NCCAAPM 2005 Fall Meeting Agenda

Gunderson Lutheran Medical Center

Rasmus Center - La Crosse, Wisconsin

Friday, October 28, 2005

                                     

 

8:00 – 8:30 am              Registration and Continental Breakfast

                                      Registration fee: $10.00

 

8:30 – 8:40 am              Welcome and Announcements

          Eric Hendee, MS, President, NCCAAPM

 

8:40 – 9:20 am              Update on HDR Brachytherapy Standards and

                                      Calibrations  

                                      Larry A. DeWerd, PhD, FAAPM, University of

                                      Wisconsin

 

9:20 – 10:00 am            Pre-Commissioning of Siemens Linacs 

          Norm Letho Jr, President, Ascend Medical Physics

 

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

 

10:30 – 11:00 am          BS Programs for Rad Techs and Nuclear Medicine

                                      Technologist

          Michael K. Garrity, PhD

 

11:00 – 12:00 pm          The AAPM: Middle Aged, But Fit

          E. Russell Ritenour, PhD, President-elect, AAPM

          Professor and Chief, Physics Section,

          Department of Radiology;

          Director of Graduate Studies,

          Biophysical Sciences and Medical Physics,

          University of Minnesota    

 

12:00 – 1:15 pm            Lunch

 

1:15 – 2:15 pm              Business Meeting download agenda (pdf)

 

2:15 – 3:30 pm              Student Presentations (15 minutes)

          Air Kerma Length Calibration of CT Ionization Chambers

                                      Andrew Jensen, BS, University of Wisconsin

                                                         

                                      Absolute and Relative Portal Dosimetry

          Chris Beltran, PhD, Mayo Clinic

 

                                      Ion Exchange Resin Beads for Three Dimensional Radiation

                                      Dosimetry    

          John A. Bauhs, MS, University of Minnesota

                            

                                      Experimental Verification of a New Photon Dose Calculation

                                      Algorithm Available on Eclipse Radiotherapy Treatment

                                      Planning System

                                      Yi Rong, PhD, Columbia St. Mary’s Hospital,

                                      University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

 

          Commissioning a Photon Dose Calculation Algorithm on a

          Commercial Treatment Planning System with the aid of

          Monte Carlo Method

                                      Devin Gillman, Columbia St. Mary’s Hospital,   

                                      University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

 

3:30 – 3:45 pm              Coffee Break (Vendor display area)

 

3:45 – 4:30 pm              BrainLab Stereotactic + IGRT System

          John Wochos, MS, Local Host, Gundersen Lutheran Medical

          Center

          (Afterwards, a Tour of the Radiation Oncology Dept for

          those interested)

 

4:30 pm                          Meeting Conclusion