Ljubljanica river and Cankar quay (B.Kladnik)

Proceedings:

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Poster presentations:

• CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY CA AND ANGIOPLASTY PTCA DOSES AT A HOSPITAL IN KHARTOUM-SUDAN. Nada A. Ahmed, S. B. Ibrahim, F. I. Habbani.
• DOSIMETRIC VALIDATION OF STATIC PHOTON ARC RADIOTHERAPY BEAMS BY COMPARISON BETWEEN EBT GAFCHROMIC AND TREATMENT-PLANNING-SYSTEM ISODOSES. Elena Bellan, Francesca Pietrobon
• AUXILIARY DOSIMETRIC CALCULATIONS TO THE BRACHYTHERAPY TREATMENT PLANNING. Burger J., Hudej R.
• ESTABLISHING AN INDEPENDENT QC TESTING OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE EQUIPMENT IN SLOVENIA. Bostjan Drolc
• AN FMRI-DTI INTEGRATED APPROACH IN MOTOR TASK: THE CORTICOSPINAL TRACT VISUALIZATION. D. Dundara, M. Ukmar, G. Garbin, M. Naccarato, E. Trincia, R. Longo.
• ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS, OPTICS AND IONIZATION RADIATIONS IN SURGERY ROOMS: HEALTH HAZARD AND RADIOPROTECTION. Luca Gentile, Walter Sartor, Alessandro Dho, Ferrero Loretta, Francesco Blandamura.
• REDUCTION OF RADIATION DOSE TO OPERATOR IN INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY USING THE RADPAD® DEVICE. Giuseppe Guidarelli, Beatrice Novi, Dario Negroni, Franco Storni.
• RESULTS OF AN INCIDENT REPORTING SYSTEM IMPLEMENTED IN A MEDICAL PHYSICS DEPARTMENT TO DETECT ERRORS IN TREATMENT PLANNING. Maria Rosa Malisan, Angela Fadone, Matteo Duratti.
• COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT IRRADIATION GEOMETRIES IN THE 3D-CRT OF THE BREAST. DO WE ALWAYS NEED TO FOLLOW A STANDARD GEOMETRY OF REFERENCE? Marta Marcantonini, Maria Pia Leogrande, Carlo Raymondi, Claudio Zucchetti, Elisabetta Perrucci, Lorenzo Falcinelli, Cynthia Aristei, Gianni Gobbi.
• COMPARISON OF DVH-PARAMETERS FOR RECTUM WITH IN-VIVO DOSIMETRY FOR CERVIX CANCER BRACHYTHERAPY. Nicole Nesvacil, Irene Humer, Petra Trnkova, Daniel Berger, Richard Pötter, Christian Kirisits.
• DOSIMETRY OF THE COMPENSATED BILATERAL TOTAL BODY IRRADIATION. Stefan Odreitz, Peter Winkler.
• 4 YEARS OF IN VIVO DOSIMETRY AT THE INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY LJUBLJANA. Andrej Strojnik.
• ANALYSIS OF PD BRAIN SPECT IMAGES BY STATISTICAL PARAMETRIC MAPPING. Petra Tomše, Barbara Starovasnik, Ivan Slodnjak, Maja Trošt.
• COMPARISION OF INTENSITY MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY (IMRT) VERSUS TANGENTIAL FIELD TECHNIQUES FOR WHOLE BREAST IRRADIATION WITH INCLUSION OF THE INTERNAL MAMMARY LYMPH NODES WITH OR WITHOUT A DEEP INSPIRATION BREATH-HOLD (DIBH) MODE. Zurl B, Stranzl H, Winkler P, Tauber G, Partl R, Kapp KS.

Oral presentations:

Honorary lecture by Ervin B. Podgoršak: "Medical Physics: an exciting science and rewarding profession."

