EPI2k8 - Electronic Portal Imaging & Positioning Devices - Schedule at a Glance

EPI2k8 - Electronic Portal Imaging & Positioning Devices

Schedule at a Glance

EPI2k8 - Electronic Portal Imaging & Positioning Devices
May 20 – 22, 2008

Tue 5.20 / Wed 5.21 / Thu 5.22 / Fri 5.23

All events at the St-Regis Hotel unless otherwise noted.

Tuesday, May 20

6:00 – 9:00 pm

On-Site Registration
and Ice Breaker Reception

Wednesday, May 21

7:00 – 8:00 am	Concurrent Refresher Courses Course1: *Sources of uncertainties and margins, in the 3D world, the IMRT world and the IGRT world* Marcel van Herk PhD, Physics Project Leader, Netherlan Cancer Ins., NDL Course2: *A review of the "GOLD" standard; implanted markers* Frank van den Heuvel PhD, Professor, University of Leuven, Belgium
8:00 – 8:30 am	Poster Viewing & Continental Breakfast
8:30 – 9:00 am	Welcome and Opening Remarks Jean Pouliot, EPI2K8 Convenor Mack Roach III, Chair of UCSF Department of Radiation Oncology
9:00 – 9:30 am	Invited Speaker: Clinical integration of kV, MV and CBCT technologies for patient positioning Jan Verstraete CMD, Dosimetrist, University of Leuven, Belgium
9:30 – 10:30 am	Proffered Papers: Positioning with EPID
10:30 – 10:50 am	Coffee Break
10:50 – 11:20 am	Invited Speaker: Flat Panel Technology Larry Antonuk Ph.D., Professor in Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, US
11:20 – 12:15 am	Proffered Papers: Image quality, performance evaluation and system QA
12:15 – 13:30 am	Poster Viewing & Lunch Box
13:30 – 14:00 am	Invited Speaker: *Treatment dosimetric verification using exit dose with EPID: Clinical Experience* Bas Nijsten Ph.D. , Medical Physicist, MAASTRO clinic, NDL
14:00 – 15:00 am	Proffered Papers: Dosimetric properties and applications
15:00 – 15:20 am	Coffee Break
15:20 – 15:50 pm	Invited Speaker: 4D in-room Imaging Paul Keal Ph.D., Chief Physicists, Stanford University, California, US
15:50 – 17:00 pm	Proffered Papers: Dosimetric properties and applications
6:00 – 7:00 pm	Cocktail with-a-view
7:00 – 9:30 pm	Official Meeting Dinner and Dancing

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Thursday, May 22

7:00 – 8:00 am	Concurrent Refresher Courses Course1: *Quality Assurance of EPID and IGRT technology* Luis Fong PhD, Medical Physics Resident-Fellow, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, US Scott Hadley PhD, Associate Professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Course2: *Practical experience/guidance with implementation of IGRT technologies* Lei Xing Ph.D., Associate Professor, Chief of Medical Physics Research, Stanford University School of Medicine, US Olivier Morin PhD, Physics Resident, University of California San Francisco, US
8:00 – 8:30 am	Poster Viewing & Continental Breakfast
8:30 – 9:00 am	Invited Speaker: Image Guided Adaptive Radiotherapy: New Tools and New Directions Katja Langen PhD, Medical Physicist , MD Anderson Cancer Center, Orlando, US
9:00 – 10:00 am	Proffered Papers: New technologies for patient positioning
10:00 – 10:30 am	Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:00 am	Invited Speaker: Planning without PTV Marcel van Herk Ph.D., Physics Project Leader, Netherlands Cancer Inst., NDL
11:00 – 12:00 am	Proffered Papers: New developments with CT on board
12:00 – 13:30 am	Poster Viewing & Lunch Box
13:30 – 14:00 am	Invited Speaker: Dose re-calculation and the DGRT Process Jean Pouliot Ph.D., Professor, University of California San Francisco, US
14:00 – 15:00 am	Proffered Papers: Dosimetric properties and applications
15:00 – 15:20 am	Coffee Break
15:20 – 15:50 pm	Invited Speaker: Patient modeling, sampling for imaging versus change estimation James Balter Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, US
15:50 – 16:50 pm	Proffered Papers: Miscellaneous
16:50 – 17:30 pm	Closing Remarks

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Friday May 23 and Saturday May 24

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