New England Chapter of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine

Autumn 2003 Meeting

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Tuesday, October 28, 2003

The Sheraton Lexington

727 Marrett Rd. (off Rt. 2A), Lexington, MA

781-862-8700

12:00 PM Registration – Lunch will be available during registration

1:15 PM Welcome

1:30 PM The New Generation of PET Instrumentation

Fred Fahey, D.Sc.

Children’s Hospital ● Boston, MA ●

2:10 PM The Role of Metabolic Imaging for Radiotherapy Target Definition

Wade Thorstad, M.D.

Washington University Medical Center ● St. Louis, MO

2:50 PM Computer Aided Diagnosis in Breast Imaging

Maryellen Giger, Ph.D.

University of Chicago ● Chicago, IL

3:30 PM Refreshment Break

4:10 PM Body Stereotactic Radiotherapy

Danny Song, M.D.

Medical College of Virginia ● Richmond, VA

4:50 PM Technical Aspects of Prostate Treatment with HDR/IMRT

Jack Yang, Ph.D.

Monmouth Medical Center ● Long Branch, NJ

5:30 PM Business Meeting

6:00 PM Adjourn

The NEAAPM gratefully acknowledges the support of Corporate Sponsors:

Amersham Health Atlantic Nuclear Atlas Medical BrainLab Cardinal Health
CMS CNMC Elekta Gammex RMI Huestis ICN Dosimetry Landauer Mentor Nelco NOMOS Nucletron Philips Oncology Radionics RIT Inc. Scanditronix/Wellhoffer Standard Imaging Sun Nuclear Varian

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: $15 Advance Registration required

nonmembers: $35 Deadline: Monday, October 20th

by email: john.willins@bmc.org

by US mail: John Willins, PhD

Department of Radiation Oncology

Boston Medical Center

88 East Newton Street, EB-11

Boston, MA 02118

We are applying for CAMPEP educational activity credits for this meeting

Driving Directions

Take I-95 / Rt. 128 to exit 30B, Route 2A West (towards Concord). The hotel is a few hundred yards on your right.

Mail In Registration Form:

Name:___________________________________________________________________________

Hospital/Institution/Company:______________________________________________________

Email:________________________________________________

NEAAPM member: Y N Fee enclosed: _______________