Friday, 21st May:
1st session	IGRT
	VERFICATION OF QUALITY PARAMETERS FOR PORTAL IMAGES IN RADIOTHERAPY. Csilla Pesznyak, Istvan Polgar, Csaba Weisz, Reka Kiraly, Pal Zarand IMAGE-GUIDED ADAPTIVE THERAPY WITH TOMOTHERAPY AT CRO HOSPITAL IN AVIANO. A. Roggio, M. Trovò, A. Drigo, A. Dassie, E. Capra, M.G. Trovò. ASSESSMENT OF INTEROBSERVER AND INTERMODALITY VARIABILITY FOR LUNG CANCER SBRT-CBCT CONTOURING BENCHMARKED AGAINST CT. Irina Fotina, Carola Lütgendorf-Caucig, Gabriela Altorjai, Dietmar Georg, Karin Dieckmann. FIRST EXPERIENCE IN HUNGARY WITH IMAGE GUIDED RADIATION THERAPY PERFORMED WITH MEGAVOLTAGE CONE BEAM CT. Tibor Major, Peter Agoston, Csaba Polgar. ANALYSIS OF INTRA-FRACTION MOVEMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF RECTAL CARCINOMA USING IGRT BASED ON BONY ANATOMY. Peter Winkler, Carmen Döller, Petra Howischer, Karin Kapp. PROSTATE PATIENT POSITIONING: COMPARISON OF GOLDMARKERS AND ULTRASOUND. Werner F O Schmidt, Johanna Hackl.
2nd session	RADIATION IMAGING
	DOSIMETRIC EVALUATION FOR A 320 DETECTOR ROW CT SCANNER UNIT. Mario de Denaro, Paola Bregant. DIGITAL TOMOSYNTHESIS. Paola Bregant, Mario de Denaro, Salvatore Pittera. X-RAY SPECTRA CALCULATION OF THE MAMMOGRAPHY SYSTEM WITH TUNGSTEN TARGET BY MCNPX CODE. Paola Bregant , Mario de Denaro, Ali Asghar Mowlavi , Angelo Taibi. THE MAMMOGRAPHY CLINICAL STUDY AT ELETTRA SYNCHROTRON LIGHT SOURCE. Renata Longo, Fulvia Arfelli, Luigi Rigon, Diego Dreossi, Elisa Quai, Giuliana Tromba, Maura Tonutti, Fabrizio Zanconati, Daniela Sanabor, Maria Cova, Edoardo Castelli. DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY: DQE VERSUS OPTIMIZED IMAGE QUALITY IN CLINICAL ENVIRONMENT - AN ON SITE STUDY. Nadia Oberhofer, Alessandro Fracchetti, Margareth Springeth, Ehrenfried Moroder.
3rd session	DOSIMETRY AND SPECIAL TECHNIQUES
	CLINICAL APPLICATION OF DIODES AND OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE DETECTORS FOR IN-VIVO DOSIMETRY IN CO-60 BEAMS. Bokulić T., Mrčela I., Budanec M., Fröbe A., Soldić Ž., Kusić Z. THE PROTON THERAPY PROJECT IN TRENTO: MEDICAL PHYSICS ASPECTS. Marco Schwarz, Carlo Algranati, Lamberto Widesott. QUALITY ASSURANCE IN GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY:VERIFYING A FILM DOSIMETER POSITION IN STEREOTACTIC SPACE. Hrvoje Hrsak, Nenad Kovacevic, Juraj Bibic. FLATTENING FILTER FREE BEAMS IN SBRT AND IMRT: DOSIMETRIC ASSESSMENT OF PERIPHERAL DOSES. G. Kragl, F. Baier, S. Lutz, D. Albrich, M. Lind, B. Kroupa, T. Wiezorek, T. Knöös, D. Georg. HELICAL TOMOTHERAPY AS A MODALITY IN TOTAL BODY IRRADIATION. K.-U. Kasch, O. Neumann, U. Jahn, V. Budach. MEASURING SMALL PHOTON BEAMS OUTPUT FACTORS - APPLICATION OF LINEAR CORRECTION FACTORS. Ignasi Méndez Carot, Attila Šarvari, Rihard Hudej, Vlado Robar, Božidar Casar. DOSIMETRIC VERIFICATION OF iPLAN RT DOSE TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEM FOR NOVALIS TX LINEAR ACCELERATOR. Attila Šarvari, Božidar Casar, Ignasi Méndez Carot.
4th session	NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND RADIATION PROTECTION
