21st Annual CIRMS Meeting
“Confidence Through Measurement Traceability”
October 22-25, 2012
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
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Presentation Library
Tuesday- Plenary Session
"Achieving measurement traceability through use of dosimetry standards"
Denise Cleghorn, Boston Scientific
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"Thin-film semiconductor technology applied to large area radiation detectors"
Bruce Gnade, The University of Texas at Dallas
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"Presentation of the 2012 Randall S. Caswell Award - CIRMS, The Bureau, and me or 40 years of boondoggles and fiascos"
Joseph McDonald, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (retired)
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Denise Cleghorn, Boston Scientific
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"Thin-film semiconductor technology applied to large area radiation detectors"
Bruce Gnade, The University of Texas at Dallas
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"Presentation of the 2012 Randall S. Caswell Award - CIRMS, The Bureau, and me or 40 years of boondoggles and fiascos"
Joseph McDonald, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (retired)
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Tuesday- Junior Investigator Symposium
"Development and implementation of a remote audit tool for high dose rate (HDR) Ir-192 brachytherapy using optically stimulated luminescence dosimetry"
Kevin Casey, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
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"3D dosimetry of the Amersham 6711 and AgX100 Iodine-125 brachytherapy sources with PRESAGE"
Olivia Huang, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
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"Dosimetric characterization of the CivaString Pd-103 brachytherapy source"
Joshua Reed, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Kevin Casey, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
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"3D dosimetry of the Amersham 6711 and AgX100 Iodine-125 brachytherapy sources with PRESAGE"
Olivia Huang, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
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"Dosimetric characterization of the CivaString Pd-103 brachytherapy source"
Joshua Reed, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Wednesday- Plenary Session
"Nuclear forensics and the requirement of Certified Reference Materials"
Jeff Leggitt, Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Jeff Leggitt, Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Monday- Radiation Protection & Homeland Security
"Radiological traceability program (RTP) between NIST and DOE Radiological and Environmental Science Laboratory (RESL)"
Svetlana Nour, National Institute of Standards and Technology
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"NRIP: NIST Radiochemistry Intercomparison Program"
Jerome La Rosa, National Institute of Standards and Technology
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"The urgent requirement for new radioanalytical CRMs for measurement traceability in nuclear safeguards, nuclear forensics, and consequence management"
Jacqueline Mann, National Institute of Standards and Technology
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"Traceability for activity measurements in nuclear forensics"
John Keightley, National Physical Laboratory, United Kingdom
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"Radiological chronometry of uranium metal samples"
Lisa Meyers, University of Cincinnati
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Svetlana Nour, National Institute of Standards and Technology
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"NRIP: NIST Radiochemistry Intercomparison Program"
Jerome La Rosa, National Institute of Standards and Technology
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"The urgent requirement for new radioanalytical CRMs for measurement traceability in nuclear safeguards, nuclear forensics, and consequence management"
Jacqueline Mann, National Institute of Standards and Technology
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"Traceability for activity measurements in nuclear forensics"
John Keightley, National Physical Laboratory, United Kingdom
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"Radiological chronometry of uranium metal samples"
Lisa Meyers, University of Cincinnati
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Monday- Industrial Applications and Material Effects
"Alloy compensation methodology of thickness gauge in steel industry"
Jin-Woo Lee, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute
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"Gamma technology: Irradiation systems applied to precision dose applications"
Kevin O'Hara, Nordion
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Jin-Woo Lee, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute
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"Gamma technology: Irradiation systems applied to precision dose applications"
Kevin O'Hara, Nordion
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Tuesday & Wednesday- Industrial Applications and Material Effects
"Enhancement of the extraction of uranium from seawater"
Mohamad Al-Sheikhly, University of Maryland, College Park
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"So, what should we do with these check standards?"
Marc Desrosiers, National Institute of Standards and Technology
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"Radiation curing of 3-D printable polymers"
Walter Voit, The University of Texas at Dallas & Syzygy Memory Plastics
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Mohamad Al-Sheikhly, University of Maryland, College Park
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"So, what should we do with these check standards?"
Marc Desrosiers, National Institute of Standards and Technology
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"Radiation curing of 3-D printable polymers"
Walter Voit, The University of Texas at Dallas & Syzygy Memory Plastics
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Monday- Medical Applications
Session: Current Standards in Radiation Therapy
"Linac dosimetry - Are chamber-specific calibration factors really necessary?"
Malcom McEwen, National Research Council Canada
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Session: Imaging and Non-ionizing Radiation Standards
"An update of 'VirtualDose' software used for assessing patient organ doses from CT examinations"
Aiping Ding, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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"NEMA (MITA) XR-25 CT dose-check standard"
David Zamora, University of Washington Medical Center
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"Linac dosimetry - Are chamber-specific calibration factors really necessary?"
Malcom McEwen, National Research Council Canada
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Session: Imaging and Non-ionizing Radiation Standards
"An update of 'VirtualDose' software used for assessing patient organ doses from CT examinations"
Aiping Ding, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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"NEMA (MITA) XR-25 CT dose-check standard"
David Zamora, University of Washington Medical Center
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Tuesday- Medical Applications
Session: Pathway for Development of Careers in the Field of Medical Physics/Miscellaneous
"Dosimetry for air travelers"
Larry Hudson, National Institute of Standards and Technology
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"The need for National standards: Calibration laboratories or dose?"
Larry DeWerd, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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"Dosimetry for air travelers"
Larry Hudson, National Institute of Standards and Technology
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"The need for National standards: Calibration laboratories or dose?"
Larry DeWerd, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Wednesday- Medical Applications
Session: Challenges and Future Needs of Medical Uses of Radiation
"Measurement of dose to implanted cardiac devices in radiotherapy patients"
Moyed Miften, University of Colorado
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"The feasibility of energy-based dosimetry for low-energy photon-emitting brachytherapy sources"
Martha Malin, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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"Future needs for standards in Y-90 microsphere therapy"
Reed Selwyn, Uniformed Services University
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"Measurement of dose to implanted cardiac devices in radiotherapy patients"
Moyed Miften, University of Colorado
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"The feasibility of energy-based dosimetry for low-energy photon-emitting brachytherapy sources"
Martha Malin, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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"Future needs for standards in Y-90 microsphere therapy"
Reed Selwyn, Uniformed Services University
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