Date |
Speaker |
Title |
January 2, 2009
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Unscheduled |
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| January 9, 2009 |
Unscheduled |
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January 16, 2009
(WebEx) |
Marc Mlyn
CIVCO Medical Solutions |
The Use of RFID Technology in Radiation Oncology |
| January 23, 2009 |
Amit Majumdar, Ph.D.
Leader, Scientific Computing Applications Group
San Diego Supercomputer Center
University of California San Diego
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Introduction to High Performance Computing and Supercomputers |
January 30, 2009
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Nicole Detorie, Ph.D.
Molecular and Medical Pharmacology
University of California, Los Angeles |
Respiratory Motion Compensation for PET Imaging |
Februray 6, 2009
(WebEx) |
Joao Seco, Ph.D.
Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School |
Development of 4D Monte Carlo for photon IGRT and Proton Radiography with Scintillating Fibers |
Februray 13, 2009
(11am-12pm, WebEx) |
Juying Zhang, Ph.D.
Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics Program
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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1) Development of Whole Body Reference Adult Male and Female Phantoms Using Novel Surface-Geometry Modeling Methods for Monte Carlo Radiation Dosimetry
2) Monte Carlo Dose Calculation Procedure Using a 4D Motion Simulating Chest Phantom |
Februray 13, 2009
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Amit Majumdar, Ph.D.
Leader, Scientific Computing Applications Group
San Diego Supercomputer Center
University of California San Diego
|
Introduction to Message Passing Interface |
Februray 20, 2009
(11am-12pm, WebEx) |
Dilini Pinnaduwage, PhD
Research Fellow
Barrow Neurological Institute St. Joseph’s Hospital & Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ
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Dynamic Susceptibility Contrast MRI: Non-Invasively Distinguishing Post Treatment Radiation Effects from Glioma Recurrence |
| Februray 20, 2009 |
Amit Majumdar, Ph.D.
Leader, Scientific Computing Applications Group
San Diego Supercomputer Center
University of California San Diego
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Introduction to OpenMP |
Februray 27, 2009
(11am-12pm) |
Heeteak Chung, Ph.D.
Nuclear and Radiological Engineering
University of Florida
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In Vivo Dose Reconstruction Via Transit Dosimetry |
Februray 27, 2009
(WebEx) |
Tinsu Pan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Imaging Physics
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center |
Dynamic Imaging of The Thorax with CT and PET/CT at MD Anderson |
| March 6, 2009 |
Unscheduled |
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| March 13, 2009 |
Canceled |
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| March 18, 2009 |
Liang Liang, PhD
Department of Radiation Oncology,
UC Irvine
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Development and application of a random lung model for dose calculations in radiotherapy |
March 19, 2009
(11am - 12pm) |
Laura Cervino, PhD
Department of Radiation Oncology
University of California, San Diego
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Image-guided Treatments for Lung and Breast Cancer |
| March 20, 2009 |
Chunhua Men
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
University of Florida |
Optimization Models for Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning |
| March 27, 2009 |
Canceled |
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March 30, 2009
(2pm - 3pm) |
Guillem Pratx
Department of Electrical Engineering
Stanford University
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Novel strategies for practical image reconstruction on a ultra high-resolution PET scanner |
March 31, 2009
(10am - 11apm) |
Guillem Pratx
Department of Electrical Engineering
Stanford University
|
Architecture of the GPU: the graphics pipeline |
March 31, 2009
(2pm - 3pm) |
Guillem Pratx
Department of Electrical Engineering
Stanford University
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Harnessing the power of the GPU using CUDA |
April 2, 2009
(1pm - 2pm) |
Stephanie Rutledge, PhD
Department of Radiology,
Stanford University |
The Impact of Tumor Volume Doubling Time and Mammographic Tumor Detectability on Screening Outcomes in Women Ages 40-49 Years
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| April 3, 2009 |
Canceled |
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April 10, 2009
(WeBEx) |
Devon J. Godfrey, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Radiation Oncology
Duke University Medical Center |
Digital tomosynthesis for radiation therapy target localization |
| April 17, 2009 |
Adam Nelson
MIMvista Corp. |
Enhanced Fusion & Contouring for Radiation Oncology |
April 24, 2009
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Unscheduled |
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| May 1, 2009 |
Alvin Khan, Ph.D. |
Acoustic Pathway and Receiving Beam Pattern of the Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops Truncatus) |
May 8, 2009
(WeBEx) |
Deshan Yang, Ph.D.
