Physics in Medicine Seminars

Sponsored by the Department of Radiology Imaging Research Laboratory and the Department of Radiation Oncology Medical Physics Group.

Schedule

Jan 25, 2006
Mesothelioma and IMRT. Presenters: David Godwin, MD Professor of Radiology UWMC
Stephen Sawchuk, Ph.D., M.CC Swedish Cancer Institute at Northwest Hospital. Date & Time: Wednesday Jan 25th, 5-6 PM. Location: UWMC Radiation Oncology Conference Room.
The review paper "Technical and dosimetric considerations in IMRT treatment planning for large target volumes" by Harish K. Malhotra et al. (J AP CLIN MED PHYS, VOL 6 2005) will be discussed.

Seminar Announcement

We are are pleased to introduce a new research seminar series: Physics in Medicine.
The goals of the interdisciplinary seminar are to (1) connect medical physicists at UWMC and nearby institutions, (2) educate each other, (3) explore new areas for basic and translational research, and (4) to open opportunities for further discussion and collaboration. Graduate students, residents, postdoctoral fellows and physicians are encouraged to attend.

The meetings are planned for the third or fourth Wednesday of each month from 5 PM to 6 PM in the UWMC Plaza Cafe meeting rooms (so food and beverages are nearby).

Please pass this notice on to anyone you feel may be interested. We have arranged for a mail-burster for meeting notices, and interested parties are free to add (or delete) themselves at:
http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/medicalphysics

Sincerely,

Mark Phillips, markp@u.washington.edu, Department of Radiation Oncology
Paul Kinahan, kinahan@u.washington.edu, Department of Radiology
University of Washington

Seminars from 2005

March 30:
Discussion of "Theragnostic imaging for radiation oncology: dose-painting by numbers", which will be lead by Mark Philips. This will be followed by a review/tutorial "Quantitative Accuracy of CT-based Attenuation Correction for PET/CT Scanners" by Paul Kinahan. Click here for papers.

April 27:
Discussion of "Fusion of respiration-correlated PET and CT scans" by Wolthas et al. (PMB 50:1569, 2005) which will be lead by Eric Ford. This will be followed by a review/tutorial on "Respiratory gating for CT Scanners" by Steve Kohlmyer. Click here for papers. PLEASE NOTE: Room change to NN132.

May 25:
Review/tutorial on "Iterative Image Reconstruction" by Adam Alessio focusing on the commonly used OSEM algorithm for PET reconstruction (pgs 10-19 of supporting chapter). This will be followed by a research presentation by Loraine Hanlon on "Defining PET Image Information for Image Guided Therapy." Click here for supporting documents.

June 22:
Review/tutorial on "Inside DICOM: speaking the language of image data exchange" by Ira Kalet based on the paper: "A declarative implementation of the DICOM-3 network protocol", by Kalet, Giansiracusaa, Jacky and Avitan. Journal of Biomedical Informatics, Volume 36, Issue 3 , June 2003, Pages 159-176 Click here for supporting documents.

September 28:
Intra-Operative Dosimetry for Prostate Brachytherapy by Paul Cho and Sreeram Narayanan Click here for abstract