Papers will be presented by the first author, unless indicated by an asterisk.
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Wednesday June 17, 1998 |
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19:00 | Welcome Barbecue (Delaware Hall) | ||
20:00 | CCPM Mammography Forum (for those concerned with mammography physics assessment under the CAR accreditation program) | Chair: Ian A. Cunningham | |
Thursday June 18, 1998 |
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8:15 | Welcome | P.C. Johns, A. Fenster, P.B. Dunscombe | |
CCPM Symposium - Functional Imaging: Frontiers and Applications | Chair: Ting Y. Lee | ||
S-1 | 8:30 | Brain Mapping: A Computational Approach to the Study of Normal Brain and Neuropathology | A.C. Evans |
S-2 | 9:05 | Advances in Positron Tomography | C. Nahmias |
S-3 | 9:40 | Spatial and Temporal Characteristics of Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) | R. Menon, J. S. Gatti, B. G. Goodyear, F. Graydon, C. G. Thomas |
10:15 | COFFEE | ||
S-4 | 10:35 | CT Evaluation of Cerebral Blood Flow | T.-Y. Lee, D. H. Lee, A. J. Fox, D. G. Nabavi |
S-5 | 11:10 | Functional Imaging using Ultrasound | A. Fenster, D. G. Nabavi |
S-6 | 11:45 | Cerebral Vascular Anatomy and Blood Flow: 3-D CRA and Digital Cine Angiography during Intervention | D. W. Holdsworth, R. Fahrig, A. J. Fox, S. Lownie |
12:20 | Opening of Commercial Exhibits | ||
LUNCH / POSTER VIEWING / VISIT COMMERCIAL EXHIBITS
Box lunches will be provided in the Exhibit area. |
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CCPM Professional Development Workshop | Chair: Ting Y. Lee | ||
14:00 | Introduction | ||
W-1 | Rationale for a New Dosimetry Protocol in Canada | D. W. O. Rogers, C. K. Ross, J. P. Seuntjens, K. R. Shortt | |
15:40 | End of CCPM Symposium and Workshop | ||
15:50 | CCPM AGM (For CCPM Members and Fellows) (Coffee provided) | ||
POSTER VIEWING / VISIT COMMERCIAL EXHIBITS (coffee in exhibit area) | |||
18:00 - 22:00 | COMP Poster Session and Reception | Chair: Michael S. Patterson | |
P-1 | A CT Simulated Rotating Half-Block Technique For Treatment Of The Breast Or Chest Wall And Draining Lymphatics | M. Olivares, M. D. C. Evans, C. R. Freeman, V. Benk, M. Gosselin, E. B. Podgorsak | |
P-2 | Treatment Planning For 5 Field Irradiation Of The Breast Including Internal Mammary Lymph Nodes | S. Connors, R. Scrimger, S. Halls | |
P-3 | Dose Uniformity Through Optimizing Wedging In Irradiation Of The Breast | A. Roberge, P. Dunscombe, E. Lederer | |
P-4 | Monte Carlo Investigation Of Electron Beam Relative Output Factors | G. G. Zhang, D. W. O. Rogers, J. Cygler | |
P-5 | MCRTP: A New EGS4 User Code for Monte Carlo Electron Treatment Planning | B. A. Faddegon | |
P-6 | Evaluation Of The New Electron Beam Algorithm in Theraplan Plus 3D Planning System | J. E. Cygler, G. X. Ding, K. C. Ash, G. G. Zhang | |
P-7 | An Evaluation Of A Commercial 3D Electron Beam Treatment Planning System | G. X. Ding, M. K. Yu, J. E. Cygler, G. G. Zhang | |
P-8 | A Two-Source Model For Electron Beams: Calculation Of Relative Output Factors | J. Z. Chen, J. Van Dyk, C. Lewis, J. J. Battista | |
P-9 | An Investigation Of The Method Of Depth Dose Flattening Of Electron Beams Using A Wire Mesh Bolus | J. Robins, R. Mooney, D. Hertzman | |
