NCCAAPM 2006 Fall Meeting Agenda

ProHealth Care Bldg – Pewaukee, WI 53188

Friday, October 13, 2006

NCC 2006 Fall Symposium

7:45 – 8:10 am Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:10 – 8:15 am Welcome, Introductions and Announcements

8:15 – 10:15 am Morning Session

X.A. Li – “Inter-fractional variations in patient setup and anatomic changes assessed by Daily CT” (20 min)

E. Ahunbay – “Direct Aperture Optimization based IMRT with Respiratory Gating” (20 min)

K. Kainz – “Dependence of total-lung DVH upon respiratory phase-specific lung volume” (20 min)

P. Parikh – “IGRT using lung tumor motion Practice and Pitfalls” (50 min)

Follow-up Questions (10 min)

10:15 – 10:45 am Coffee Break (Vendor display area)

10:45 – 11:45 am X. S. Qi – “Ranking Complex IMRT plans using an EUD-Based Figure-of-Merit Index” (20 min)

Wm. Hendee or E Hendee – “Hospital Response to Radiation Incidents” (30 min)

Follow-up Questions/Answers (10 min)

11:45 – 12:30 pm Lunch

12:30 – 1:30 pm NCCAAPM Business Meeting

1:30 – 2:15 pm Afternoon Session (15 minutes)

A Tai – “Individualized dosimetry treatment planning for liver irradiation”

N. Morrow – “Inter-fractional setup uncertainty and intra-fractional motion for prone breast irradiation.”

W Lepeska – “Wisconsin Medical Cyclotron Facility”

2:15 – 3:00 pm Young Investigator Presentations (10-12 minutes)

Sheridan Griffin – “Air-kerma calibration of the fields of the Elekta Gamma Knife”

Tina Pike – “Dosimetric Investigation of the Xoft Miniature X-ray Source”

Julie Raffi – “Determination of exit skin dose from MammoSite radiation therapy with TLD”

Follow-up Questions/Answers

3:00 – 3:14 pm Coffee Break - Vendor display area (14 minutes)

3:15 pm Student Awards

3:15 – 4:30 pm Final Presentations

G Chen – “Development of an inverse optimization package for non-uniform dose distribution based on spatially inhomogeneous radiosensitivity” (15 min)

V. Semenenko – “An update on NTCP data” (15 min)

E. Steinfelds – “Monte Carlo calculations of dose kernels for various radioactive sources” (15 min)

S. Sorenson – “Waukesha Experience for an Electronic Radiation Therapy Department” (30 min)

4:30 pm Meeting Conclusion

Pre-Registration: Email Parham Alaei to register for this event at: alaei001@umn.edu

Other Contacts: mtowsley@mropa.com or tang.walter@mayo.edu

Registration Fees: $10.00 US pre-register; $15.00 US after Sept. 29, 2006

Pre-registrations can be paid at the time of the meeting, please register early to help planning

Directions: See website: http://chapter.aapm.org/nccaapm/2006FallMeeting.html

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