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Pre-conference symposium, courses, workshops (April 15-17, 2011)
18th International Conference on Medical Physics and XVI Brazilian Congress of Medical Physics (April 17-20, 2011)




Pre-Conference Activities 15 April - Friday
Hall C Hall C
08:00 - 08:30 Inscrição e Entrega de Material SIIM SIIM- Simpósio de Instrumentação e Imagens Médicas
08:30 - 09:00
09:00 - 09:30 SIIM- Simpósio de Instrumentação e Imagens Médicas
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12:30 - 13:00 Lunch Lunch
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14:00 - 14:30 SIIM- Simpósio de Instrumentação e Imagens Médicas SIIM- Simpósio de Instrumentação e Imagens Médicas
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17:00 - 17:30 Encerramento SIIM
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Pre-Conference Activities 16 April - Saturday
Hall D Hall E
08:00 - 08:30 Registration Registration
08:30 - 09:00 Welcome Welcome
09:00 - 09:30 C1-Modern Radiotherapy: Mitigating Risk . Chair: Yakov Pipman C2-Adapting Traditional Clinical Medical Physics to Digital Radiography. Chair: Charles Willis
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12:30 - 13:00 LunchLunchLunchLunch LunchLunchLunchLunch
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14:30 - 15:00 C1-Modern Radiotherapy: Mitigating Risk . Chair: Yakov Pipman C2-Adapting Traditional Clinical Medical Physics to Digital Radiography. Chair: Charles Willis
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Pre-Conference Activities 17 April - Sunday
Hall B Hall C Hall D Hall E Hall F Hall G
08:00 - 08:30   Registration Registration Registration Registration IAEA/ICMP-Radiation Protection of Children. Chair: Madan Rehani
08:30 - 09:00 Workshop HTTG-Defining the medical imaging requirements for a health station. Chairs: Barry Allen, Cari Borrás Welcome Welcome Welcome Welcome
09:00 - 09:30 C3-PET/CT Acceptance Testing and Quality Assurance and Quantitative PET/CT Imaging. Chair: Osama Mawlawi C4-Recent Advances in Radiation Therapy: Planning, Delivery and Methods of QA. Chair: Laura Natal. C5-Dose and image quality assessment in Computed Tomography. Chair: Denise Nersissian. C6-Atualização para Técnicos em Radioterapia (in Portuguese). Chair: Anna Maria Araujo
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12:00 - 12:30 Lunch
12:30 - 13:00 Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch
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13:30 - 14:00 Workshop HTTG-Defining the medical imaging requirements for a health station. Chairs: Barry Allen, Cari Borrás
14:00 - 14:30 C3-PET/CT Acceptance Testing and Quality Assurance and Quantitative PET/CT Imaging. Chair: Osama Mawlawi C4-Recent Advances in Radiation Therapy: Planning, Delivery and Methods of QA. Chair: Laura Natal. C5-Dose and image quality assessment in Computed Tomography. Chair: Denise Nersissian. C6-Atualização para Técnicos em Radioterapia (in Portuguese). Chair: Anna Maria Araujo IOMP-EXCOM Meeting
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17:30 - 18:00 Opening Ceremony
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18:30 - 19:00 Welcome Party




  Plenary Sessions, Radiotherapy and Symposia Imaging, Radiation Safety, and Special Sessions Dosimetry and Nuclear Medicine Non Ionizing Radiation Medical Physics Education and Imaging
DAY TIME HALL A HALL B HALL C HALL D HALL E
18/april 8:30 - 9:30 PSI-MO-A-Harmful Tissue Effects: Is there always a Dose Threshold? Jolyon Hendry.        
9:30 - 10:45 SS1-MO-A-Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy. Keynote: Timothy Solberg. SS1-MO-B-Image Quality and Dose in Computed Tomography. Keynote: John Boone.   SS1-MO-D- Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging with High and Ultrahigh Magnetic Fields. Keynote: Kamil Ugurbil. EP1-MO-E-Radiation Safety in Pediatric radiology: what we can do as a Medical Physicist? Keynote: Charles Willis.
10:45 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:30 SS2-MO-A-Quality Assurance in Radiation Therapy. Keynote: David Followill. SP-MO-B-IOMP/WHO/ALFIM/PAHO Special Session SS2-MO-C-Nuclear Medicine Imaging. Cecil Robilotta. SS2-MO-D-Radiation Biology and Physiological Modeling. EP2-MO-E-Innovations in Medical Physics Education. Keynotes: William Hendee, Slavik Tabakov.
12:30 - 14:00 Symposium Varian Lunch
14:00 - 15:00 PSII-MO-A-Novel Dosimetry Concepts based on Nanodosimetry. Hans Rabus.        
15:00 - 16:15 SS3-MO-A-Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy. Keynote: Patrick Cadman. SS3-MO-B-Computed Tomography Dosimetry. Keynote: Anthony Seibert. SS3-MO-C-Quality Assurance in Nuclear Medicine    
16:15 - 16:30 Coffee Break
16:30 - 17:30 PO-MO (X-ray Imaging, Magnetic Resonance, Physiological/Biological Modeling, General Physics)
17:30 - 18:30 SS4-MO-A-Symposium on Image Guided Radiation Therapy. Keynotes: Habib Zaidi ; Tomas Kron. SS4-MO-B-Radiation Protection Programs. Keynote: Madan Rehani. SS4-MO-C-Film Dosimetry for Radiation Therapy SS4-MO-D-Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Nanoparticles as Contrast Agents. Keynote: Bashar Issa.  

