Meetings and Symposia
2011 - Myrtle Beach, SC, Apr 6-9
The SEAAPM 2011 Symposium and Scientific Meeting was held at the Marriott Resort and Spa in beautiful Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, April 6-9. The symposium was entitled "The Practice of Quality Assurance in an Era of Change," and was co-directed by Dan Bourland and Ingrid Marshall. The scientific meeting theme was "Safety Challenges of Advanced Technologies" directed by Mike Munley.
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Click on a link below to view selected talks from the 2011 Symposium and Scientific Meeting.
- Radiation Treatment Events: Cases, Causes and Culture of Safety: Dan Bourland
- Vendor and Government Quality Assurance Specifications, Eric Ford, PhD
- Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Sasa Mutic, MS
- Linear Accelerators: Mechanical and Radiological Systems, Eric Klein, PhD
- Intensity Modulated Radiation Treatment and Arc IMRT, Chester Ramsey, PhD
- Treatment Planning Systems, Mark Oldham, PhD
- Small Field Dosimetry for IMRT and Radiosurgery, Jan Seuntjens, PhD
- Cone Beam Image Guided Radiation Treatment, Jean-Pierre Bissonnette, PhD
- Gamma Radiosurgery, Josef Novotny, PhD
- Linac Radiosurgery (SRS) and Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT), Fang-Fang Yin, PhD
- High Dose Rate Remote Afterloading, Zoubir Ouhib, MS
- ACR Accreditation, Ingrid Marshall, PhD
- Quality Assurance in Clinical Trials, Dave Followill, PhD
- Quality Assurance Challenges, Joann Prisciandaro, PhD
- AAPM Emphasis on Safety, Part I, Ivan Brezovich, PhD
- AAPM Emphasis on Safety, Part II, Ivan Brezovich, PhD
- MRI Safety, Bill Hinson, PhD, Daniel Bourland, PhD
- Introduction and Memoriam: Robert H. Rohrer, PhD, Perry Sprawls, PhD
- Standardization of Radiopharmaceutical Dosimetry, Jon Nye, PhD
- TomoTherapy, Benjamin Sintay, PhD
- CyberKnife, Eric Schreiber, PhD
- Robust Prediction of Radiotherapy-induced Injury to Ensure Patient Safety, Shiva Das, PhD
- Treatment Planning, George Ding, PhD
- Motion Management, Nick Koch, PhD
Platinum Level Sponsors
Elekta
Siemens Medical Solutions
Varian Medical SystemsBronze Level Sponsors
NucletronRS&A Inc
Standard Sponsor Registration
AccurayNucletron
Aktina
Oncology Data Systems, Inc.
Best Medical International
PerkinElmer
BrainLAB
Philips
CIVCO Medical Solutions
PTW-New York
Computerized Radiation Scanners, Inc
Radiological Imaging Technology, Inc.
D3 Oncology Solutions
RTI Electronics Inc
Gammex
ScandiDos, Inc.
IBA Dosimetry
Standard Imaging
iCAD Inc.
Sun Nuclear
International Specialty Products
Theragenics Corporation
K & S Associates, Inc.
TomoTherapy
Landauer, Inc.
UNFORS Instruments Inc.
LAP of America, LLC
VisionRT
Multidata Systems
WFR-Aquaplast/Q-Fix Systems
Modus Medical Devices
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2010 - Augusta, GA, Mar 4-6
The SEAAPM 2010 Symposium and scientific meeting was held in Augusta, Georgia at the Augusta Marriott Hotel and Suites. The symposium was entitled "An Educational Symposium for the Clinical Medical Physicist," and the tehme of the scientific meeting was "The Evolving Face of Medical Physics."
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Symposium: Advances in MRI: Applications in Diagnosis and Radiation Therapy An Educational Symposium for the Clinical Medical Physicist
Course Directors: Jerry Allison, Ph.D.; Ahmad Al-Basheer, Ph.D.; and Nathan Yanasak, Ph.D.