P-10 | Improvement Of Dose Calculation Accuracy Under Small Blocks For High-Energy Photon Beam By Using An Effective Block Transmission Factor | J. Sun, U. Orhun, J. R. Cunningham | |
P-11 | A Method Of Calculating Head Scatter Factors For Fields Shaped With A Siemens Multi-Leaf Collimator | D. E. Wilkins, J. Szanto, L. H. Gerig | |
P-12 | Accounting For Detector And Source Size Effects On Photon Beam Penumbra | P. Charland, E. El-Khatib | |
P-13 | Dosimetric Verification Of A 3D Treatment Planning System Based On A Pencil-Beam Algorithm | C. J. Arsenault, J.-C. Anctil, P. Courteau, E. R. Lawrence | |
P-14 | A Structure Map As A Visualization Aid in Three Dimensional Treatment Planning | D. M. Robinson | |
P-15 | Impact Of Organ Motion Uncertainties On Computerized Optimization Of Radiation Treatment Plans: An Example | E. Wong, J. Van Dyk, J. J. Battista | |
P-16 | Automatic Image Correlation Based 3-D Stereotactic Position Verification System | L. M. Sirois, B. G. Fallone | |
P-17 | A High-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy Computed Tomography Scanner | A. Berndt, J. Bews, S. Rathee, D. W. Rickey | |
P-18 | A Feasibility Study Of A Tomotherapy Unit Based On Cobalt-60 Radiation Sources | G. Gallant, A. Kerr, E. Heath, L. J. Schreiner | |
P-19 | The Long Term Stability Of The Siemens Virtual Wedge | P. Dunscombe, P. McGhee, S. Humphreys, T. Chu | |
P-20 | Comparison Of Quality Assurance Protocols For Medical Linear Accelerators | T. K. Yeung, S. Humphreys, P. Dunscombe | |
P-21 | How Can We, Medical Physicists, Cope With The New HARP ? | T. Chu, T. K. Yeung | |
P-22 | An Optical And Ionizing Radiation Digital Detector For Setup Verification In Radiosurgery | B. Poffenbarger, T. Falco, M. Lachaîne, E. B. Podgorsak, B. G. Fallone | |
P-23 | The Assessment And Redesign Of A Prostate Treatment Planning Process | B. G. Clark, C. Zankowski | |
P-24 | An Assessment Of The Suitability Of Simulator-CT Images For The Treatment Planning Of The Prostate | B. Arjune, S. P. Gulavita, O. Ogboola, M. L. Anthes , P. L. McGhee | |
P-25 | Calibration Of The Varian Portal Imager For Dose Measurements | S. Ozard, E. El-Khatib | |
P-26 | A Kilovoltage X-Ray Source For Portal Imaging | P. Munro, D. C. Bouius | |
P-27 | Dosimetry of b -Emitting Solution, Injected In A Rabbit Artery, Using A Dose Point Kernel Approach | S. Le Bail, R. Carrier, J.-F. Corbett, G. Leclerc | |
P-28 | Applications Of Fuzzy Logic In Medical Decision Making | R. N. Tremewan, S. Alexander, C. Manning, D. Campbell | |
P-29 | Digital Fluorescein Test | M. F. M. Costa, S. Franco | |
P-30 | Early Screening Of The Visual System Of Infants | M. F. M. Costa, J. M. Jorge | |
P-31 | Effects Of Beam Polychromaticity On X-Ray Scatter Imaging | R. J. Leclair, P. C. Johns | |
P-32 | Scintillation Light Emission Studies Of LSO Scintillators | A. Saoudi, D. Rouleau, C. Pépin, D. Houde, R. Lecomte | |
P-33 | Pediatric Effective Doses In Diagnostic Radiology | W. Huda, N. A. Gkanatsios, R. J. Botash, A. S. Botash | |
P-34 | An Image Display Workstation For Digital Mammography | A. Bloomquist, V. Young, J. Byng, G. Mawdsley, M. Yaffe | |
P-35 | A Prototype Photodiode/CCD X-Ray Detector for Mammography | N. Ford, J. G. Mainprize, B. Starkoski, S. Yin, M. Yaffe, T. Tumer | |
