Timetable

Plenary Function SIG Break Panel Concurrent Workshop Meeting Poster

Monday, 6 December 2010
08:30	Conference Welcome and Opening Members Dining Room
08:45	Plenary Session Members Dining Room The Era of Neural Bionics A/Prof Joseph Rizzo, Harvard Medical School, United States
09:30	Announcements Members Dining Room
09:45	Plenary Session Members Dining Room A Paradigm for the adoption of new technology Prof Michael Brada
10:30	Morning Coffee Olympic Room
11:00	IGRT Members Dining Room A UK national performance evaluation of CT-based IGRT systems Prof David Thwaites, Leeds University Teaching Hospitals, United Kingdom What is the Value of Image Guidance in External Beam Radiotherapy? Tomas Kron, on behalf of the TROG Cancer Research IGRT Expert Group, Australia Fiducial registration error as a statistical process control metric in image-guided radiotherapy with prostatic markers Mr Ngie Min Ung, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia A comprehensive approach to quantifying patient dose from linear accelerator mounted cone beam CT (CBCT) Daniel Scandurra, Austin Health Radiation Oncology Centre, Australia Investigation of Bulk Electron Densities for Dose Calculations on Cone-Beam CT Images Jonathan Lambert, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia, Australia	Bionics and Neuroengineering Yarra Park Room Neuroengineering Prof Anthony Burkitt Design of a new electrode array for cochlear implants Hung Kha, Australian National University, Australia The Effect of Electrode Return Configuration on Multi-Unit Activity of the Visual Cortex from Suprachoroidal Electrical Stimulation Rosemary Cicione, Department of Electronic Engineering, La Trobe University, Australia Biopotentials recorded with dry electrodes Dr Gaetano Dario Garguilo, The University of Sydney, Australia	Diagnostic Imaging Working Party Meeting Jim Stynes Room B
12:30	Lunch & Trade Display Olympic Room
13:30	Volumetric Arc Therapy Members Dining Room Volumetric Arc Therapy Prof Stine Korreman, The Finsen Centre, Denmark Experience with VMAT using Elekta delivery systems and planning on Oncentra Masterplan and Elekta-CMS Monaco-VMAT Prof David Thwaites, Leeds University Teaching Hospitals, United Kingdom Volumetric modulated arc radiotherapy (VMAT): When is one revolution enough? Prof Peter Metcalfe, Centre for Medical Radiation Physics, University of Wollongong, Australia Clinical experience with a novel 3D detector for RapidArc^TM delivery QA Mr Jared G Steel, Wellington Blood & Cancer Centre, New Zealand A class solution for RapidArc prostate planning with simultaneous integrated boost Mr David Jolly, Capital and Coast District Health Board, New Zealand	Bionics and Neuroengineering Yarra Park Room Frontal Brain Asymmetry as a Marker of Depression and Effectiveness of TMS Therapy Dev Mani, Monash University, Australia Modeling The Vestibular System – EvestG and Balance Disorders Dr Daniel M Heibert, Monash University, Australia Semi-automated analysis of EEG spikes in the preterm fetal sheep using wavelet analysis Mrs Anita C Walbran, The University of Auckland, Department of Engineering Science, New Zealand A new paradigm to quantify the manifestation of eye movements in the electroencephalogram Jan P Hakenberg, Curtin University of Technology, Australia Culturing of Primary Rat Neurons & Glia on Ultra-Thin Parylene-C Dr Charles P Unsworth, The University of Auckland, New Zealand Potential for Real-Time, Measurement of Brain Activity using NIRS/EROS Mr Thushara Perera, La Trobe University, Australia EEG bicoherence during anaesthesia in the elderly Mrs Stacey Pritchett, Monash University, Vic, Aus and Compumedics Pty Ltd, Vic, Aus, Australia	Radiology CT Jim Stynes Room A Results of Two ARPANSA Draft MDCT Surveys Ms Anna Hayton, Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency, Australia Summary of DLP measurements on three successive CT scanners at the same site Mr Luke Wilkinson, St. Vincent's Health, Australia Local Diagnostic Reference Dose Levels Arising from Adult CT Examinations in Khorasan Province-Iran Prof Mohammad Taghi Bahreyni Toossi, Medical Physicxs Research Center,Faculty of Medicine,Mashhad University of medical Sciences,Mashhad-IRAN, Iran Patient Organ Doses from CT Scan examinations in Eleven State owned Hospitals of Khorasan Province of Iran Prof Mohammad Taghi Bahreyni Toossi, Medical Physicxs Research Center,Faculty of Medicine,Mashhad University of medical Sciences,Mashhad-IRAN, Iran Effective Dose Calculation in CT using High Sensitivity TLDs Ms Zoe Brady, Applied Physics, RMIT University, Melbourne and Radiology Department, The Alfred, Melbourne, Australia Paediatric CT in Australia - Trends and Risk Ms Zoe Brady, Applied Physics, RMIT University, Melbourne and Radiology Department, The Alfred, Melbourne, Australia Dose reduction strategies for cardiac CT Mr Paul Einsiedel, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia	ACPSEM Meeting Jim Stynes Room B