March 4-5, 2010
Augusta Marriott Hotel and Suites, Augusta, GA
Symposium Faculty
| Hassan Alkhatib, Ph.D. Chief Medical Physicist Richland Memorial Hospital Columbia, SC |
E. Mark Haacke, Ph.D. Director, MR Research Facility Wayne State University Detroit, MI |
Jerry Allison, Ph.D. Professor & Director of Medical Physics Medical College of Georgia Augusta, GA |
| Jason Koutcher, M.D., Ph.D. Chief, Imaging & Spectroscopic Physics Svc Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY |
Debra Brinkmann, Ph.D.. Medical Physicist Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN |
Perry Sprawls, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus Emory University Sprawls Educational Foundation Montreat, NC |
| Richard L. Ehman, M.D. Chair of Radiology Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN |
Atchar Sudhyadhom, M.S. University of Florida McKnight Brain Institute Gainesville, FL |
Ramon Figueroa, M. D. Professor & Director of Neuroradiology Medical College of Georgia Augusta, GA |
| Larry Wald, Ph.D. Director, MGH NMR Core at Martinos Center Charlestown, MA |
John C. Gore, Ph.D. Director, Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science Nashville, TN |
Nathan Yanasak, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Medical College of Georgia Augusta, GA |
| Krzys Gorny, Ph.D. Imaging Physicist Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN |
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2009 - Chapel Hill, NC, Mar 12-14
The SEAAPM 2009 Symposium and scientific meeting was held in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, at the UNC-Chapel Hill Friday Center. The symposium was entitled "An Educational Symposium for the Clinical Medical Physicist."
2009 SEAAPM Annual Meeting
Sha Chang , Program Director
March 13-14, 2009
UNC-Chapel Hill Friday Center
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Sponsored by the Southeast Chapter of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (SEAAPM)
Speaker List
| Sha Chang, Ph.D. Chief of Physics & Computing Division University of North Carolina School of Medicine |
Stephen Mahan, Ph.D. Medical Physicist Carolina Regional Cancer Center Myrtle Beach, SC |
George Ding, Ph.D. Associate Professor Vanderbilt Unversity Medical Center |
| Mahta McKee, M.S. Medical Physicist Wake Forest University Medical Center |
Tobin Hyman, M.S. Medical Physicist McLoed Regional Medical Center Florence, SC |
Herbert W. Mower, Sc.D, Director of Radiation Therapy Physics Lahey Clinic |
| Maryellen Giger, Ph.D. Professor University of Chicago |
Daniel C. Pavord, M.S.. Chief of Medical Physics Vassar Brothers Hospital Poughkeepsie, NY |
Bill Kearns, M.S. Medical Physicist Wake Forest University Medical Center |
| Richard Popple, Ph.D. Assistant Professor University of Alabama Birmingham |
Mark Oldham, Ph.D. Duke University |
Meeting Agenda
Friday, March 13, 2009
| 1:00 PM - 1:20 PM |
Registration, Coffee, & Snacks |
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| 1:20 PM - 1:25 PM |
Opening Remarks and Announcements |
Sha Chang, President-Elect |
Session I: Professional | ||
| 1:25 PM - 2:55 PM | The Future of the AAPM Organization and the Medical Physics Profession | Maryellen Giger, Ph.D. |
| 2:55 PM - 3:15 PM | Medical Physics Training and the Impact of 2012/2014 | Herbert Mower, Sc.D. |
| 3:15 PM - 3:35PM | AAPM Regional Chapters and Why We Should Support Them | Dan Pavord, Ph.D. |
| 3:35 PM-4:00 PM | Afternoon Break in Vendor Exhibit Area | |
Session II: Imaging | ||
| 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM | The Benefits and Risks of IGRT | George Ding, Ph.D. |
| 4:30 PM - 4:50 PM | The Challenges of Biological Imaging and its Radiotherapy Application | Mark Oldham, Ph.D. |
| 4:50 PM - 5:10 PM | High temporal resolution imaging | Bill Kearns, M.S. |
| 5:10 PM - 5:30 PM | Development of Nanotechnology-Based X-ray Imaging Systems | Sha Chang, Ph.D. |
| 6:00 PM-9:30 PM | Night Out at the DuBose House |
Saturday, March 14, 2009
| 7:30 AM - 8:00 AM | Coffee, Breakfast (No Vendor Exhibits) | |
Session III: Therapy | ||
| 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM | Arc IMRT Clinical Application | Richard Popple, Ph.D. |
