WSU School of Medicine graduate students in the Department of Radiation Oncology recently were honored at the annual meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine. Dr. Yimei Huang was a finalist in the John R. Cameron Young Investigator Competition, and Dr. Carri GlideJay Burmeister, Ph.D., chief of physics for the Karmanos Cancer Institute, is director of education for the Department of Radiation Oncology. WSU presentations included: received a Reviewer's Choice Award. The Reviewer's Choice Award is given to the top 10 submissions, selected from a field of 1,100.
"Comparison of Mammographic Percent Density and Volumetric Percent Density Determined From Ultrasound Tomography Images" C. Glide*, N. Duric, P. Littrup, Wayne State University and Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit
Reviewer's Choice Selection
"Dose Convolution Filter: Incorporating Spatial Dose Information Into Tissue Response Modeling"
Y. Huang*, M. Joiner , Y. Liao, J. Burmeister, Gershenson Department of Radiation Oncology, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, 4100 John R, Detroit
Finalist, John R. Cameron Young Investigator Competition
"Prostate Intrafraction Motion Measurement Using KV Fluoroscopy During Treatment Delivery"
J. Adamson*1, Q. Wu2, (1) Wayne State University, Detroit (2) William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Mich.
"The Feasibility of a Hybrid Active Breath-Hold/Gating Technique for Lung Radiotherapy"
A. Doemer*1, G. Hugo2, (1) Wayne State University, Detroit (2) William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Mich.
"Detection of Breast Cancer with Ultrasound Tomography"
N. Duric*1, P. Littrup1, C. Glide1,2, C. Li1, L. Huang3, R. Pratt4, Y. Quan5, F. Simonetti6, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, Mi, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, N.M., Queen''s University, Kingston, Ont., Stanford University, Stanford, Calif., Imperial College London, London, U.K.
"Experimental Confirmation of Near Parabolic Shape of Dose Profile in Cylindrical Phantom for Dual Source CT"
W. Feng1, C. Schultz1, H. Chen3, A. Chu2, A. Hu1, D. Bakalyar*1, (1)William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Mich., (2)Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Conn., (3)Christiana Care Hospital, Newark, Del.
"A Fast and High Spatial Resolution 1H Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Imaging Technique for Breast Cancer"
W. Feng12, Y. Yu1, Z. Zou1, R. Mahmood1, Q. Jiang3, Y. Xuan1, T. Li1, V. Sehgal1, C. Blake1, R. Soulen1, J. Hu*1, (1)Wayne State University, Detroit, (2)William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Mich., (3)Henry Ford Hospital, Troy, Mich.
Evaluation of Breast Density Using Sound Speed Measurements
C. Glide*, N. Duric, P. Littrup, Wayne State University and Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit
Poster Presentations:
"Defining Picture Archiving and Communication System - Radiation Therapy Extension (PACS-RT) for Progressive Needs for IGRT, 4D CT/PET, TPS and the RT Workflow Management"
H. Chen*1, L. Simpson1, W. Feng2, C. Liu3, A. Sarkar1, J. Grimm1, M. Lauterbach4, (1) Christiana Care Hospital, Newark, Del., (2) William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Mich., (3) Univ Florida, Gainesville, Fla., (4) Siemens AG, Malvern, Penn.
"Qualifying Magnetic Moments in Small Cylindrical Objects by Complex Sum Method"
C. Hsieh*, Y. Cheng, J. Neelavalli, E. Haacke, Wayne State University, Detroit
"Image Guided Neutron Therapy: A Six Degree Correction Method Using Implanted Fiducial Markers"
Y. Wang*1, J. Burmeister12 F. Van den Heuvel3, M. Yudelev12, (1) Wayne State Univ, Detroit (2) Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit (3)University Hospitals K.U. Leuven, Leuven