15:15	Afternoon Coffee Olympic Room
15:45	IMRT and General Radiotherapy Members Dining Room The Radiation Oncology Practice Standards Trial Abel MacDonald, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, Australia Prof Tomas Kron, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Australia Australian Clinical Dosimetry Service at ARPANSA Abel MacDonald, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, Australia Ivan Williams, Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency, Australia What are the differences for IMRT plans configured with beam data collected with either the jaws or the MLCs? Mr David J Jolly, Capital and Coast District Health Board, New Zealand Clinical evaluation of electron and photon junctions with dynamic intensity modulation for head and neck treatments Mrs Kristie M Harrison, Calvary Mater Newcastle, Australia Evaluation of MLC modelling parameters in Varian Eclipse Treatment Planning System Mr Nigel D Middlebrook, Premion Gold Coast, Southport, QLD, Australia Accuracy of the planning dose volume histogram to predict delivered doses in image-guided prostate radiation therapy: assessment with cone-beam computerised tomography scans A/Prof Peter B Greer, Calvary Mater Hospital Newcastle, and The University of Newcastle, Australia	Bionics and Neuroengineering Yarra Park Room Evoked Postauricular Muscle Response (ePAMR) versus BISTM Anaesthesia Monitoring Dr David Burton, Department of Electrical & Computer Systems Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia;, Australia Prof Paul S Myles, Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine Alfred Hospital and Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, Australia Composite Permutation Entropy Index (CPEI) for known EEG patterns during anaesthesia Mrs Stacey Pritchett, Monash University, Vic, Aus and Compumedics Pty Ltd, Vic, Aus, Australia Fast Automatic Analysis of Antenatal Dexamethasone on Micro-seizure Activity in the EEG Ms Sepideh J Rastin, The University of Auckland, New Zealand	General Radiology I Jim Stynes Room A Monitoring Radiation Use in Cardiology Imaging Procedures Mr Ian R Smith, St Andrew’s Medical Institute, Australia What is the HVL in soft tissue for diagnostic x-rays? Dr John L Poletti, Unitec Institute of Technology, New Zealand William, a voxel model of child anatomy from tomographic images for Monte Carlo dosimetry calculations Dr Martin Caon, Flinders University, Australia Combating Dose Creep Ms Zoe Brady, Radiology Department, The Alfred, Melbourne, Australia The Design of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine Facilities in A Major New Teaching Hospital Dr David A Causer, Royal Perth Hospital, Australia Design of a laboratory based source of characteristic x-rays Dr Stewart M Midgley, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia	ACPSEM Meeting Jim Stynes Room B
17:15	Networking Hour Olympic Room	Radiology Specialty Group Jim Stynes Room A
18:15

Tuesday, 7 December 2010
08:00	Training, Education, Accreditation Program (TEAP) Information and update session Members Dining Room
09:00	Plenary Session Members Dining Room Diagnostic reference levels (DRLs) - a UK perspective Dr Paul C Shrimpton, Medical Dosimery Group, United Kingdom Intergrated MRI systems Dr Paul Keall, Stanford University	Instrumentation and Bioengineering Yarra Park Room Australian medical device developments: From telehealth technologies to bionic eyes Prof Nigel Lovell, University of NSW, Australia Smart Technology for Healthy Longevity AM FTSE FIEAust Greg Tegart, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Australia A Portable Pulmonary Delivery System for Nano-engineered DNA Vaccines Driven by Surface Acoustic Wave Devices Mrs Anushi E Rajapaksa, Micro/Nanophysics Research Laboratory, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia
10:30	Morning Coffee Olympic Room