| 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM | Tomotherapy Applications | Stephen Mahan, Ph.D. |
| 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM | Current Status of Compensator-IMRT in the SEAAPM Chapter | Tobin Hyman, M.S. |
| 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM | Image-guided HDR Application | Mahta McKee, M.S. |
| 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Morning Break (No Vendor Exhibits) | |
Session IV: Student Presentations | ||
| 10:30AM - 10:40 AM | PENELOPE Monte Carlo calculation of TG-43 dosimetry parameters for HDR and LDR Brachytherapy Source | Sidi Benhabib (Ph.D. student at East Carolina University) |
| 10:40AM - 10:50 PM | 3D Development and Clinical Evaluation of a Novel Digital Tomosynthesis (DTS) Reconstruction Method | Lei Ren (Ph.D. student at Duke University) |
| 10:50AM - 11:00 AM | Georgia Institute of Technology Student Presentation | TBA |
| 10:50AM - 11:00 PM | Wake Forest University School of Medicine Student Presentation | TBA |
| 11:00AM - 11:10 PM | Implementing Dynamic Arc Therapy in the Treatment of Prostate Cancer | Horace Lee Lambert III (undergraduate student at South Carolina State University) |
Session V: Award Ceremony | ||
| 11:10AM - 11:25 PM | Jimmy Fenn Award | |
| 11:25AM - 11:55 PM | SEAAPM Best Paper Awards & Presentations | |
| 11:55 PM - 1:40 PM | Luncheon, Business Meeting & Election Results | |
| 1:40 PM - 2:30 PM | SEAAPM EXCOM Meeting |
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2008 - Birmingham, AL, March 26-29
The SEAAPM 2008 Symposium and Scientific Meeting was held in Birmingham, Alabama, at the Doubletree Hotel. The symposium was entitled "Emerging Technologies in Radiation Therapy: Impact on the Community Practice Medical Physicist. An Educational Symposium for the Clinical Medical Physicist"
2008 SEAAPM Annual Meeting
Jun Duan, Program Director
March 28-29, 2008
Doubletree Hotel
Birmingham, Alabama
Sponsored by the Southeast Chapter of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (SEAAPM)
Speaker List
| Dave Adler Government Relations Representative American Society for Thearpeutic Radiology and Oncology |
Marc Kessler, Ph.D. Associate Professor Radiation Oncology Department, Univ of Michigan Medical School |
Nabil Adnani, Ph.D. Sr. Medical Physicist D3 Radiation Planning |
| Chester Ramsey, Ph.D. Director of Medical Physics Radiation Oncology Department Thompson Cancer Survival Center |
William Bice, Ph.D. Medical Physicist International Medical Physics |
Wlad Sobol, Ph.D. Professor Radiology Department Univ Alabama at Birmingham |
| Ivan Brezovich, Ph.D. Professor and Director of Radiation Physics Radiaiton Oncology, Department Univ Alabama at Birmingham |
Kenneth Vanek, Ph.D. Director of Medical Physics and New Techology Radiation Oncology Department Medical Univ of South Carolina |
Jiang Hsieh, Ph.D. Chief Scientist/Adjunct Professor GE Healthcare Technologies Univ of Wisconsin Madison |
| Fang-Fang Yin, Ph.D. Professor and Director of Physics Radiation Oncology Department Duke University Medical Center |
Geoffrey Ibbott, Ph.D. Professor & Chief of Outreach Physics Director of Radiological Physics Center Univ of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer |
Meeting Agenda
Friday, March 28, 2008
| 1:30 PM - 1:40 PM |
Registration & Continental Breakfast |
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| 1:30 PM - 1:40 PM |
Opening Remarks and Announcements |
Jun Duan, President-Elect |
Session I: Professional | ||
| 1:40 PM - 1:50 PM |
Introduction: The Evolving Role of Medical Physicists |
Ivan Brezovich, Ph.D. |
| 1:50 PM - 2:00 PM |
Current State of the CARE Bill |
Kenneth Vanek, Ph.D. |
| 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM |
Independent Assessment of IMRT Delivery: Correlation with Departmental Parameters |
Geoffrey Ibbott, Ph.D. |
| 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM |
How You Can Influence the Healthcare Policy |
Dave Adler, ASTRO Gov. Relations Rep. |
| 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM |
Legal Liabilities for Medical Physicists |
