Seminars in Medical Physics MEDPHY 251 Fall 2009

Thursdays 2:50-4:00 PM, Hock Plaza Auditorium unless otherwise noted
(followed by Med Phys Program happy hour 4-5 PM)

Date Speaker Topic
Aug 27 Justin Roper, Vorakarn Chanyavanich
PhD Students, Duke Med Phys Program		 Doctoral Research Showcase (entering class of 2006)
  • Roper: On-board SPECT for localizing functional & molecular targets
  • Chanyavanich: Knowledge-Based Optimization for IMRT Treatment Planning
(Special Location: Med Phys Classroom, Hock Ste 101)
Sep 3 Ehsan Samei, Max Amurao, Robert Ike, Travis Greene
Duke Radiology		 Clinical Imaging Physics: Rationale, Perspective, and Opportunities
Sep 10 Mark Oldham PhD (moderator),
Jim Chang, Sua Yoo, Quiwen Wu, & Andrew Thomas
 Duke Radiation Oncology
 American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) 2009 Annual  Meeting -
Reprise of Duke Presentations
  • Chang: Imaging Guided Frameless Stereotactic RadioSurgery Using CBCT 6D Image Registration and 6D Couch On Novalis Tx System
  • Yoo: Radiotherapy Treatment Plans with RapidArc for Head-And-Neck Cancer
  • Wu: Is Offline Adaptive Planning Necessary for Online Image-Guided Radiotherapy of Prostate Cancer?
  • Thomas: A 3D Solution for Advanced Photon Arc Therapy Quality Assurance
Sep 17 Ronald Jaszczak PhD
Duke Radiology (Nuc Med)		 Molecular Imaging Instrumentation: Gamma Cameras and SPECT
Sep 24 Rendon Nelson MD
Duke Radiology		 Use of MOSFET Technology in Clinical Radiology Research
(Special Location: Med Phys Classroom, Hock Ste 101)
Oct 1 G. Allan Johnson PhD
Duke Radiology		 Small Animal Imaging
Oct 8 Timothy Turkington PhD
Duke Radiology (Nuc Med)		 Time-of-Flight PET and the Reduction of Attenuation Artifacts
Oct 15

Jeffrey Siewerdsen PhD
Dept of Biomedical Engineering,
Johns Hopkins University

 Open House Guest Speaker
From DQE to TRE: Taking Image Science to Task in Image-Guided  Interventions
(Last minute change - we are back in our regular location in Hock auditorium.)
Oct 22 Georgia Tourassi PhD
Duke Radiology		 Biomedical Informatics Will Lead the Path to Predictive,  Personalized, Preventive, and Participatory Health Care
(Special Location: Med Phys Classroom, Hock Ste 101)
Oct 29 Shiva Das PhD
Duke Radiation Oncology
 Optimization in IMRT
Nov 5

Melissa Skala PhD
Duke Biomedical Engineering

 Optical Coherence Tomography
Nov 12 Adam Brooks, Kelly McGrady, Michael Pierquet, Scott Senick
MS Students, Duke Med Phys Program		 Summer Research Scholarship Presentations:
  • Brooks: Application of RapidArc Technique to Cervical Spine  Stereotactic Treatment
  • McGrady: The Detection of Lung Nodules on Chest Tomosynthesis  in Comparison to Conventional and Dual-Energy Radiography
  • Pierquet: Characterization of a Reusable Presage Formulation
  • Senick: Using Image Guided Portal Dosimetry to Evaluate  Volumetric Changes in Head and Neck Cancer patients During External  Beam Radiation Therapy
Nov 19 David Kirsch MD PhD
Duke Radiation Oncology		 Intra-operative molecular imaging of soft tissue sarcomas
(Special Location: Med Phys Classroom, Hock Ste 101)

updated 11/3/2009