	IMPACT OF EC DIRECTIVES AND NATIONAL LEGISLATION ON THE POSITION OF MEDICAL PHYSICIST. Advan Drljevic, Svjetlana Sunjic, Adnan Beganovic, Amra Skopljak-Beganovic, Senada Halilovic-Atic, Branka Metlic, Maja Gazdic-Santic. REDUCING SPECT ACQUISITION TIME USING ADVANCED ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION METHODS -A PHANTOM STUDY. Peter Knoll, Gunnar Köchle, Siroos Mirzaei, Helmar Bergmann. A CRITERIA FOR RISK ASSESSMENT BY EXTERNAL EXPOSURE TO WHICH WORKERS ARE EXPOSED IN THE HEALTH SECTOR. Maria Pia Leogrande. THYROID VOLUME'S INFLUENCE ON ENERGY DEPOSITION FROM 131I CALCULATED BY MC SIMULATION. Ali Asghar Mowlavi , Maria Rosa Fornasier, Mario de Denaro. FACTORS AFFECTING PATIENT DOSE DURING INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURES ON THE LIVER. Annalisa Trianni , Alessandro Vit, Daniele Gasparini, Viviana Radici, Renato Padovani. SILICON PHOTOMULTIPLIERS AS PHOTON SENSORS FOR PET. Rok Pestotnik, Rok Dolenec, Peter Križan, Samo Korpar, Ruben Verheyden, Aleš Stanovnik. RESULTS OF A MULTI-CENTRE STUDY OF PATIENT DOSES IN INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY IN SLOVENIA. Dejan Žontar, Urban Zdešar, Vojko Kanič, Damijan Škrk, Dimitrij Kuhelj.
Saturday, 22nd May:
5th session	EFOMP SESSION
	EFOMP Evolution. Stelios Christofides. European Medical ALARA Network Project. Renato Padovani. EU-MPE and IAEA Medical Physics Projects. Stelios Christofides. EFOMP PROJECT: BIOMEDICAL PHYSICS EDUCATION FOR THE MEDICAL / HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONS - AN UPDATE FOR AISCMP2010. C.J. Caruana, M. Wasilewska-Radwanska, A. Aurengo, P.P. Dendy, V. Karenauskaite, M.R. Malisan, J.H. Meijer, D. Mihov, V. Mornstein, E. Rokita, E. Vano, M. Weckstrom, M. Wucherer.
6th session	IMRT AND PLANNING
	PATIENT-SPECIFIC QA OF IMRT PLANS USING EPID AND A DOSE PREDICTION ALGORITHM. Eugenia Moretti, Maria Rosa Malisan, Margherita Crespi, Claudio Foti, Renato Padovani. [18F]-FDG PET /CT CONTOUR-BASED IMRT FOR HEAD AND NECK CANCER. EVALUATION OF SEGMENTATION METHODS ON DOSE DISTRIBUTION AND DOSE ESCALATED PLAN. Paiusco Marta, Botti Andrea, Cagni Elisabetta, D'Errico Vincenzo, Iori Mauro, Iotti Cinzia. HIGH DOSE RATE (HDR) ENDOBRONCHIAL BRACHYTHERAPY. OPERATING PROCEDURE AND DOSE DISTRIBUTION OPTIMIZATION. THE EXPERIENCE OF TRIESTE. Bolidi Laura, Cupardo Fabrizio , Milan Vittorino , Vassallo Fabio. DOSIMETRIC AND RADIOBIOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF TREATMENT PLANNING FOR PELVIC IMRT WITH HYPOFRACTIONATED SIMULTANEOUS INTEGRATED BOOST TO PROSTATE. Maria Rosa Malisan, Claudio Foti, Eugenia Moretti, Alessandro Magli. FORWARD INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY (F-IMRT) FOR PARTIAL BREAST IRRADIATION (PBI) CONFERS HIGH DOSE HOMOGENEITY AND CONFORMATION TO THE TARGET VOLUME. Marco Trovo, Giovanna Sartor, Paola Chiovati, Mario Roncadin, Mauro Arcicasa, Samuele Massarut, Elvia Micheli, Giuseppina Caria, Antonietta Poppa, Elvira Capra, Mauro G. Trovo.