NCCAAPM/NCCHPS 2005 Joint Spring Meeting

Pyle Center – Corner of Lake and Langdon

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Friday, April 29, 2005

 

Agenda

 

8:00 – 8:30 am         Registration

 

8:30 – 8:45 am         Welcome and Announcements

Eric Hendee, President-elect, NCCAAPM

Jeff Brunette, President-elect, NCCHPS

 

8:45 – 9:15 am         Training Programs in the State of Wisconsin

Paul Schmidt, DHFS

 

9:15 – 10:00 am      NCRP 147 – Diagnostic X-ray Shielding

Douglas Simpkin, Ph. D., St. Luke’s Medical Center

 

10:00 – 10:30 am    Coffee Break (Vendor display area)

 

10:30 – 11:00 am    Safety Considerations in Y-90 Microsphere Treatments

Bruce Thomadsen, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin

11:00 – 12:00 pm     Student Presentations

 

Automatic Brachytherapy Delivery System

Michael Meltsner, University of Wisconsin

 

 

A New Ionization Chamber for Measuring the Effects of Aperture Size on Low-Energy Brachytherapy Sk Measurements

Wes Culberson, University of Wisconsin

 

 

Gel Dosimetery

Reed Selwyn, University of Wisconsin

 

Cyclotron production of iodine-124 for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes

Jonathan Nye, University of Wisconsin                                                                                          

 

12:00 – 1:15 pm      Lunch

 

1:15 – 2:15 pm        Chapter Breakout Sessions

 

3:15 – 3:30 pm        Coffee Break (Vendor display area)

 

3:30 – 4:45 pm        TOUR:  UW PET Cyclotron and UW Accredited Radiation Calibration Lab Facilities

 

4:45 pm                     Meeting Conclusion

 

NCCAAPM Breakout Session

1:15 – 2:15 pm        NCCAAPM Business Meeting

 

2:15 – 2:35 pm        A Mathematical Derivation to the Accuracy Limit of IMRT QC Systems

                                    Mark Towsley, M.S., D.A.B.R.

 

2:35 – 2:55 pm        A Novel Processor-less Film for IMRT Treatment Plan Verification 

Xiang Yu, Ph.D.

 

2:55 – 3:15 pm        Use of Antiscatter Grids With Digital Imaging Devices

Ken Fetterly, Mayo Clinic

 

 

NCCHPS Breakout Session

1:15 – 2:15 pm        NCCHPS Business Meeting

 

2:15 – 2:30 pm        Update on Physics Teacher’s Workshop

WAPT Physics Teacher’s workshop group

 

2:30 – 2:45 pm        Minnesota State Regulatory Update – Agreement State status and Machine Produced Radiation Rule

TBD, Minnesota Dept. of Health

 

2:45 – 3:15 pm        Dose Reduction in the PET Cyclotron Facility

Jeff Brunette, Mayo Clinic