Friday Afternoon

12:30 – 12:45

Introductory Remarks

12:45 – 1:00

Air Kerma Strength vs. Apparent Activity
Mary Anne Dell, Capintec

1:00 – 1:30

Beta Intravascular Brachytherapy
Paul Geis, Allegheny General Hospital

1:30 – 2:00

Gamma Intravascular Brachytherapy
Allan Wilkinson, Cleveland Clinic

2:00 – 2:30

Clinical Results for Prostate IMRT
Twyla Willoughby, Cleveland Clinic

2:30 – 3:45

Vendor Demos

3:45 – 4:15

Cyberknife Image-guided Radiosurgery
Ray Rodebaugh, Cleveland Clinic

4:15 – 4:45

QA of Mimic IMRT Delivery
Ron Lalonde, The Western Pennsylvania Hospital

4:45 – 5:15

Prostate Brachy Update
Wayne Butler, Schiffler Oncology Center

5:15 – 5:30

Scanning Dosimeter Comparisons
Dan Pavord, UPMC Shadyside

5:30 – 7:00

Cocktails and Vendor Demos

Saturday Morning

7:45 – 8:30

Continental Breakfast

8:30 – 8:45

Session Introduction

Focus Session on Appropriate Technology

What is appropriate about technology?

Views on new technology, it's implementation and how it is brought into the clinical environment. The if, why, when, and how of technology, so to speak. The should we or shouldn't we.

We will have some speakers talking about cutting edge technology and others about the appropriateness of implementing new technology.

8:45 – 9:15

George Sherouse, Sherouse Systems
Appropriateness of emerging technologies in clinical use.

9:15 – 9:45

R. J. Schulz, Yale University, Professor Emeritus
To What Extent Can Further Improvements in Dose Distributions be Expected to Reduce Overall Cancer Mortality?

9:45 – 10:15

Michael Sharpe, William Beaumont Hospital
Cone Beam CT for Image Guided Therapy

10:15 – 11:30

Vendor Demos

11:30 – 12:00

Rock Mackie, University of Wisconsin ,TomoTherapy Inc.
The Renaissance of Radiotherapy

12:00 – 12:30

Bruce Curran, NOMOS Corporation
New Technology: Soon appearing in your clinic. Are you ready?

12:30 – 1:30

Panel Discussion