11:00	4D Techniques Members Dining Room 4D techniques in lung treatments Prof Michael Brada Preliminary report on a breathing coaching and assessment system for use by patients at home Mr Chris D Fox, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Australia Prof Tomas Kron, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Australia Dosimetric consequences of planning lung treatments on 4DCT average reconstruction to represent a moving tumour Mr Leon F Dunn, RMIT, Australia Mr M L Taylor, RMIT, Australia Prof T Kron, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Australia Dr R Franich, Australia A viscoelastic model of the correlation between respiratory lung tumour motion and an external abdominal signal Mrs Alicia E Cavan, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, New Zealand Early experiences of retrospective respiratory gated computed tomography simulation for radiotherapy Mr Clement F Conheady, William Buckland Radiotherapy Centre, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, Australia	Instrumentation and Bioengineering Yarra Park Room Computational Biology Prof Bruce Gardiner Systems Level Approaches in Modelling the Wnt/ß-catenin pathway in mammalian cells Chin Wee Tan, Melbourne School of Engineering, Australia New molecular methods to improvement of drug discovery morteza Hanifezade, East Azarbayjan Science and Research University, Iran Antibiotic Loading of Cancellous Allografts using Iontophoresis Mr Robert E Day, Royal Perth Hospital & University of Western Australia, Australia	General Radiology II Jim Stynes Room B A quantitative study of the performance of absorber materials in Compton imaging Dr Howell W Round, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand, New Zealand The utilisation of PET/CT imaging modality in detecting the Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis (EPTB) lesions and the effects of iodine contrast media during the image acquisitions Mr Hairil Rashmizal Abdul Razak, RMIT University, Australia Optimisation of material discrimination using spectral CT Syen Jien Nik, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Canterbury, New Zealand GPU Accelerated Volume Visualization in Ultrasound Mr Gergely Zombori, Biological Imaging Group, School of Medicine & Medical Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, Ireland A virtual spectral CT scanner Syen Jien Nik, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Canterbury, New Zealand Spectral CT with photon counting detectors Dr Anthony Butler, University of Otago, New Zealand
11:30				Radiobiology Jim Stynes Room A Time course of bystander expression: increase or decrease in cell viability? A/Prof Natalka Suchowerska, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Australia Algorithm development and simulation outcomes for hypoxic head and neck cancer radiotherapy using a Monte Carlo cell division model “HYP-RT” Ms Wendy M Harriss, Royal Adelaide Hospital, University of Adelaide, Australia Radiobiological Effects of Metallic Nanoparticles A/Prof Moshi Geso, RMIT University, Australia Intra-fraction temporal effects in 3D conformal radiation therapy and IMRT Miss Kirsty L Symons, Department of Radiation Oncology, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Australia, Australia
12:30	Lunch & Trade Display Olympic Room
12:45	Lunch & Trade Display Olympic Room	AP Special Interest Group Jim Stynes Room A	Radiation Protection Specialty Group Jim Stynes Room B
13:30	MRI Members Dining Room Atlas-based deformable image registration for MRI-guided prostate radiation therapy A/Prof Peter B Greer, University of Newcastle, Australia Patient dosimetry improvements in longitudinal field MRI linear accelerators Mr Bradley M Oborn, Illawarra Cancer Care Centre, CMRP, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia MRI linear accelerators: impact of the electron return effect Mr Bradley M Oborn, Illawarra Cancer Care Centre, CMRP, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia Intra-operative MRI (iMRI) Part I: The Biomedical Engineer and Medical Physicist’s Collaborative journey Ms Kyril Belle, Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Canberra Hospital, Australia Intra-operative MRI (iMRI) Part II: Commissioning and Acceptance Testing Dr Helen Gustafsson, Department of Medical Physics, The Canberra Hospital, Australia Dataset pre-processing for optimal quantification of synovitis from MRI Mr Ben Donlon, University College Dublin, Ireland Improving temporal resolution in magnetic resonance angiography Prof Philip J Bones, University of Canterbury, New Zealand	Instrumentation and Bioengineering Yarra Park Room HNT Neurons Patterned on a Parylene-C/Silicon Dioxide Interface Dr Charles P Unsworth, The University of Auckland, New Zealand The Future of Bush Mechanics and Tissue Farmers Mr Patrick L O'Meley, SSWAHS, Australia Technical Assessment of Ultrapure Water for Haemodialysis Applications Mick Collins, Australia High Speed Impedance Tomography for Cardiac Imaging Mr Joubin Nasehi