William Bice, Ph.D. |
| 3:30 AM-4:00 AM |
Afternoon Break in Vendor Exhibit Area |
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Session II: Imaging | ||
| 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM |
Advances in X-Ray Computed Tomography |
Jiang Hsieh, Ph.D. |
| 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM |
MRI Problems and Solutions |
Wlad Sobol, Ph.D. |
| 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM |
Image Fusion in Radiation Therapy: Where It's at And Where It's Going |
Marc Kessler, Ph.D. |
| 6:00 AM-9:30 AM |
Night Out at the Dirmingham Botanical Gardens |
Saturday, March 29, 2008
| 7:30 AM - 8:00 AM |
Continental Breakfast |
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Session III: Student Presentations | ||
| 8:00 AM - 8:12 AM |
On-board four dimensional digital tomosynthesis (4D-DTS) |
Jacqueline Maurer, Duke University |
| 8:12 AM - 8:24 AM |
Monitoring Dynamic Calcium Homeostatis Alterations by T1-Weighted and T1-Mapping Cardiac Manganese-Enhanced MRI (MEMRI) in a Musine Myocardial Infarction Model |
Ben Waghorn, Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 8:24 AM - 8:36 AM |
Dose Reduction in Detection of Pulmonary Thrombotic Embolism with Computed Tomography |
Greg Hodges, Ph.D., University of Alabama, Birmingham |
| 8:36 AM - 8:48 AM |
Neutron Production in Proton Therapy |
Youssef Charara, Univeristy of Tennessee, Knoxville |
| 8:48 AM - 9:00 AM |
Variations of Normal Anatomy and Influence on Dose Calculations |
Michael Fernald, Vanderbilt University |
| 9:00 AM - 9:12 AM |
Positron Emission Tomography Phantom Studies for Radiation Therapy Target Delineation |
Michael Lawrence, Wake Forest University |
Session IV: Award Ceremony | ||
| 9:15AM - 9:30 AM |
Jimmy Fenn Award |
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| 9:30AM - 10:00 AM |
SEAAPM Best Paper Awards and Presentations |
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| 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM |
Morning Break in Vendor Exhibit Area |
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Session V: Therapy | ||
| 10:30AM - 11:00 PM |
Necessity or Luxury: Technologies for In-room Image Guidance |
Fang-Fang Yin, Ph.D. |
| 11:00AM - 11:30 PM |
Pros and Cons of Various IMRT QA Techniques |
Chester Ramsey, Ph.D. |
| 11:30AM - 12:00 PM |
Benefits and Pitfalls of a Paperless Environment for Radiation Oncology |
Nabil Adnani, Ph.D. |
| 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM |
Luncheon, Business Meeting & Election Results |
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| 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
SEAAPM EXCOM Meeting |
Emerging Technologies in Radiation Therapy:
Impact on the Community Practice Medical Physicist
An Educational Symposium for the Clinical Medical Physicist
Richard Popple, Course Director
March 26-28, 2008
Doubletree Hotel
Birmingham, Alabama
Sponsored by the Southeast Chapter of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (SEAAPM)
Symposium Faculty
| Jean-Pierre Bissonnette, PhD Senior Physicist Princess Margaret Hospital Toronto , Ontario |
Jon J. Kruse, PhD Medical Physicist Mayo Clinic Rochester , Minnesota |
J. Daniel Bourland, PhD, FAAPM Associate Professor Wake Forest University Winston Salem, North Carolina |
| Joe O'Donoghue, PhD Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York, New York |
Indrin J. Chetty, PhD Director, Physics Division Henry Ford Health System Detroit , Michigan |
Moyed Miften, Ph.D. Chief, Medical Physics Section Allegheny General Hospital Associate Professor Drexel College of Medicine Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Joanna E. Cygler, PhD, FAAPM Senior Medical Physicist Ottawa Hospital Regional Cancer Center Ottawa, Ontario |
Douglas J. Moseley, PhD Clinical Physicist Princess Margaret Hospital Toronto , Ontario |
Sonja Dieterich, PhD Associate Professor Stanford University Stanford , California |
| Lakshmi Santanam, PhD Medical Physicist Washington University School of Medicine St.Louis , Missouri |
John B. Fiveash, MD Associate Professor The University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, Alabama |
