2002 AAPM Summer School, Montreal PQ

WEEKEND AT A GLANCE

Intravascular Brachytherapy and Fluoroscopically –Guided Interventions

Thursday -18 July

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Friday -19 July

Leacock Building, McGill Campus /

Saturday - 20 July

Leacock Building, McGill Campus /

Sunday- 21 July

Leacock Building, McGill Campus
Summer School Registration at Palais des Congres Convention Center
201 Viger Ave West / TIMES / DX / RX / DX / RX / DX / RX
930 / 830 / Quantitative Measurements QCA and IVUS

Dijkstra

/ Operational and Health Physics Issues in the Interventional Laboratory

Balter

/ Regulatory Issues in IR & IVB
Shope & Lipoti
930 / Interventional Cardiology - Review of Clinical Techniques

Waksman/Bonan

/ Interventional Radiology - Review of Clinical Techniques

Miller

/ Accreditation of Interventional Labs and Procedure Optimization

Schueler

/ Verification and QA Procedures

Thomadsen

1030-1100 / Break / Break / Break
Thursday Afternoon lectures at
Palais des Congres
Room 519 / 1100 / Review of System (Continued)/ Pediatric Issues

Rauch & Strauss

/ IVBT Sources

Amols

/ Radiation Dose Management in I.R
Wagner. / Training and Credentialing of I. R. Staff

Archer

/ Professional Roles in VBT

Ibbott

Time / DX / RX / 1200-1330 / Lunch for Meal-ticket holders at RVR Cafeteria / Lunch for Meal ticket holders at RVR Cafeteria / Box Lunch to go for meal ticket holders – pick up at Leacock Lobby
1300 / Welcome and Program Overview of both Tracks
Shope, Chan, Balter / 1330 / Fluoroscopic Image Receptors

Rowlands

/ Dosimetry Formalism -TG43/60 - Beta & Gamma

Soares

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Digital Image Handling and Display

Blume
/ Operational Procedures

Chan

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Depart for Airport

Taxis are numerous: three of you sharing a taxi to Dorval will cost $30 CDN and it will be more direct than the shuttle. You just have to find 2 friends to share.
1400 / Radiation Biology
O'Hara
/ 1430 / PACS & Image Compression in I.R.

Cusma

/ Monte Carlo Modeling for IVBT Sources

Seltzer

/ The System Purchasing Process

Strauss

/ Shielding - Radiation Safety

Barish

/ Call Saturday night for shuttle pick up Sunday:
L’Aerobus - $11 CDN - 514 931-9002
This transportation service will pick up either at the RVCR Dormitory or any of the downtown hotels. The shuttle van takes you to a central downtown station (see address below), where you transfer to the large buses that take you directly to Dorval Airport. You may purchase your ticket at the central downtown station. If you have some time to kill before going to the airport, you can wander around downtown Montreal awhile before going to the main L’Aerobus station.
1500-1530 / Break / 1530-1600 / Break / Break
1530 / Review of Interventional Radiology Systems

Rauch

/ Production of IVBT Source - Principle and Practice

Hu

/ 1600 / Radiation Dose Measurement Methods in I.R.

Seissl

/ Standardization ADCL/NIST

DeWerd

/ Acceptance Testing and Performance Monitoring of I.R. Systems

Nickoloff

/ Treatment Planning for IVBT

Fox

1645 / Shuttle Buses leave Convention Center for McGill and hotels
1800 / Burger BBQ
Ice Breaker at Royal Victoria College Quad / 1800 / Dinner for meal ticket holders
Douglas Hall Quad / Night In
Steak and Salmon BBQ, RVR Quad
1930 / Evening Session
West Lounge, RVCR / 1930 / Evening Session
Exhibitor Session Douglas Hall Cafeteria / Evening Session
West Lounge, RVCR

RVCR = Royal Victoria College Residences, located at the corner of University and Sherbrooke St. The Icebreaker BBQ, West Lounge (evening sessions) and cafeteria meals are located here.

Douglas Hall is located at the top of the hill, past the Montreal Neurological Institute, past the football stadium on University St. All Friday evening sessions are here.

Leacock Auditoriums are located in the Leacock Building on campus. Lectures will be held in Rooms 232 and 132. Please refer to the McGill map.

Thursday Slide Preview (Palais des Congres) is in Room 513A, Level 5.

Friday/Saturday/Sunday Slide Preview (Leacock Building) is in Room 214, Mezzanine Level of the Leacock Bldg.

Got Questions? Come to the LAC office (Room 214 in Leacock Building) from 9-4pm.

The Aérobus Station is located in the heart of Montréal at 777 de la Gauchetière West, on the corner of University Street. This is 6 blocks away from the RVCR, into the downtown core.