P-36 | Artifacts Inherent To The Noise-Power Spectrum Of Digital Imaging Systems | H. Lai, I. A. Cunningham | |
P-37 | Predicting Acoustic Response Of A Microbubble Population For Ultrasound Contrast Imaging | C. T. Chin, P. N. Burns | |
P-38 | High Frequency (50 MHz) Colour Doppler Imaging Of Blood Flow In The Microcirculation | D. E. Goertz, D. A. Christopher, P. N. Burns, F. S. Foster | |
P-39 | Detecting And Correcting Brain Tissue Deformation Using Intra-Operative Ultrasound Imaging In Interactive Image Guided Neurosurgery | R. M. Comeau, D. G. Gobbi, A. Fenster, A. F. Sadikot, T. M. Peters | |
P-40 | Level-Set Surface Segmentation And Registration For Computing Intrasurgical Deformations | M. A. Audette, T. M. Peters | |
P-41 | Aortic Wall Imaging With MR | Y. H. Chia, C. K. Macgowan, C. A. Webster, M. L. Wood | |
P-42 | Interpreting fMRI Data Using ROC Analysis | W. Huda, N. M. Szeverenyi | |
P-43 | MRI Of Hyperpolarized Xenon | P. Sévigny, G. Santyr, J. Wallace, S. Breeze, S. Lang, J. Xu, I. Moudrakovski, B. Simard, J. Ripmeester | |
P-44 | Polyvinyl Alcohol Phantoms For Use In MR And US Imaging | K. J. M. Surry, C. C. Blake, K. C. Chu, M. Gordon, B. K. Rutt, A. Fenster, T. M. Peters | |
P-45 | Mapping Temperature Gradients In Liver Using MRI And Thermocouple Temperature Measurements | J. C. Wallace, W. K. Myint, R. L. Clarke, G. E. Santyr | |
P-46 | Gradient Coil Magnetostimulation In MRI | B. A. Chronik, B. K. Rutt | |
P-47 | Design Of Multiband Selective RF Pulses In MRI | C. H. Cunningham, M. L. Wood | |
P-48 | T2-Selective RF Excitation (TELEX) Applied to White Matter | M. S. Sussman, J. M. Pauly, G. A. Wright | |
P-49 | CMPG Imaging At 4.0 Tesla For Estimation Of Multi-Component T2 Relaxation In Vivo | P. Gareau, R. Mitchell, S. Karlik, B. Rutt | |
P-50 | An Optimized CPMG Imaging Sequence For Multi-Component T2 Measurements At 4.0 T | P. Gareau, R. Mitchell, S. Karlik, B. Rutt | |
P-51 | Differences Between The Kinetics Of Two MR Contrast Agents In A Canine Spontaneous Breast Tumour Model | E. Henderson, J. Sykes, E. Jensen, R. S. Pereira, D. Drost, B. K. Rutt, F. Prato, H.-J. Weinmann, T.-Y. Lee | |
P-52 | Diagnosing Equine Cervical Vertebrae Malformation (Wobbler's Syndrome) Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI): Potential Use For MRI In Veterinary Medicine | S. P. Holmes, M. B. Hurtig, H. Dobson, G. S. Toole, E. G. Janzen | |
Friday June 19, 1998 |
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Session 1. Radiation Therapy: Planning and Dosimetry | Chair: Jake van Dyk | ||
1-1 | 8:05 | Evaluation Of A 3D Treatment Planning System Using The AAPM TG23 Test Package | K. E. Sixel, K. Mah |
1-2 | 8:15 | Improvement of CADPLAN Algorithm For Tangential Fields | Y. Archambault, Y. Hervieux, W. Wierzbicki |
1-3 | 8:25 | Monte Carlo Calculations Of Fluence Spectra In Air For Several 192Ir Source Configurations | J. Borg, J. Seuntjens, D. W. O. Rogers |
1-4 | 8:35 | An EGS4 Monte Carlo Examination Of The Spencer-Attix Cavity Theory For Solid State Detectors Irradiated In Megavoltage Electron Beams | P. N. Mobit, G. A. Sandison |
1-5 | 8:45 | Experimental Evaluation Of Interface Dose In Geometries Relevant To The Head And Neck Region And Comparison To Analytical Calculations And Simulation Using GEANT | B. H. Shahine, D. Axen, M. S. A. L. Al-Ghazi, E. El-Khatib |