Randall K. Ten Haken, PhD, FAAPM Professor University of Michigan Ann Arbor , Michigan |
| Steve B. Jiang, PhD Associate Professor University of California, San Diego La Jolla, California |
Sastry S. Vedam, PhD Assistant Professor UT MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, Texas |
Symposium Schedule
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
| 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM |
Symposium Registration & Ice Breaker |
Thursday, March 27, 2008
| 7:30 AM - 8:00 AM |
Registration & Continental Breakfast |
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| 8:00 AM - 8:15 AM |
Welcome and Introduction |
Richard Popple |
| 8:15 AM - 9:00 AM |
Challenges of introducing new technologies into the clinic |
Lakshmi Santanam |
| 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM |
A review of the Monte Carlo method in external photon beam treatment planning |
Indrin Chetty |
| 9:45 AM-10:15 AM |
Morning Break in Vendor Exhibit Area |
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| 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM |
Comparison of Superposition/Convolution and Monte Carlo methods for photon dose calculation |
Moyed Miften |
| 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM |
Clinical Implementation and Use of Electron Monte Carlo based Treatment Planning Systems |
Joanna Cygler |
| 11:45 PM-1:30 PM |
Lunch Break |
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| 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM |
Cyberknife: from commissioning to application |
Sonja Dieterich |
| 2:15 PM - 3:00 PM |
Clinical implementation of hypofractionation |
John Fiveash |
| 3:00 PM - 3:45 PM |
Keys to clinical implementation of IGRT |
Jon Kruse |
| 3:45PM-4:30PM |
Afternoon Break in Vendor Exhibit Area |
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| 4:30 PM - 5:15 PM |
Everything is under control: radiotherapy and adaptation |
Doug Moseley |
| 5:15 PM - 6:00 PM |
Quality Assurance for Kilovoltage Cone-beam CT Image-guidance |
Jean-Pierre Bissonnette |
Friday, March 28, 2008
| 7:30 AM - 8:00 AM |
Continental Breakfast |
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| 8:00AM - 8:45 AM |
Respiratory motion management in radiotherapy |
Sastry Vedam |
| 8:45AM - 9:30 AM |
Image-guided radiotherapy for lung cancer |
Steve Jiang |
| 9:30 AM-10:00 AM |
Morning Break in Vendor Exhibit Area |
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| 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM |
PET/CT in Radiation Oncology |
J. Daniel Bourland |
| 10:45AM - 11:30AM |
Biological imaging - what's done now and what's coming |
Joe O'Donoghue |
| 11:30AM - 12:15 PM |
Use of mathematical/biological models in treatment plan evaluation/optimization |
Randall Ten Haken |
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2007 - Atlanta, GA, March 21-24
Digital Imaging: Measuring the Present and Considering the Future
An Educational Symposium for the Clinical Medical Physicist
2007 SEAAPM Symposium
Ehsan Samei & Robert Saunders, Course Co-Directors
March 21-23, 2007
Atlanta Hilton
Atlanta, Georgia
Sponsored by the Southeast Chapter of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (SEAAPM)
Symposium Faculty
| Jim Dobbins, PhD Associate Professor / Director Medical Physics Duke University Durham, North Carolina |
Ehsan Samei PhD Associate Professor Duke University |
Durham, North Carolina Mike Flynn, PhD, FAAPM Professor Henry Ford Health System Detroit, Michigan |
| Robert Saunders PhD Duke Advanced Imaging Laboratories Duke University Durham, North Carolina |
Maryellen Giger, PhD, FAAPM Professor University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois |
Carnelia Schaefer-Prokop, M.D. Medical University of Vienna |
| Andrew Karellas, PhD, FAAPM Professor Emory University Atlanta, Georgia |
Tony Seibert PhD, FAAPM Professor UC Davis Medical Center Sacramento, California |
Elizabeth Krupinski, PhD Research Professor University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona |
| Jeff Shepard, M.S., FAAPM Senior Medical Physicist UT MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, Texas |