Instructor
Department of Radiation Oncology,
Washington University in Saint Louis |
Methods and software tools for deformable image registration, and applications in radiotherapy |
| May 15, 2009 |
Nadir Alikacem
VP Global Regulatory Affairs & CRO
InSightec |
MR Guided Focused Ultrasound: Non-Invasive Abation |
| May 22, 2009 |
Jonathan Maltz
Oncology Care Systems Group
Siemens Medical Solutions (USA)
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Stationary tomosynthesis array for radiotherapy (STAR) - enabling 3D intrafractional image guidance using multiple x-ray source source carbon nanotube technology |
May 29, 2009
(WeBEx) |
Andrew Godley, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Radiation
Oncology
Medical College of Wisconsin |
Deformable registration for dose accumulation and adaptive radiation therapy |
June 5, 2009
(WeBEx) |
Yong Yang, Ph.D. and Weihua Fu, Ph.D.
Department of Radiation Oncology
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center |
A cone beam CT–guided online plan modification technique to correct interfractional anatomic changes for prostate cancer IMRT treatment |
June 12, 2009
(WeBEx) |
G. George Li, Ph.D., DABR.
Medical Physicist
Radiation Oncology Branch
National Cancer Institute, NIH |
A Potential Volumetric Respiratory Surrogate to Predict the Tidal Volume for 4DCT and 4DRT |
June 19, 2009
(WeBEx) |
Shiva K. Das, Ph.D., DABR Associate Professor Department of Radiation Oncology Duke University Medical Center |
A Method to Dynamically Balance Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy Dose Between Organs-At-Risk |
June 24, 2009
(12:00 PM, WeBEx) |
Susan Richardson, Ph.D., DABR
Chief of Brachytherapy Physics Service
Department of Radiation Oncology
Washington University
|
Dosimetric Effects of an Air Cavity for the SAVI Partial Breast Irradiation Applicator |
June 26, 2009
(WeBEx) |
Thomas Guerrero, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Richard Castillo
Graduate Research Assistant
University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center |
Evaluation of Deformable Image Registration for Improved Ventilation Imaging from 4DCT |
| July 3, 2009 |
Unscheduled |
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July 8, 2009
(11:30am-12:30pm) |
Josep Sempau, Ph.D.
Institut de Tecniques Energetiques
Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya
Barcelona, Spain
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penEasy: a new general-purpose code for PENELOPE |
July 9, 2009
(3pm-4pm) |
Josep Sempau, Ph.D.
Institut de Tecniques Energetiques
Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya
Barcelona, Spain
|
AutolinaC: Automatic linac Constructor |
July 10, 2009
(10am-11am) |
Oliver Fluck
Faculty of Computer Science
Otto‐von‐Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany
|
Introduction to GPU computing and examples in medical imaging |
July 10, 2009
(WeBEx) |
Tong Xu, PhD
Assistant Professor
Carleton University |
Positron emission based tumor tracking: A real-time tracking technique with low radiation does |
July 16, 2009
(10am-12pm) |
Edward Castillo, Ph.D.
Mathematics Department
University of California, Irvine
|
Compressible Image Registration |
July 17, 2009
(WeBEx) |
Stewart Gaede, PhD
Medical Physicist
London Regional Cancer Program
Assistant Professor
Departments of Oncology and Medical Biophysics,
University of Western Ontario |
The use of CT density changes at internal tissue interfaces and electronic portal imaging acquired during treatment to correlate internal organ motion to an external surrogate used for 4D-CT imaging and respiratory gating |
| July 24, 2009 |
David Bernshaw, MBBS, BMedSc
Peter MacCallum Cancer Center
Victoria Australia |
An interactive approach to imaged gynecologic brachytherapy |
| July 31, 2009 |
Canceled |
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| August 7, 2009 |
Canceled |
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| August 14, 2009 |
Franck P. Vidal, Ph.D.