1-6 | 8:55 | Calculation of Photon Beam Quality Specifiers | C. L. Yang, D. W. O. Rogers, J. Seuntjens |
1-7 | 9:05 | Dosimetry of Moving Jaws For Dynamic Beam Delivery Systems | R. A. Corns, M. D. C. Evans |
1-8 | 9:15 | Treatment Planning For X-Ray Rotation Therapy: The Solution Of The Inverse Problem | U. Oelfke, T. Bortfeld, W. Schlegel |
1-9 | 9:25 | Dosimetry Of Radioactive Stents: Quantification of "Hot Spots" | R. Carrier, S. Le Bail, J.-F. Corbett, G. Leclerc |
1-10 | 9:35 | The Great Debate: Optical CT vs. MR Imaging Of 3D Radiation Dose Distributions In FBX-Gel | R. G. Kelly, K. J. Jordan, K. C. Chu, B. K. Rutt, J. J. Battista |
9:45 | COFFEE | ||
Session 2. J.R. Cunningham Young Investigators Symposium | Chair: Aaron Fenster | ||
2-1 | 10:20 | Contrast-Enhanced MR Angiography At 0.5 Tesla With Two Novel Blood Pool Agents | S. Clarke, H. J. Weinmann, E. Dai, A. Lucas, B. K. Rutt |
2-2 | 10:32 | Design Of Ultrasound Linear Arrays For Interstitial Thermal Therapy | R. Chopra, M. J. Bronskill, F. S. Foster |
2-3 | 10:44 | Dynamic Range Of A Single Shot T1 Mapping Method | C. A. McKenzie, R. S. Pereira, F. S. Prato, Z. Chen, D. J. Drost |
2-4 | 10:56 | Study Of A Metal/A-Se -Based Portal Detector | T. Falco, B. G. Fallone |
2-5 | 11:08 | The Effects Of Uniform And Non-Uniform Scatter And Attenuation Compensation For Quantitative Brain SPECT | R. Z. Stodilka, B. J. Kemp, P. Msaki, F. S. Prato, R. L. Nicholson |
2-6 | 11:20 | Characterization Of A Dual Wavelength Time Domain System For The Determination of Hemoglobin Saturation Through Comparison With Continuous Wave And Frequency Domain Systems | R. J. Hunter, M. S. Patterson, R. A. Weersink, J. T. Bruulsema, J. E. Hayward |
2-7 | 11:32 | Dosimetric Verification of Intensity-Modulated Photon Beams With A Portal Imager | A. J. Curtin-Savard, E. B. Podgorsak |
2-8 | 11:44 | The Development Of An In Vivo Procedure For Routine Aluminum Monitoring In Human Bone By Neutron Activation Analysis | A. Pejovic-Milic, F. E. McNeill, D. R. Chettle |
2-9 | 11:56 | Computed Rotational Angiography: 3-D CT Images of Cerebral Vessels | R. Fahrig, A.J. Fox, S. Lownie, D.W. Holdsworth |
2-10 | 12:08 | Optimization And Benchmarking Of Monte Carlo Calculated Dose Distributions In Megavoltage Photon Beams | D. Sheikh-Bagheri, D. W. O. Rogers, C. K. Ross, J. P. Seuntjens |
2-11 | 12:20 | Assessment Of Myocardial Viability And Determination Of Partition Coefficient In Vivo Using MRI and Gd-DTPA | R. S. Pereira, F. S. Prato, J. Sykes, G. Wisenberg |
12:32 |
LUNCH / POSTER VIEWING / VISIT COMMERCIAL EXHIBITS
Box lunches will be provided in the Exhibit area. |
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Session 3. Radiation Biophysics and Nuclear Medicine | Chair: Frank S. Prato | ||
3-1 | 13:50 | The In Vivo Measurement of Trace Toxic Elements | F. E. McNeill |
3-2 | 14:00 | The Biophysics Of IUdR K-Edge Radiosensitization: Dosimetric Considerations and Biological Consequences | S. J. Karnas, E. Yu, J. J. Battista |
3-3 | 14:10 | Accuracy Of The Diffusion Approximation In Determining The Optical Properties Of A Two-Layer Turbid Medium | G. Alexandrakis, T. J. Farrell, M. S. Patterson |