Andrew Maidment, PhD, FAAPM Chief, Physics Section University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Richard Van Metter, PhD Senior Research Physicist Health Group Research Laboratory Eastman Kodak Company Washington, District of Columbia |
| Donald Peck, PhD, FAAPM Division Head, Physics and Engineering Henry Ford Health System Detroit, Michigan |
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
| 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM |
Symposium Registration & Ice Breaker |
Thursday, March 22, 2007
| 7:30 AM - 8:00 AM |
Registration & Continental Breakfast |
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| 8:00 AM - 8:15 AM |
Welcome and Introduction |
Ehsan Samei and Robert Saunders |
| 8:15 AM - 9:15 AM |
KEYNOTE: Current State of Diagnostic Radiology: Radiography vs. CT |
Cornelia M. Schaefer-Prokop |
| 9:15 AM - 10:00 AM |
Digital Detector Technologies |
Tony Seibert |
| 10:00 AM-10:30 AM |
Morning Break |
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| 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM |
Physical Optimization of Projection Radiography |
Ehsan Samei |
| 11:15 AM - 12:00 AM |
Perceptual Optimization of Image Quality |
Elizabeth Krupinski |
| 12:00 PM-1:30 PM |
Lunch Break |
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| 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM |
Dose and QC Considerations |
Jeff Shepard |
| 2:15 PM - 3:00 PM |
Workflow and PACS |
Donald Peck |
| 3:00 PM - 3:45 PM |
Economics of Digital Operation |
Mike Flynn |
| 3:45PM-4:30PM |
Afternoon Break |
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| 4:30 PM - 5:15 PM |
Effects of Image Processing |
Rich Van Metter |
| 5:15 PM - 6:00 PM |
Effects of Digital Displays |
Rob Saunders |
Friday, March 23, 2007
| 7:30 AM - 8:00 AM |
Continental Breakfast |
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| 8:00AM - 8:45 AM |
New Advances in Digital Chest Imaging (Dual Energy, Tomosynthesis) |
Jim Dobbins |
| 8:45AM - 9:30 AM |
New Advances in Digital Breast Imaging (Tomosynthesis, CBCT) |
Andrew Karellas |
| 9:30 AM-10:00 AM |
Morning Break |
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| 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM |
New Advances in Digital Musculoskeletal Imaging |
Mike Flynn |
| 10:45AM - 11:30AM |
Computer Aided Diagnosis |
Maryellen Giger |
| 11:30 PM-1:00 PM |
Lunch |
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| 1:00PM - 1:45 PM |
Molecular Imaging with X-rays (Contrast Imaging) |
Andrew Maidment |
| 1:45 PM - 2:30 PM |
Audience Discussion |
Ehsan Samei & Robert Saunders, Moderators |
2007 SEAAPM Annual Meeting
March 23-24, 2007
Robin Miller, Program Director
Friday, March 23, 2007
| 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM |
Afternoon Break in Commercial Exhibit Area |
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| 3:10 PM -4 :00 PM |
Opening Remarks, Presentation of Jimmy Fenn and Best Paper Awards |
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| 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM |
Portable X-Rays: Past and Future |
David Gauntt, Ph.D. and Gary Barnes, Ph.D. |
| 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM |
Medical Physicists in a Radiological Emergency |
Armin Ansari, Ph.D. |
| 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM |
What's New in Federal Regulations |
Lynne Fairobent |
| 5:30 PM - 6:00 PM |
What's Happening with New Medical Regulations in the Southeast States |
Debbie Gilley, MPA |
| 6:00 PM - 6:15 PM |
Panel Discussion about Regulatory Issues |
Armin Ansari , Ph.D. Lynne Fairobent Debbie Gilley, MPA |
| 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM |
Night In at the Trader Vics |
Saturday, March 24, 2007
| 7:30 AM - 8 AM |
Continental Breakfast |
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| 8:00 AM -8:10 AM |
Developing a Monte Carlo Code to Simulate Organ Dose for Pediatric CT Patients |
Xiang Li (Duke) |
| 8:10 AM -8:20 AM |
IGRT at ECU - benefitting patients |
Fumika Kiriyama (ECU) |
| 8:20 AM -8:30 AM |
