & Radiation Protection
Thursday 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Room: Fiesta A

Scientific Sessions
Clinical Dosimetry and Measurement
Thursday 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Room: Plaza