Seminars in Medical Physics (MEDPHY 251)                           — Spring 2012 —

Our flagship course, MEDPHY 251 Seminars in Medical Physics, is a weekly seminar where program faculty and students gather. The course is co-instructed by Joseph Lo, Mark Oldham, and Paul Segars. Please see the current and past seminar schedules by selecting the semester links in the navigation bar above.

Our diverse programming includes cutting edge research, debates on hot topics, special topics not covered in core courses (e.g., biostatistics, biophotonics), national conference previews, and workshops on professional skills. Our speakers are comprised of researchers, physicians, clinical physicists, and notable visiting faculty including many prestigious chairs and directors.

Students: For permission codes, please contact program coordinator Olga Baranova PhD and identify your department and grad/prof student status. Per registrar policies, undergraduates may not register for such partial credit courses. Regardless of that, we have a large auditorium, so everybody is welcome!

Mondays 11:40-12:55, Hock Plaza Auditorium unless otherwise noted

Date	Speaker	Topic
Jan 23	Hao Li, Taoran Li Duke Med Phys Program	Doctoral Research Showcase: Class of 2008 Hao Li: Dual-Energy and KV/MV cone beam CT for IGRT Taoran Li:Small steps towards online adaptive radiation therapy
Jan 30	Lynda Ikejimba Duke Med Phys Program, Nooshin Kiarashi Duke Elec & Comp Engineering	SPIE Sneak Preview Ikejimba: Development of a task-based strategy for optimized contrast enhanced breast imaging: analysis of six imaging techniques for mammography and tomosynthesis Kiarashi: Development of a dynamic 4D anthropomorphic breast phantom for contrast-based breast imaging
Feb 06	Eric Monson Duke Computer Science	Medical Physics as a Profession: Effective Graphics Visualization for Scientific Writing
Feb 13	Anuj Kapadia PhD Duke Radiology	Biostatistics for Boards and Beyond
Feb 20	Fang-Fang Yin PhD Duke Rad Onc	My 25 years of medical physics experiences: From a student to the present and beyond
Feb 27	Chris Lascola MD PhD Duke Radiology	New Contrast Mechanisms for Molecular MR Imaging
Mar 05	No Seminar, Spring Break
Mar 12	Bastiaan Driehuys PhD Duke Radiology	Imaging Pulmonary Gas Exchange from Mouse to Human using Hyperpolarized 129Xe MRI
Mar 19	Joel Karp PhD U Penn Radiology	Directions to improve PET instrumentation for clinical imaging
Mar 26	John Kirkpatrick MD PhD Duke Rad Onc	Radiosurgery for CNS diseases
Apr 02	Sua Yoo PhD Duke Rad Onc	Breast Radiation Treatment: Clinic + Research
Apr 09	Mike Zalutsky PhD Duke Radiology	Targeted Radiotherapy
Apr 16	Bennett Chin MD Duke Radiology	Small Animal Molecular Imaging with Micro PET / CT

updated 03/08/2012