11:00 - 1:00

Registration and Vendor Setup

1:00 – 1:10

Introductory Remarks
Dan Pavord and Allan Wilkerson

1:10 - 1:30

Quantifying the properties and accuracy of a deformable image registration algorithm for 4D treatment planning
Krishni Wijesooriya, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA

1:30 – 1:50 

Time-resolved 4D dynamic arc therapy
Yong Yang, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA

1:50 – 2:10

Clinical evaluation of Resonant Medical’s RESTITUTM, a 3D ultrasound image guided system
Gordon Chan, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH

2:10 – 2:30           

Implementation of a sector-integration method for calculating electron output factors
Matt Vossler, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH

2:30 – 3:30

Break and Vendor Demos

3:30 – 3:50

A robust optimization of equivalent uniform dose for IMRT
Alexei Chvetzov, University Hospital, Cleveland, OH

3:50 – 4:10

Early clinical experiences of using plastic Pd-103 seeds in prostate implants
Qin Chen, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH

4:10 –4:30

CCF experience with the Novalis Body System and treating intracranial lesions
Stephen Gajdos, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH

4:30 – 4:50

EUCLID: An Outcome Analysis Tool for High-Dimensional Clinical Studies
Olivier Gayou, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA

4:50 – 5:10

Simple IMRT Delivery to Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients with Respiratory Motion Using Respiratory Sorted 4D CT Scans for Treatment Planning
Bodo Reitz, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA

5:10 – 6:45

Cocktails and Appetizers (Cash Bar)

Browse vendor displays.

7:15                 

Dinner and Relaxation at the Hereford and Hops

7:30 – 8:30           

Continental Breakfast

8:30 – 9:15           

PET CT in radiation treatment planning
Dwight Heron, M.D., UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA

9:15 – 10:00   

Challenges of IGRT
Marc Sontag, D3 Corp., Pittsburgh, PA

10:00 – 10:45

Image registration and data fusion
Marc Kessler, U. of Mich Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI

10:45 – 11:15      

Break and Vendor Demos

11:15 – 12:00

Experience with Elekta Synergy CBCT/IGRT in a community cancer center
Simon Lam, Ironwood Cancer & Research Centers, Mesa, AZ

12:00 – 12:45

IG-IMRT, a New Era
Joe Ting, Melbourne Cancer Center, Melbourne, FL

12:45 – 1:30

Lunch

1:30 – 2:15

A device for volumetric real-time image guided radiation therapy
Jim Dempsey, U. of Florida, Gainesville, FL

2:15 – 3:00

Dosimetric analysis of absorbed dose outside the target volume in IMRT delivery using conventional multileaf collimators compared to solid compensating filters
Ishmael Parsai, Medical U of Toledo, Toledo, OH

3:00 – 3:45

Benchmark datasets for photon beams
Dan Pavord, West Penn Hosp., Pittsburgh, PA