3-4 | 14:20 | Pinhole SPECT: Towards Clinical Thyroid Tomography | T. A. Hewitt, B. T. A. McKee, M. J. Chamberlain |
3-5 | 14:30 | Investigation Of Detector Response Models For Statistical Iterative Image Reconstruction In High Resolution PET | V. Selivanov, R. Lecomte |
3-6 | 14:40 | In Vivo Quantification Of Presynaptic Dopamine Synthesis By PET/FmT In The Human Brain: Towards A Better Input Function | M.-C. Asselin, L. M. Wahl, C. Nahmias |
Session 4. X-Ray Imaging | Chair: David W. Holdsworth | ||
4-1 | 14:50 | Detective Quantum Efficiency of Direct, Flat Panel X-Ray Imaging Detectors For Fluoroscopy | D. C. Hunt, W. Zhao, J. A. Rowlands |
4-2 | 15:00 | Design And Optimization Of A Direct Conversion Detector For Digital Mammography | J. G. Mainprize, M. J. Yaffe, W. Hamilton, T. Tümer |
4-3 | 15:10 | Investigation Of Laser-Produced Plasma X-Ray Source For Application in Angiography In DESA Regime | A. Krol, J.-C. Kieffer, Z. Jiang, C. C. Chamberlain, P. Galant, D. A. Bassano, J. Yu |
4-4 | 15:20 | Screening Mammography Program Of British Columbia (SMPBC): A Physics Perspective | A. Bergman, C. Duzenli, K. Luchka, R. Rajapakshe |
4-5 | 15:30 | Radiology QA Programme At The Winnipeg Children's Hospital | J. M. C. Gallet, M. H. Reed, J. Hlady |
4-6 | 15:40 | How Does Radiation Dose And Display Contrast Affect Low Contrast Phantom Image Visibility? | C. C. Chamberlain, W. Huda*, A. R. Wojtowycz |
15:55 | COMP AGM (coffee provided) | ||
18:30 | CONFERENCE BANQUET | ||
Announcement of Winner of Sylvia Fedoruk Prize, JR Cunningham Young Investigator Awards, Poster Awards | |||
Saturday June 20, 1998 |
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Session 5. CT and MR | Chair: Maria Drangova | ||
5-1 | 8:05 | On Alleviating The Effects Of View Aliasing Artifacts In Computed Tomography | R. R. Galigekere, D. W. Holdsworth |
5-2 | 8:15 | Application of Dynamic Contrast Enhanced Computed Tomography To Interstitial Laser Photocoagulation | T. Purdie, M. Iizuka, M. Sherar, A. Fenster, T.-Y. Lee |
5-3 | 8:25 | In-Vivo X-Ray CT Measurements Of Cerebral Blood Volume In Brain Tumours | A. Cenic, T.-Y. Lee, R. A. Craen, A. W. Gelb |
5-4 | 8:35 | Multislice Adiabatic Saturation Recovery T1 Measurement For Quantitative Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Breast MRI | G. O. Cron, G. E. Santyr, F. Kelcz |
5-5 | 8:45 | Quantitative Volume Flow Measurement Technique For Assessment Of Valvular Disease | M. Drangova, A. Wheatley, D. Galea, D. R. Boughner |
5-6 | 8:55 | Real-Time MR Measurement Of Flow Using Volume-Localised Excitations | C. K. Macgowan, C. A. Webster, M. L. Wood |
5-7 | 9:05 | Fourier Velocity Encoding To Measure Peak Velocity Using MRI | D. Galea, L. Lauzon, B. K. Rutt, M. Drangova |
5-8 | 9:15 | MRI Diffusion Measurements Of Gd-DTPA In PVA Cryogel Phantoms | M. J. Gordon, K. C. Chu, A. Margaritis, B. K. Rutt |
5-9 | 9:25 | Coronary Venous Oximetry Using MRI | W. D. Foltz, N. Merchant, G. A. Wright |
5-10 | 9:35 | Creation Of A Non-Linearly Warpable 3-D Functional Atlas For Image-Guided Neurosurgery | K. Finnis, P. St-Jean, R. Kasrai, D. Clonda, T. M. Peters |
9:45 | COFFEE | ||
Session 6. Ultrasound | Chair: F. Stuart Foster | ||
