NCCAAPM 2009 Fall Meeting Agenda*                                        

      CONTINUING eDUCATION AND cONFERENCE cENTER

                                                              uNIVERSITY OF mINNESOTA - ST. PAUL CAMPUS

 1890 buford Avenue, St. Paul, MN

Friday, October 23, 2009

 

                    7:30–8:00 am         Registration and Continental Breakfast (free)

                        8:00–8:10 am        Welcome, Introductions and Announcements (10 min)

                                              Vendor Introduction and News

 

                        8:10–9:50 am        Morning Scientific Session (1 hr 40 min)

 

   Calculation errors in Pinnacle and Radcalc for off-axis wedge fields 20 min)

  David Loshek, Ph.D.

   Image-guided radiation therapy: Benefits and limitations (40 min)

  Faiz Khan, Ph.D., FAAPM

   Inclusion of kilovoltage cone beam CT dose in the treatment plan (20 min)

  Parham Alaei, Ph.D.

   Selective internal radiation treatment using Yttrium 90 microsphere (20 min)

  Corrine Dallas, M.S.

                       

                        9:50–10:20 am      Coffee Break (Vendor display area – 30 min)

 

                        10:20–11:40 am    Morning Professional Session (1hr 40 min)

                       Recent Data on Clinical Trials QA from the RPC (10 min)

  Geoff Ibbott, Ph.D., FAAPM

    ABR Certification in Medical Physics: A new Era (30 min)

  Geoff Ibbott, Ph.D., FAAPM

    Proposed changes to the WI HS 157 regulations (20 min)

  Randell Kruger, Ph.D.

    Discussion (20 min)

 

                       

                        11:45–12:30 pm    Lunch Break (30 min), free lunch

                       

                        12:30–1:15 pm     NCCAAPM Business Meeting (45 min)

           

                        1:15–2:45 pm       Young Investigator Presentations (1 hr 15 min, 15 min per talk)

     Development and Application of DVH with    position index - DVHp

   Zekun Deng

 Determination of the air-kerma strength for the Flexisource: a new     

 Ir-192 high  dose rate source

   Cal Schmidt

    Calibration of CT ionization chambers

   Rown Parola

  Investigating the synergistic effects of combining radiation and

  Beta-Lapachone against tumors

   Regina Kennedy

   Polymer gel R2 reponse as a function of photon energy for moderately

   filtered x-ray spectra in the range of 50 to 250 kVp relative to Co-60

   Jessica Snow

                       

                        2:45–3:15 pm     Coffee Break (Vendor display area - 30 min)

 

                        3:15–4:40 pm    Afternoon Scientific Session (1 hr. 40 min)

   Influence of skeletal damage on 45Ca   pharmacokinetics and response    

   to zoledronic acid (20 min)

   Susanta Hui, Ph.D.

   Dosimetric measurements on a family of electronic brachytherapy

   skin applicators (20 min)

   Tom Rusch, Ph.D.

   Device for monitoring the size of the Luminal cavity encompassed by

   the LAGB (20 min)

   Tom O'Dea, Ph.D.

    Review of advanced 3D QA techniques using    Delta (20 min)

   Matt Douglas

  

                  

                                                                                                                                                    

                                          Meeting Conclusion

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

            *CAMPEP and MDCB (MDCB-109-995 7 credits) Credits have been applied for.

            Registration Fees:  $15.00 late and on-site registration

          All registrations payable at the meeting site.

              Directions, parking and hotels see website: http://chapter.aapm.org/nccaapm