Tehrani, CarLab, The University of Sydney, Australia Repair Process Variation Assessment Method Mr Patrick L O'Meley, SSWAHS, Australia Mr Joseph Maday, SSWAHS, Australia The Language of Risk in Clinical Engineering Mr Patrick L O'Meley, SSWAHS, Australia	Dosimetry Jim Stynes Room A Experimental and Monte Carlo modelled dosimetric evaluation of a new design of Elekta linac radiation head with integrated 160-leaf MLC Prof David Thwaites, Leeds University Teaching Hospitals, United Kingdom Small Field Dosimetry in Megavoltage Photon Beams: Comparision of Dosimeter Performance Ms Kirbie Warrener, Illawarra Cancer Care Centre, Wollongong Hospital, Australia Determination of mass-energy absorption coefficients for calculation of absorbed dose in phantoms Dr Katrina Y Seet, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Australia Reducing the risk of radiocarcinogenesis in paediatric patients treated with external beam radiotherapy Michael L Taylor, RMIT University, Australia Kernel-Based Fast Simulation of ⁹⁰Y Bremsstrahlung Dr W Howell Round, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand Commissioning of Pinnacle Treatment Planning System for High Dose Rate Ir-192 Intracavitary Brachytherapy in Accordance with the AAPM TG-43 Dose Formalism Mr Randal Zandro J. Remoto, Makati Medical Center, Philippines	Digital Mammography Jim Stynes Room B Quantitation of breast density for predicting breast cancer risk Prof Kwan-Hoong Ng, University og Malaya, Malaysia Digital Mammography Artefacts Dr John CP Heggie, Australia Monitor and DICOM Viewer comparison for Mammographic Image Quality Miss Lucy E Cartwright, Department of Medical Physics, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, Australia Towards a proposition of a diagnostic reference level for mammographic examination in the greater khorasan province Prof Mohammad Taghi Bahreyni Toossi, Medical Physicxs Research Center,Faculty of Medicine,Mashhad University of medical Sciences,Mashhad-IRAN, Iran State-wide provision of a digital mammography physics service: challenges and learning experiences Miss Jennifer L Diffey, Westmead Hospital, Australia
15:15	Afternoon Coffee & Trade Display Olympic Room
15:30	Afternoon Coffee & Trade Display Olympic Room	Radiotherapy Specialty Group Members Dining Room	Radiology and Nuclear Medicine Shielding Workshop Yarra Park Room Diagnostic Imaging Shielding Design Workshop	Intellectual Property Workshop Jim Stynes Room A
16:15	Poster Session & Trade Display Olympic Room More accurate surface dosimetry for breast cancer using Monte Carlo simulation Samuel J Blake, Institute of Medical Physics, School of Physics, University of Sydney, Australia A Biomedical Engineer’s Training program for Ethiopia Mr Sanjeev M Hiremath, The Tweed Hospital, Australia Intelligent Diabetic Risk Indicator and Relevant Foot Wear Design Ms Nidhimol Dijo Thottathil, Australia An automated system for fault detection, impedance measurements and mapping of high density electrode arrays Mr Sam E John, Bionic Ear Institute/ La Trobe University, Australia Esophageal pressure wireless monitoring system MSc Patricia MC Paula, University of Brasilia, Brazil Enhanced Transcranial Doppler Procedure for the Third World Mr Philip M Lewis, Department of Neurosurgery, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne Victoria, Australia, Australia Mr Paul Junor, La Trobe University, Australia Validation of a Wireless Ambulatory Physiological Monitoring System in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Mr Ke Ma, Australia Assoc Prof Ian T Brown, Australia Nanodosimetric verification in proton therapy: Monte Carlo codes comparison Bradley Oborn, CMRP, University of Wollongong, Australia Potential Lens Dose Reduction During Stereotactic Radiotherapy Ms Janette Atkinson, Department of Medical Technology and Physics, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Western Australia., Australia An Investigation into the application of the Dosimetric Leaf Gap for MLC Calibrated to the radiation field Mr Paul H Charles, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Australia Development of a QA Phantom for online image registration and resultant couch shifts Mr Sankar Arumugam, Liverpool and Macarthur Cancer Therapy Centres, NSW, Australia, Australia Monte Carlo Simulation of Stepping Source in Afterloading Intracavitary Brachytherapy for GZP6 Unit Prof Mohammad Taghi Bahreyni Toossi, Medical Physicxs Research Center,Faculty of Medicine,Mashhad University of medical Sciences,Mashhad-IRAN, Iran Towards the development of a comprehensive model of an electronic portal imaging device using