INRIA Saclay--Île-de-France
|
Virtual X-ray imaging using ray-tracing: applications in tomography and real-time medical training |
| August 21, 2009 |
Soon N. Huh, PhD
Assistant Professor
University of Florida Proton Therapy Institute |
UFPTI proton therapy program |
| August 28, 2009 |
Canceled |
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| September 4, 2009 |
Canceled |
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September 10, 2009
(12pm-1pm) |
James Balter, Ph.D. , Professor
Department of Radiation Oncology
University of Michigan |
Dynamic models for monitoring changes during radiotherapy |
| September 18, 2009 |
Brian Bradfield
Accuray, Inc.
|
CyberKnife Overview |
Semptember 18, 2009
(WebEx, 3pm-4pm)
|
Bo Zhou, Ph.D.
Department of Radiation Oncology
University of Maryland |
GPU Implementation of Monte Carlo Superposition Method for Dose Calculation |
September 25, 2009
(WeBEx) |
G. George Li, Ph.D., DABR.
Medical Physicist
Radiation Oncology Branch
National Cancer Institute |
Calculation of diaphragm motion based on patient-specific volumetric constraints |
| October 2, 2009 |
Patrick Guo, Ph.D
Clinical Instructor
Department of Radiation Oncology
Stanford University Medical Center |
A 3D dosimetry system for radiation therapy |
October 9, 2009
(WebEx) |
Emil Sidky, Ph.D.
Associate P rofessor
Department of Radiology
University of Chicago |
The role of compressive sensing in tomographic image reconstruction |
October 13, 2009
(12:00pm - 1:00pm) |
Eva K Lee, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Operations Research in Medicine and HealthCare
Associate Professor, Industrial & Systems Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Co-Director, NSF I/UCRC Center for Health Organization Transformation
Co-Director, Biomedical Informatics
NCRR - Atlanta Clinical and Translational Science Institute
|
An Image-Guided Adaptive Treatment Planning Optimization for IMRT |
October 15, 2009
(2:30pm - 3:30pm) |
H. Edwin Romeijn, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering
University of Michigan,
|
Direct Aperture Optimization: an exact approach |
October 16, 2009
(WebEx) |
Jian Wu, Ph.D.
Department of Radiation Oncology
Virginia Commonwealth University |
Development of a population-based model of surface segmentation uncertainties for uncertainty-weighted deformable image registrations |
October 23, 2009
(WebEx) |
Qianqian Fang, Ph.D., Instructor
Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School |
Massively parallel Monte Carlo simulation with graphics processing units (GPU) |
October 30, 2009
(WebEx) |
Firas Mourtada, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Departments of Radiation Physics and Experimental Diagnostic Imaging
UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center |
Grid-based Boltzmann solver for brachytherapy and external beam dose calculations |
| November 5, 2009 |
Tamara Sipes
SciberQuest, Inc
|
Customized Knowledge Discovery Tools |
November 6, 2009
(WebEx) |
Lin Yang, Ph. D.,
Assistant Professor
Department of Radiology UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Graduate Faculty
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Rutgers University |
A Robust and Fast 2D/3D Tracking Algorithm Using Collabarative Trackers and One-step Forward Prediction |
November 13, 2009
(WebEx) |
R. Alfredo C. Siochi, PhD, DABR
Assistant Professor
Medical Physics Division
Department of Radiation Oncology
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics |
Deriving Diaphragm Motion from Localization MVCBCT raw data |
November 20, 2009
(WebEx) |
Dorin Todor, PhD
Assistant Professor
Massey Cancer Center
Department of Radiation Oncology
Virginia Commonwealth University |
Contura Multilumen Balloon (MLB) Registry Trial: Initial Dosimetric Experience |
| November 27, 2009 |
Unscheduled |
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December 4, 2009
(WebEx) |
Xiang Li, Ph.D. DABR
Clinic Assistant Professor
Department of Radiation Oncology
University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute |
A Segmentation-Based Deformable Registration Algorithm for Cone Beam CT and Helical CT images |
December 11, 2009
(WebEx) |
Ming Chao, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Radiation Oncology
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. |
Feature based image registration for adaptive radiation therapy |
December 18, 2009
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Canceled |
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| December 25, 2009 |
Unscheduled |
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