2010 NCCAAPM Spring Meeting*

              Friday, April, 23, 2010,
      The Edgewater Hotel, Madison, WI

 




NCCAAPM Spring Business meeting Minutes
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NCCAAPM Spring meeting Flyer
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NCCAAPM Spring meeting Agenda
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Spring 2010 Talks:

Morning Scientific Session
IGRT related items, John Wochos, M.S.
Adapting to changes in our practice and profession, Bhudatt Paliwal, Ph.D.
GPU-Accelerated auto-segmentation for adaptive radiotherapy, Andrew Godley, Ph.D.
Status of Security Requirements, Cheryl Rogers, WI DHS

Morning Professional Session
Adventures of a Medical Physics Consultant, Mel Siedband, Ph.D., PE
Medical Device Management: A new paradigm for QA, Sean Frigo, Ph.D.
John Cameron: A UW History of Medical Physics, Larry DeWerd, Ph.D.

Young Investigator Presentations
Non-uniform dose distributions in whole brain radiotherapy, Ed Bender, M.S.
A novel, low cost, liquid ultrasound test object for transducer artifact assessment, Dierdre King, Ph.D.
Exit dose for intracavitary APBI with an electronic brachytherapy source, Julie Raffi, M.S.
Investigation of the TL efficiency of low energy x-rays relative to Co-60 for TLD-100, Qing Liang, M.S.
Dosimetric characterization of surface applicators for use with the Xoft Ebx source, Regina Kennedy, M.S.

Afternoon Scientific Session
An online correction strategy with 6-degree of freedom for interfraction variations utilizing a standard couch, Doug Prah, Ph.D.
Calibration of Gamma Knife, Sheridan Meltsner, Ph.D.
Brachy Mesh treatment for lung cancer, Cindy Thomason, Ph.D.



The spring meeting of the NCCAAPM was held in Madison at the Edgewater Hotel on April 23.