  Plenary Sessions, Radiotherapy and Symposia Imaging, Radiation Safety, and Special Sessions Dosimetry and Nuclear Medicine Non Ionizing Radiation Medical Physics Education and Imaging
DAY TIME HALL A HALL B HALL C HALL D HALL E
19/april 8:30 - 9:30 PSIII-TU-A-Clinical Implementation of Volumetric Modulated Arc for Conventionally Fractionated and Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy. Vitali Moiseenko.        
9:30 - 10:45 SS1-TU-A-Dosimetry and Quality Assurance for New Radiation Therapy Modalities. Keynotes: Penelope Allisy-Roberts, Cari Borrás.   SS1-TU-C-New Dosimetry Materials and Technologies in Medical Applications. Keynote: Oswaldo Baffa. SS1-TU-D-Ultrasound Imaging. Keynote: Paul Carson. SS1-TU-E-Experiences in Education and Training in Medical Physics. Chair: Slavik Tabakov.
10:45 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:30 SS2-TU-A-Symposium on New Radiation Technologies. Keynotes: Barry Allen, Harald Paganetti, William Hendee. SS2-TU-B-Computed Radiography, Digital Radiology and Mathematical Image Manipulation. Keynote: Kwan Hoong Ng SS2-TU-C-Internal Dosimetry. Keynote: Michael Stabin. SS2-TU-D-Laser Applications in Medicine and Effects of Magnetic Fields. Keynote: Elisabeth Yoshimura. SS2-TU-E-Status and Future Development of Education and Training in Medical Physics and Engineering. Chair: Paulo Costa.
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 15:00 PSIV-TU-A-Medical Physicists Board Certification: Looking Ahead. Raymond Wu.        
15:00 - 16:15 RT1-A-Revised International Basic Safety Standards for Protection against Ionization Radiation and for the Safety of Radiation Sources (BSS). Chair: Pablo Jimenez RT2-B-International Collaboration Within the United States National Cancer Institute Sponsored Clinical Trials: The Need for Radiotherapy Quality Assurance. Chair: David Followill RT3-C-New Advances in Nuclear Medicine. Chair: Cecil Robilotta RT4-D-Biological Effects of Non Ionizing Radiation: Ultraviolet Rays, Extremely Low Frequency, Radio-frequency and Magnetic Fields in MRI/MRS. Chair: Emico Okuno RT5-E-Certification of Medical Physicists. Chair: Raymond Wu
16:15 - 16:30 Coffee Break
16:30 - 17:30 PO-TU (Medical Physics Education, External Beam Radiotherapy, Brachytherapy, Radiation Safety)
17:30 - 18:30 SS4-TU-A-New Dosimetry Techniques for Brachytherapy and Total Body Irradiation. Keynote: Larry DeWerd. SS4-TU-B-Radiation Protection Optimization for Adults and Children undergoing Radiological Procedures. Keynote: John Le Heron.   SS4-TU-D-Innovations in Biological Imaging. Keynote: Fridtjof Nuesslin. Assembléia ABFM



  Plenary Sessions, Radiotherapy and Symposia Imaging, Radiation Safety, and Special Sessions Dosimetry and Nuclear Medicine Non Ionizing Radiation Medical Physics Education and Imaging
DAY TIME HALL A HALL B HALL C HALL D HALL E
20/apri 8:30 - 9:30 PSV-WE-A-Current Motion Tracking and Motion Correction Technologies for Medical and Preclinical Imaging. Brian Rutt        
9:30 - 10:45 SS1-WE-A-Novel Dosimetry Systems for Radiation Therapy. Keynote: Geoffrey Ibbot. SS1-WE-B-Patient Dose Management in Radiology. Keynote: Colin Martin. SS1-WE-C-Monte Carlo Modeling SS1-WE-D-Nanotechnology for Biomedical Applications EP3-WE-E-Professional Status of the Medical Physicists in Latin America and the Caribbean. Keynotes: Simone Kodlulovich, Cecilia Haddad, Maria Ester Brandan, Graciela Velez.
10:45 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:30 SS2-WE-A-Treatment Planning for External Beam Therapy including Intraoperative Radiation Therapy. Keynote: Milan Tomsej SP-WE-B-IOMP/IRPA Speacial Session SS2-WE-C-Instrumentation for Dose and Image Quality Assessment in Diagnostic Radiology. Keynote: Donald Mclean   SS2-WE-E-Tomosynthesis, Digital Mammography and Dental Cone-Beam CT. Keynote: Anders Tingberg
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 15:00 PSVI-WE-A-Cell Tracking and In Vivo Single Cell Imaging using MRI and Nanotechnology. Roger Fulton        
15:00 - 16:15 SS3-WE-A-Brachytherapy Treatment Planning and Clinical Outcome. Keynote: Victor Bourel. SS3-WE-B-Patient Doses in Interventional Radiology. Keynote: Anna Benini      
16:15 - 17:15 PO-WE (Radiation Dosimetry, Dosimetry Materials, Nanotechnology)
17:15 - 18:00 Closing Ceremony