6-1 | 10:20 | A Novel Nonlinear Ultrasound Imaging Technique For Microbubble Contrast Agents | D. H. Simpson, P. N. Burns |
6-2 | 10:30 | Ultrasound Biomicroscopy Of Normal And Osteoarthritic Articular Cartilage | G. A. Joiner, K. Harasiewicz, K. P. H. Pritzker, E. Bogoch, F. S. Foster |
6-3 | 10:40 | An In-Vitro System For The Investigation Of Flow Within The Stenosed Carotid Artery Bifurcation | T. L. Poepping, A. Fenster, R. N. Rankin, H. N. Nikolov, D. W. Holdsworth |
6-4 | 10:50 | Accuracy In Measurement Of Left Ventricular Cavity And Myocardial Volumes Using 3D Echocardiography | S. K. Nadkarni, M. Drangova, D. Boughner, A. Fenster |
6-5 | 11:00 | Automatic Needle Segmentation For Ultrasound-Guided Biopsy And Therapy | K. Draper, C. Blake, L. Gowman, D. Downey, A. Fenster |
6-6 | 11:10 | Semi-Automatic Segmentation Of 3D Ultrasound Images Of Ovarian Follicles Using An Inflating Balloon Model | H. M. Ladak, A. Fenster, D. A. Steinman |
CAP Lecture | Chair: Paul C. Johns | ||
L-1 | 11:20 | Laser-Based Studies of Negative Ions | H. K. Haugen |
12:00 | LUNCH / POSTER VIEWING / VISIT COMMERCIAL EXHIBITS | ||
13:00 | Close of Commercial Exhibits | ||
Session 7. Cancer Therapy: Clinical Applications | Chair: Jerry J. Battista | ||
7-1 | 13:00 | Enhanced Dynamic Wedge Factors | M. D. C. Evans, T. Etmektzoglou |
7-2 | 13:10 | A Feasibility Study Of Compensators For Conventional And Intensity Modulated Beam Therapy | H. Thompson, M. D. C. Evans, B. G. Fallone |
7-3 | 13:20 | The Effect Of Anatomical Uncertainties On Conformal Treatment Planning | T. Craig, E. Wong, J. J. Battista, J. Van Dyk |
7-4 | 13:30 | MR Thermometry For Image-Guided Minimally-Invasive Therapy: Progress Towards Monitoring Thermocoagulation Therapy of Human Prostate In Vivo | R. D. Peters, J. C. Chen, J. A. Moriarty, J. A. Derbyshire, G. A. Wright, D. B. Plewes, M. J. Bronskill, J. Trachtenberg, S. Bell, W. Kucharczyk, R. M. Henkelman |
7-5 | 13:40 | Ultrasound Guided Prostate Implants At T-SRCC | W. Que |
7-6 | 13:50 | Fuzzy Logic In Portal Decision Making | K. Leszczynski, D. Provost, S. Cosby, R. Bissett |
7-7 | 14:00 | Glaring Errors In Transit Dosimetry | P. Munro, D. C. Bouius, J. Moseley, L. Martin, Y. Zhang, D. A. Jaffray |
7-8 | 14:10 | A Novel Phantom Material For Monitoring 3-D Heat Distributions In Thermal Therapy | L.-S. Bouchard, M. J. Bronskill |
7-9 | 14:20 | Magnetic Resonance Calorimetry to Measure Tissue Ultrasound Absorption | Y. Wang, F. S. Foster, D. B. Plewes |
14:45 | Depart for Research Tours: London Regional Cancer Centre, Lawson Research Institute, Robarts Research Institute | ||
16:00 | Forum On Prostate Brachytherapy (at London Regional Cancer Centre) | Chair: William Que | |
Introduction | W. Que | ||
Ir and I Prostate Implants at Hamilton Regional Cancer Centre | J. Szabo | ||
Prostate Implants at the Vancouver Clinic | B. Clark | ||
Prostate Implants at London Regional Cancer Centre | F. Chisela | ||
Optimization of Dose Distribution for Prostate Implants at L’Hôtel-Dieu de Québec | J. Pouliot | ||
Physics Aspects of Ultrasound Guided Prostate Implants | W. Que | ||
Sunday June 21, 1998 |
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11:00 | Golf Tournament | Organizer: Ian A. Cunningham |
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