Development and Characterization of a GEM-based 2-Dimensional Tissue Equivalent Proportional Counter (TEPC) Array for Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) |
Anant Mandapaka (Georgia Tech) |
| 8:30 AM -8:40 AM |
Predicting Lung Tumor Response during Radiation Therapy sity Modulated Radiation Therapy |
Rebecca Seibert (University of Tennessee, Knoxville) |
| 8:40 AM -8:50 AM |
The Use of GEANT4 Simulation Toolkit for Intermal and External Dosimetry Calculations |
Jonathan Rogers (Vanderbilt) |
| 8:50 AM -9:00 AM |
Questions |
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| 9:00 AM -9:30 AM |
Calypso Experience |
Twyla Willoughby, M.S. |
| 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM |
Morning Break in Commercial Exhibit Area |
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| 10:30 AM -11:00 AM |
Lessons Learned in Cyberknife Commissioning |
Larry Thomson, M.S. |
| 11:00 AM -11:30 AM |
TG-106: Accelerator Beam Data Commissioning Equipment and Procedures |
Chee-Wai Cheng, Ph.D. |
| 11:30 AM -12:15 PM |
Medical Physics Reimbursement (AAPM Professional Council) |
Jim Goodwin, M.S. |
| 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM |
Working Luncheon for Chapter Meeting Registrants: Business Meeting & Election Results |
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| 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM |
SEAAPM Excom Meeting |
The SEAAPM wishes to thank the following companies for agreeing to exhibit at the 2007 symposium and meeting:
- Bard Urological Division
- Computerized Medical Systems, Inc.
- Fluke Biomedical
- Gammex RMI
- IMPAC Medical Systems
- International Specialty Products
- K & S Associates, Inc.
- Radiological Imaging Technology, Inc.
- Scanditronix-Wellhofer North America IBA Advanced Radiotherapy
- Standard Imaging
- Theragenics Corporation
- 3D Line Medical systems
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2006 - Memphis, TN, March 23-25
Determination and Optimization of Dose and Image Quality in Radiology
An Educational Symposium for the Clinical Medical Physicist
2006 SEAAPM Symposium
Thaddeus A. Wilson and Robert Wilson, Course Co-Directors
March 23-24, 2006
Holiday Inn Select
Memphis, Tennessee
Sponsored by the Southeast Chapter of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (SEAAPM)
Symposium Faculty
| Gary Barnes, PhD, FAAPM Professor Emeritus University of Alabama Birmingham, Alabama |
Thomas Shope, PhD Deputy Director, Division of Imaging & Applied Mathematics CDRH/OSEL - FDA Gaithersburg, Maryland |
Walter Huda, PhD, FAAPM Director, Radiological Physics SUNY Upstate Medical University Syracuse, New York |
| Perry Sprawls, PhD, FAAPM Professor Emeritus Emory University Montreat, North Carolina |
Andrew Maidment, PhD Chief, Physics Section University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Michael Stabin, PhD, CHP Assistant Professor Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, Tennessee |
| Phillip Rauch, MS Henry Ford Health System Detroit, Michigan |
Keith Strauss, MSc, FAAPM Director Radiological Physics & Engineering Children's Hospital Boston, MA |
Ehsan Samei PhD Associate Professor Duke University Durham, North Carolina |
| Richard Van Metter, PhD Senior Research Physicist Health Group Research Laboratory Eastman Kodak Company Washington, DC |
Ralph Schaetzing, PhD Technical Director, Digital Imaging Marketing, Americas Agfa Corporation Greenville, South Carolina |
Lou Wagner, PhD, FAAPM Professor University of Texas Medical Center Houston, Texas |
Symposium Schedule
Wednesday, March 22, 2006
| 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM |
Symposium Registration & Ice Breaker |
Thursday, March 23, 2006
| 7:00 AM - 7:45 AM |
Registration & Continental Breakfast |
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| 7:45 AM - 8:00 AM |
Welcome and Introduction |
Thaddeus Wilson |
| 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM |
Medical Image Characteristics and Quality Factors |
Perry Sprawls |
| 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM |
A comparison of screen/film and digital imaging: image processing, image quality, and dose |
Ralph Schaetzing |
| 10:00 AM-10:30 AM |
