New England Chapter of the
American Association of Physicists in Medicine
Breast Imaging: Risk and QA / Breast Cancer Treatment / Young Investigators
Symposium
Friday May 17, 2002
National Heritage
Museum, Farr Conference Center
33 Marrett Road
Lexington, MA 02421 (781) 861-6559 (directions on page 2)
8:30 AM Registration
– A light continental breakfast will be available during registration
9:15 AM Welcome
9:30
AM “Watch Out, It
May Hurt”
Joseph Ting,
PhD ·
Emory Clinic ·
Atlanta, GA
10:00 AM Mammographic
Density and Breast Cancer Risk
Celia Byrne,
PhD ·
Channing Laboratory · Brigham and Women’s Hospital · Boston, MA
10:30 AM Refreshment
Break
10:45 AM Peter Neurath Young Investigators Symposium (10 min presentations)
Gated Motion Adaptive Therapy (GMAT):
Average Tumor Trajectory for Lung Patients
Toni
Neicu, PhD ·
Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School · Boston, MA
Redux
– The Radiological Impact of Computed Radiography: Part III, Effective Doses
Christopher
Melhus ·
MIT/Harvard ·
Cambridge, MA
Interactive
Patient Posture and Position Control for Radiation Therapy Treatment
Yulia
Lyatskaya ·
Brigham & Women’s Hospital ·
Boston, MA
3D Modeling of the Radiation Output
Characteristics of a Dual Anode, Dual Filter Mammography X-Ray Unit
Haejin Kang · Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard
Medical School ·
Boston, MA
An
Adapter to Substitute 192 Ir for 137 Cs in Existing
Gynecological Applicators
Cynthia
Rivinius ·
Massachusetts General Hospital/ Harvard Medical School · Boston, MA
Proton Dosimetry in Bone: Monte Carlo
Modeling of Experimental Results
Sang-Yeob Lee · University of Massachusetts Lowell · Lowell, MA
Measurements
of a Cardiovascular Brachytherapy 90Sr/90 Y b - Source away from Midline
Ileana
Iftimia, PhD ·
Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School · Boston, MA
Evaluation of a Boron Loaded
Scintillator for the Dosimetry in BNCT
Don-Soo
Kim · University of
Massachusetts Lowell ·
Lowell, MA
A Population-Based
Methodology for Projecting Medical Demands: A Radiology Paradigm
Deborah M. Cooper · Bentley College ·
Waltham, MA
12:30 PM Lunch
1:30 PM Preliminary Results of HDR
Brachytherapy Alone for Early Breast Cancer
David Wazer, MD · Radiation Oncology · Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, MA
· Brown-Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI
2:00 PM Benefit and Radiation Risk from
Mammography Screening
Rick
Behrman, PhD ·
Tufts-New England Medical Center · Boston, MA
2:30 PM Forward Planning IMRT and Concomitant
Boost in Breast Cancer Treatment
YC
Lo, PhD ·
Umass Memorial Medical Center · Worcester, MA
3:00 PM Refreshment
Break
3:30 PM Image Guided
Therapy
George
Chen, PhD ·
Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School · Boston, MA
4:00 PM MQSA Update
Michael
Leal, MS ·
U.S. Food & Drug Administration · Worcester, MA
4:30 PM Adjourn
The NEAAPM gratefully acknowledges
the support of Corporate Sponsors:
Amersham Atlantic
Nuclear CMS CNMC
Imagyn Impac Inovision LAP Lasor
Mentor Mick
Radio-Nuclear Nomos Philips
Radionics RIT Scanditronix/Wellhoffer
Siemens Standard
Imaging Varian
Format:
Lecture with
question period Objective: Continuing Education forum to
provide medical physicists and interested guests with: 1.
Data and discussion on mammography related issues: including
regulation and risk, 2.
Information on current Radiation Therapy techniques and issues in
Breast Cancer Treatment Program Director: Eileen Cirino
ecirino@stmmc.org Registration
Fee: NEAAPM members: $20.00 Advance Registration required nonmembers: $40.00 Registration Deadline: May 10, 2002 Registration:
By email: john.willins@bmc.org By US mail: John Willins, PhD Department
of Radiation Oncology Boston Medical Center 88
East Newton Street, EB11 Boston, MA 02118-2393 CAMPEP educational activity approval requested: 5 hours
Mail In Registration Form: Pre-Registered/Pre-Paid
Attendees will have a separate registration table (no lines – I hope) Name:_______________________________________________________________________________ Hospital/Institution/Company:___________________________________________________________ Email:____________________________________ NEAAPM member:
Y N Fee
enclosed: _______________
Directions:
Please verify directions from your location
From Route 95-take exit 30A. This exit will take you onto 2A East (also known as Marrett Road). The Museum is located approximately 3 miles from this exit. The Museum entrance is located on your left with a brick entrance and large iron gates.
From Route 495 take Route 4/225 to Pleasant Street. Pass Wilson Farms on the right. At rotary take left onto Mass. Ave. When you come to the intersection of Route 2A and Mass. Ave. take a left onto 2A West. The Museum is directly on your right or select your best route to Route 95 and see above.
From Route 2 take Waltham Street exit (reads Lexington Center). At lights take a right onto 2A. Museum will be on the left.
From Logan Airport or Downtown Boston
– Take Route 93 North to Route 95 South (Exit 37B) to Exit 30A onto 2A east.