New England Chapter of the American Association of Physicists in
Medicine
Annual Summer Meeting
Friday June 6, 2003
Radisson Hotel Plymouth Harbor
180 Water Street, Plymouth, MA
508-747-4900
http://www.radissonplymouth.com/
(directions on page 2)
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8:30 9:00 Registration
and continental breakfast
9:00 9:15 Welcome
and introduction
9:15 9:45 Full-field
Digital Mammography: Current Status and Research Activity
Martin Yaffe Ph.D, University of
Toronto
9:45 10:15 Clinical
Breast Tomosynthesis
Elizabeth Rafferty M.D., Massachusetts
General Hospital
10:15 10:45 Coffee
break
10:45 11:15 Administrative
and Reimbursement Issues in Medical Physics
Jim Hugh M.H.A., AMAC Consulting,
Marietta, GA
11:15 11:45 Principles
of Diffuse Optical Tomography and its Potential Application to Brain and Breast
Imaging
David Boas Ph.D., Massachusetts General
Hospital
11:45 12:15 IMRT
for Head and Neck Cancer
Nancy Lee M.D., Memorial
Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York
12:15 1:45 Lunch break
1:45 2:15 The
Physics of Coded Apertures in Near-field Imaging with Nuclear Medicine and
Small-Animal Imaging Applications
Robert Accorsi Ph.D., The Childrens
Hospital of Philadelphia
2:15 2:45 Coded
Aperture Nuclear Imaging: Initial Experience in Biomedical Research
Dawid Schellingerhout M.D.,
Massachusetts General Hospital
2:45 3:15 Evaluation
of Ultrasound-Based Image Guidance for Prostate Localization
Katja Langen Ph.D., University of
California at San Francisco
3:15 3:45 Refreshment
break
3:45 4:15 Is
the Biologically Effective Dose in Mammography Much Greater Than the Physical
Dose?
Kathryn Held Ph.D., Massachusetts
General Hospital
4:15 4:45 4-D
Computed Tomography
Eike Rietzel Ph.D., Massachusetts General Hospital
4:45 Adjourn
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5:00 Reception
(cocktails and hors doeuvre) |
The NEAAPM gratefully acknowledges the
support of Corporate Sponsors:
Amersham Health Atlantic Nuclear Atlas
Medical BrainLab Cardinal Health
CMS CNMC Elekta Gammex RMI Huestis Landauer
Mentor Nelco NOMOS Nucletron Philips
Oncology Radionics
RIT Inc. Scanditronix/Wellhoffer Standard Imaging Sun Nuclear Varian
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CAMPEP educational
activity requested for 5 hours Format: Lecture with question period Objective: Continuing Education forum to
provide medical physicists and guests with data and discussion on topics of
research and professional interest. Program Director: Peter Biggs pjbiggs@partners.org Registration Fee: NEAAPM members: $30.00 Advance Registration required Nonmembers: $50.00 Deadline: Friday May 30, 2003 Students: FREE by email / phone: john.willins@bmc.org / 617-638-7192 by US mail: John Willins Ph.D. Department of Radiation Oncology Boston Medical Center 88 East Newton Street, EB-11 Boston, MA 02118 |
Directions
Location: 40 miles south of
Logan Airport
Driving time from Boston: 45
minutes
Take Route 3 to Exit 6A,
Route 44 East.
Follow Route 44 to the
ocean, left on Water Street.
Radisson Hotel Plymouth Harbor is 100 yards on the left.
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