Morning Break |
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| 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM |
Optimization in Fluoroscopy |
Phillip Rauch |
| 11:30 AM - 12:30 AM |
Dose and Image Quality in CT |
Walter Huda |
| 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM |
Lunch Break |
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| 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM |
Optimization of Dose and Image Quality in Pediatric Radiology |
Keith Strauss |
| 3:00PM - 3:30PM |
Afternoon Break |
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| 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM |
Nuclear Medicine and Dosimetry Considerations |
Michael Stabin |
| 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM |
Fetal Dose |
Lou Wagner |
Friday, March 24, 2006
| 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM |
Continental Breakfast |
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| 8:00AM - 9:00 AM |
NEQ and other Metrics of Image Quality |
Andrew Maidment |
| 9:00AM - 10:00 AM |
Effective Dose and Diagnostic Radiology |
Walter Huda |
| 10:00 AM-10:30 AM |
Morning Break |
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| 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM |
Workstations and Image Quality in Radiology |
Ehsan Samei |
| 11:30AM - 12:30AM |
Patient Doses from Radiology in the U.S. - What do we know? |
Tom Shope |
| 12:30 PM-1:30 PM |
Lunch |
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| 1:30PM - 2:30 PM |
Optimization in Film/Screen and Digital Mammography |
Gary Barnes |
| 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
Determination and Optimization of Dose in Digital Projection Imaging |
Richard Van Metter |
Meeting Schedule
Program Director: Thaddeus A. Wilson, Ph.D.
Coordinator: George David, Secretary
Friday, March 24, 2006
| 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
Optimization in Film/Screen and Digital Mammography |
Gary Barnes, Ph.D. |
| 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
Determination and Optimization of dose in Digital Projection Imaging |
Richard Van Metter, Ph.D. |
| 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM |
Afternoon Break in Commercial Exhibit Area |
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| 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM |
Tomotherapy Update |
Ken Ruchala |
| 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM |
The Future of CT Dosimetry - "death to the pencil chamber" |
Robert Dixon, Ph.D. |
| 6 PM - 9:30 PM |
Night Out at the Pink Palace |
Saturday, March 25, 2006
.| 7:30 AM - 8 AM |
Continental Breakfast |
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| 8 AM - 8:30 AM |
Digital Radiography: Status and Future Directions |
Gary Keyes, Ph.D. |
| 8:30 AM - 9 AM |
PET Shielding (TG-108) |
Sharon White, Ph.D. |
| 9 AM - 9:30 AM |
MOC Update (TG-127) |
Mike Yester, Ph.D. |
| 9:30 AM - 9:50 AM |
After the Discovery, Roentgen's Investigation of Eine Neue Art von Strahlen |
Perry Sprawls, Ph.D. |
| 9:50 AM - 10:30 AM |
Morning Break in Commercial Exhibit Area |
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| 10:30 AM - 11 AM |
IMRT Update |
Richard Popple, Ph.D. |
| 11 AM - 11:30 AM |
HIFU Update |
Narendra Sanghvi |
| 11:30 AM - 12 PM |
Best Chapter Paper Presentation |
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| 12 PM - 1 PM |
Luncheon for Chapter Meeting Registrants |
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| 1 PM - 2:15 PM |
Business Meeting, Election Results, and Awards Presentations |
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2005 - Charleston, SC, March 3-5
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2004 - Charlotte, NC, March 6-7
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2003 - Pine Mountain, GA, March 27-28
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2002 - Knoxville, TN, May 1-2
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2000 - Asheville, NC, March 16-17
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1999 - Atlanta, GA, March 16-17
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