New England Chapter of the
American Association of Physicists in Medicine
“On the Edge” – Select topics from membership research projects
Wednesday Nov. 6, 2002
Tower Hill Botanic
Gardens
11 French Drive
Boylston, MA 01505 (781) 861-6559 (directions on page 2)
12:00 PM Registration
– Lunch will be available during registration
01:00 PM Welcome
01:15 PM Development and Dosimetry of an Y90
Plaque for Irradiation of Sarcomas of the Spine
Tom Mauceri, MS · Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA
02:00 PM MR Guided Thermal Therapy
Robert
Mulkern, PhD ·
Harvard Medical School · Boston, MA
02:45 PM Refreshment
Break
03:15 PM Status of the High Dose Rate
Californium-252 Brachytherapy Program at Tufts-NEMC
Mark Rivard, PhD · Tufts-New England Medical Center · Boston, MA
04:00 PM Mammograms: Statistical Properties and
Lesion Detection
Arthur
Burgess, PhD ·
Brigham & Women’s Hospital · Boston, MA
05:00 PM Business
Meeting
06:00 PM Adjourn
The NEAAPM gratefully acknowledges
the support of Corporate Sponsors:
Acceletronics Amersham Atlantic Nuclear CMS
CNMC Elekta Imagyn Impac
Inovision Landauer LAP Lasor Med-Tec
MDS Nordion Mentor Mick
Radio-Nuclear Multidata 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 data and discussion on research related topics.
Program Director: Eileen Cirino
ecirino@stmmc.org
Registration Fee: NEAAPM
members: $15.00
Advance Registration required
nonmembers: $35.00 Registration Deadline: October 30, 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: 3 hours
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Directions:
Please verify directions from your location
Tower
Hill Botanic Garden is easily accessible from all major routes throughout New
England.
Directions from major metropolitan areas
are:
From Boston:
Take the Massachusetts Turnpike to Exit #11A for Route 495. Take Route 495
north to Exit 25B for Route 290 west. Follow toward Worcester. Take Exit #24,
Church Street, Northborough/Boylston. Follow to Boylston 3 miles. Entrance to
Tower Hill is on right; dark red sign designates entrance.
From Providence, Rhode Island:
From Route 95 north, take Route 146 north exit. Follow for approximately 35
miles to Worcester. In Worcester, take the exit for Route 290 east. Follow
through the city to Exit 24, Church Street, Northborough/Boylston. Follow to
Boylston 3 miles. Entrance to Tower Hill is on right; dark red sign designates
entrance.
From Hartford, Connecticut, and Springfield, Massachusetts:
Take the Massachusetts Turnpike East toward Boston. Follow for approximately 40
miles to Exit #10, Route 290 Worcester. Take Route 290 east. Follow through the
city to Exit 24, Church Street, Northborough/Boylston. Follow to Boylston 3
miles. Entrance to Tower Hill is on right; dark red sign designates entrance.