Geant4 Mr Samuel Blake, Institute of Medical Physics, School of Physics, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia Modelling the effect of a real-time dosimetry system in Synchrotron X-ray Microbeam Radiation Therapy Mr Ashley J Cullen, Centre for Medical Radiation Physics, University of Wollongong, Australia Dr Michael LF Lerch, Centre for Medical Radiation Physics, University of Wollongong, Australia Dr Marco Petasecca, Centre for Medical Radiation Physics, University of Wollongong, Australia Prof Anatoly B Rosenfeld, Centre for Medical Radiation Physics, University of Wollongong, Australia Ghosting effect in Siemens electronic portal imaging devices (EPIDs) for step and shoot IMRT dosimetry Mr Shrikant Deshpande, Department of Medical Physics, Liverpool and Macarthur Cancer Therapy Centres Australia, Australia Dr Philip Vial, Department of Medical Physics, Liverpool and Macarthur Cancer Therapy Centres Australia, Australia Mr Gary Goozee, Department of Medical Physics, Liverpool and Macarthur Cancer Therapy Centres Australia, Australia Dr Lois Holloway, Department of Medical Physics, Liverpool and Macarthur Cancer Therapy Centres Australia, Australia A hand-held turntable controller for total skin electron treatment Mr Chris D Fox, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Australia Evaluating PRESAGE for accurate 3D proton dosimetry Mrs Tina Gorjiara, The University of Sydney, Australia Study of Genipin gel for electron dosimetry Mrs Tina Gorjiara, The University of Sydney, Australia Dose verification of the Exact^TM couch structure included in the Eclipse^TM treatment planning system Mr Jeremy Booth Clinical consequences of using the Monte Carlo algorithm rather than the Pencil Beam Convolution algorithm in stereotactic radiotherapy Dr Matthew Haynes, William Buckland Radiotherapy Centre, The Alfred Hospital, Commercial Rd Melbourne VIC 3004, Australia The dosimetry of low energy photon beams using Gafchromic EBT2 film Mr Robin Hill, Department of Radiation Oncology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Australia Clinical applications of EBT2 gafchromic film Jonathan Hindmarsh, Department of Radiation Oncology, Royal North Shore Hospital, Australia Clinical treatment planning for stereotactic radiotherapy: Evaluation by Monte Carlo simulation Dr Tanya Kairn, Premion, Brisbane, Australia Origins of the observed asymmetry in out-of-field dose from a linac fitted with an external micro-MLC Dr Tanya Kairn, Premion, Brisbane, Australia A Comparison of Multiple Epson Expression 10000XL Scanners Used for Gafchromic Film Dosimetry in Terms of Uniformity, Warm-Up Time and Spatial Linearity Miss Samantha E Mayers, Radiation Oncology Victoria, Australia Quality assurance testing of complex radiotherapy treatments using Gafchromic EBT2 film Nigel D Middlebrook, Premion, Australia Evaluation of dose distribution under protected regions using Cerrobend blocks: an EDR2 film study Alexandre M C Santos, Department of Medical Physics, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Australia Evaluation of uncertainties in tumour region delineation contoured by radiologists and radiation oncologists Alexandre M C Santos, Department of Medical Physics, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Australia The effect and analysis of terahertz electromagnetic radiation on EBT2 Gafchromic Film Miss Elise M Pogson, Centre for Medical and Radiation Physics, Australia Investigation of the gantry and EPID sag during arc therapy for a Varian Trilogy linac Mr Pejman Rowshan Farzad, University of Newcastle, Australia Comparison of the image lag for an aS500 EPID in direct and standard clinical configurations Mrs Mahsheed Sabet, University of Newcastle, Australia Monte Carlo simulation of an aS500 EPID in direct detection configuration in 6 MV beams Mrs Mahsheed Sabet, University of Newcastle, Australia Evaluation of air-tissue interface dose for a cylindrical air-cavity and anthropomorphic phantom Mr Alexandre M C Santos, The University of Adelaide & Royal Adelaide Hospital, Australia Pinnacle TPS Dose Verification Tool Vladimir Sashin, Radiation Oncology Victoria (ROV), Victoria, Australia High resolution dosimetry of mucosal under-dosage proximate to airways: A double-barrelled Monte Carlo attack Michael Taylor, RMIT University, Australia Evaluation of effective atomic numbers of Lif:Mg,Ti and Lif:Mg,Cu,P thermoluminescent dosimeters for electron interactions spanning the keV-MeV energy range Michael L Taylor, School of Applied Sciences, RMIT University, Australia Characterisation of lung tumour under-dosage for interpretation of clinical trial data Michael L Taylor, RMIT University, Australia Three-dimensional dose verification for clinical treatments of small intracranial tumours Michael L Taylor, RMIT University, Australia Three Dimensional Dose Verification for IMRT using a-Si EPIDs Tania Tehovnik, Department of Medical Physics, Macarthur and Liverpool Cancer Therapy Centre, Australia Dosimetric impact of systematic MLC positional errors on step and shoot IMRT for prostate cancer: a planning study Mr Ngie Min Ung, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia Retrospective Analysis of ‘Gamma Distribution’ Based IMRT QA Criteria Mr Chuan-Dong Wen, W P Holman Clinic, Royal Hobart Hospital, TAS 7000, Australia Characterization of a novel 2D array silicon detector “Magic Plate” for IMRT dose verification Miss Jeannie HD Wong, Centre for Medical Radiation Physics, University of Wollongong, Malaysia Evaluation of Adaptive Statistical Iterative Reconstruction (ASIR) algorithm: A Phantom Study Miss Lisa Mong, Austin Health, Australia The Victorian Department of Health (DoH) Funded Diagnostic Medical Physics Training Program Luke Wilkinson, St Vincent’s Hospital, Australia A tool for estimating organ absorbed doses, effective dose and risk for common CT examinations Mr Luke Wilkinson, St. Vincent's Health, Australia The development of independent software tools for the analysis of routine quality control flood images Kevin Hickson, Centre for PET, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, Australia Absorbed fractions for photons in the MIRD spheres using GATE Kevin Hickson, Centre for PET, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, Australia Optimising work practices to minimise the radiation exposure of PET radiopharmacists Kevin Hickson, Centre for PET, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, Australia
17:15	ACPSEM AGM Members Dining Room	EA CMBE Meeting Yarra Park Room
18:15
18:30	JCE Meeting
19:30

Wednesday, 8 December 2010
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08:00	TEAP education seminar-professional awareness module. Registrars and Trainees. Members Dining Room	University Specialty Group Yarra Park Room
09:00	Plenary Session Members Dining Room Radionuclide therapy: Enlightened empiricism or informed planning? Prof Rodney Hicks, University of Melbourne, Australia Clinical Trials and TROG Joan Hatton, University of Newcastle, Australia A/Prof Annette Haworth, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Australia Design and implementation of an anthropomorphic head and neck phantom for use in multi-centre IMRT dosimetry audits Dr Matthew J Williams, Illawarra Cancer Care Centre, The Wollongong Hospital, NSW, Australia	Clinical Eng - Intrduction by E Koumoundouros Yarra Park Room The Clinical Engineering Symposium Dr Emmanuel Koumoundouros, Melbourne School of Engineering, The University of Melbourne.
09:15		Clinical Engineering Yarra Park Room Biophysics & Biomedical Engineering at The University of Melbourne: David Dewhurst's seminal role Prof Richard Kirsner, La Trobe University, Australia Risk management of medical devices in healthcare organisations Dr James C McCauley, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Australia Wireless LAN Architecture for Biomedical Devices Mr Tony D Cowan, Queensland Health, Australia
09:45			Nuclear Medicine Workshop Jim Stynes Room B
10:30	Morning Coffee Olympic Room
11:00	Clinical Trials Members Dining Room A clinical trial for Post-prostatectomy Salvage Radiotherapy Dose and Technique Comparison: PSa DoT Com A/Prof Annette Haworth, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Australia Assessment of New Radiation Oncology Technology and Treatments in Radiation Oncology – the ANROTAT project and collection of IMRT specific data A/Prof Annette Haworth, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Australia Credentialing for a Clinical Radiotherapy Trial Involving Image Guidance: Bladder On-Line Adaptive Radiation Therapy (BOLART) Prof Tomas Kron, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Australia Responses in a phase 1 clinical trial of targeted alpha therapy for metastatic melanoma Professor Barry J Allen, St George Hospital, Australia The Role of Medical Physicists in Developing a Generic Research Framework for the Assessment of New Radiation Oncology Technology and Treatments in Radiation Oncology Melissa M Grand, Trans Tasman Radiation Oncology Group (TROG Cancer Research), Newcastle, NSW, AUSTRALIA, Australia Consideration of Margins for Hypofractionated Radiotherapy Alan Herschtal, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Australia	Clinical Engineering Yarra Park Room Industry Experience, a Student's Perspective Mr Bradley J Hayes, Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Royal Children's Hospital, Australia Biomedical engineering practice for the (rest of the) world Mr Michael Denison, Australia Mr David A Smith, Medigraf Graphics & Engineering Pty. Ltd., Australia Medical Device User Competence Mr George Koning, BioClinical Services, Australia Three Major Interrelated Equipment Management & Tracking Projects Implemented in a Tertiary Teaching Hospital: A Significant Role for Clinical Engineering Mr Alan Thomas, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Australia BEIMS for Biomed Mr Patrick L O'Meley, SSWAHS, Australia Contractor Management and Induction Mr Patrick L O'Meley, SSWAHS, Australia	Novel Dosimetry Jim Stynes Room A Modelling the behaviour of the "push-pull" gel dosimeter Dr Stephen G Bosi, Prince of Wales Hospital, Australia Scintillation dosimetry for modern radiotherapy treatment modalities Mr Paul ZY Liu, School of Physics, University of Sydney, Australia MOSFETs for dose measurements in HDR applications Ms Anna Hayton, School of Applied Sciences, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia Measuring Radiation with Light in Radiotherapy: A Plastic Scintillator Array Dosimeter Mr Rob Wilkins, Biomech, Australia Polymer gel dosimetry using x-ray computed tomography: investigation of the effect of reconstruction technique Jonathan Hindmarsh, Institute of Medical Physics, University of Sydney; Department of Radiation Oncology, Royal North Shore Hospital, Australia Comparison of spin-echo and gradient recalled echo T1 weighted MR images for quantitative voxel-based clinical brain research Dr Leighton R Barnden, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Australia	SPECT Jim Stynes Room B Estimates of Gray/White Matter Perfusion Ratios From HMPAO Brain SPECT Using Segmented MR Data Mr Benjamin Crouch, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Australia Evaluation of Distance-dependent Resolution Compensation in brain SPECT Dr Daniel P Badger, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Australia Dr Leighton R Barnden, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Australia Validation of Co-registration of Clinical Lung Ventilation and Perfusion SPECT Steven H Marsh, Christchurch Hospital, New Zealand MR Guided Spatial Normalization of SPECT Scans Mr Benjamin Crouch, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Australia
12:00				Nuclear Medicine Workshop Jim Stynes Room B
12:30	Lunch & Trade Display Olympic Room
13:30	Incident Reporting Members Dining Room Incident reporting Mr Anthony Arnold Incident of inadvertent radiation exposure in a linac bunker Mrs Mary G Aerts, Radiation Health Branch, Department of Health Western Australia, Australia What Constitutes a Radiology Radiation 'Accident'? Mr Anthony Wallace, Australian Radiation Protection & Nuclear Safety Agency, Australia	Medical Devices Standards and Regulation Workshop Yarra Park Room	Monte Carlo Dose Calculations Jim Stynes Room A Accurate Monte Carlo Simulations of Proton Pencil Beam Scanning Radiation Therapy Mr Stephen Dowdell, Centre for Medical Radiation Physics, University of Wollongong, Australia Monte Carlo nanodosimetry of alpha particle passages through the capillary endothelial nucleus: application to systemic Targeted Alpha Therapy Miss Chen-Yu Huang, St. George Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Australia Monte Carlo generation of dosimetric parameters for eye plaque dosimetry Mr Dean L Cutajar, Centre for Medical Radiation Physics, University of Wollongong, Australia Monte carlo and Experimental verification of dose ditribution around the HDR brachytherapy GZP6 source nomber two Prof Mohammad Taghi Bahreyni Toossi, Mashhad University of medical sciences, Iran	Nuclear Medicine Workshop Jim Stynes Room B Breast Specific Gamma Imaging, BSGI Mr Douglas Kiepers, DILON Technologies IQ SPECT Cardiac Imaging Hans Vija, Siemens, United States Clinical experience with the GE 530 Cardiac Camera Ph.D Marissa Bartlett, Royal Brisbane Hospital, Australia
14:30	Media Panel: Journalist from print, radio and television Members Dining Room
15:30	Afternoon Coffee Olympic Room
16:00	EBT2 Dosimetry Members Dining Room Review of EBT2 dosimetry Dr Matthew Williams, The Wollongong Hospital, Australia Experience with radiochromic film as a dosimeter for an inter-comparison of prostate IMRT treatment delivery Dr Brendan Healy, Radiation Oncology Queensland, Australia Discussion of EBT2	Clinical Engineering Panel - Are we going to make a decision or what? Yarra Park Room	Reference Dosimetry Jim Stynes Room A ARPANSA MV Photon TLD Audit Dr Christopher P Oliver, ARPANSA, Australia Re-establishment of Australian absorbed dose primary standard at Co-60 Dr Peter D Harty, Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency, Australia New method to derive absorbed dose to water from the primary standard graphite calorimeter Dr Duncan J Butler, ARPANSA, Australia Effect on chamber calibration factor of spectral differences between a Varian 6 MV beam and a matched Elekta 6 MV beam Dr Duncan J Butler, ARPANSA, Australia Discussion: Australian Clinical Dosimetry Service	Nuclear Medicine Workshop Jim Stynes Room B
17:15	Networking Hour Olympic Room
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19:00	Conference Dinner

Thursday, 9 December 2010
09:00	Synchrotron Members Dining Room Medical applications of synchrotron radiation Prof Rob Lewis, Monash University, Australia
09:45	Medical Physics Members Dining Room Beam characterisation of the Australian Synchrotron Imaging and Medical Beamline for Microbeam Radiotherapy research Mr Frank M Gagliardi, William Buckland Radiotherapy Centre, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Pseudo-calorimetric dosimetry for Microbeam Radiotherapy (MRT) based on optical interference Alicia E Cavan, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand Biological dosimetry following synchrotron microbeam radiation therapy Dr Jeffrey C Crosbie, Monash University, Australia	Medical Devices Yarra Park Room Medical Devices in South Australia Karen Reynolds
10:30	Morning Coffee Olympic Room
11:00	Radiotherapy General Members Dining Room Measured long-term stability of EPIDs in clinical service Dr Brian W King, University of Newcastle, Australia Managing the backscatter component from the robotic arm of an a-Si EPID Mr Chris G Lee, Central Coast Radiation Oncology Centre, Australia Independent quality assurance of a helical tomotherapy machine using the dose magnifying glass Miss Jeannie HD Wong, Centre for Medical Radiation Physics, University of Wollongong, Malaysia The Acceptance, Commissioning and Clinical implementation of Australia’s first Gamma Knife Mr Michael Grace, 1. Genesis Care 2. Macquarie University Hospital, Australia Accreditation of Physicists in Radiotherapy-Past, Present and Future Mr Steve Howlett, ACPSEM, Australia The use of mock scenarios in clinical skills training for Radiation Oncology Medical Physicists: ARECQA Bootcamp Brisbane 2010 Mr Mark P West, Queensland Health, Australia Mr John Kenny, Premion, Australia Associate Professor Brian J Thomas, Queensland Health, Australia	Biomechanics Yarra Park Room Student Clinical Project Mr Paul Junor, La Trobe University, Australia Exploring gait initiation in Parkinson’s disease by the use of movement-related potentials Dr Mehrnaz Shoushtarian, Clinical Research Centre for Movement Disorders and Gait, Southern Health, Australia Freezing Has No Noticable Effect On Cortical Bone Bending Strength Mr Robert E Day, Royal Perth Hospital & University of Western Australia, Australia Ms Jessica K Down, Royal Perth Hospital & University of Western Australia, Australia Reconstructing the Tibio-Femoral Articular Cartilage of the Knee Joint using Image Segmentation Mr Zarrar Javaid, Department of Engineering Science University of Auckland, New Zealand Comparison of the angular stability of 3.5 Locking Compression Plate (LCP) constructs and 3.5mm String of Pearls (SOP) plate constructs A Prof Mark R Glyde, Murdoch University, School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Australia The effect of screw number and placement on the mediolateral and anterioposterior bending stiffness of 3.5mm Locking Compression Plates (LCP) in an ex-vivo canine tibial fracture gap model A Prof Mark Glyde, School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Murdoch University, Australia	Medical Physics in the Asia Pacific Jim Stynes Room A AFOMP Chair Prof Kwan-Hoong Ng, University og Malaya, Malaysia Certification and Licensing of Medical Physicists in AFOMP Countries Dr W Howell Round, University of Waikato, New Zealand Palliative Radiotherapy in Developing Countries Professor Barry J Allen, St George Hospital, Australia The Status of Medical Physics in the Phillipines Mr Randal Zandro J. Remoto, Makati Medical Center, Philippines Quality audits as a means of improving radiotherapy practice Prof T Kron, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Australia APSIG Update Catherine Lawford, Austin Health Radiation Oncology Centre, Australia
12:30	Conference Close Members Dining Room
13:00