The following awards were presented at the 2007 AAPM Annual Meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
William D. Coolidge Award was presented to: Arthur L. Boyer, PhD
Achievement in Medical Physics Award was presented to: Lawrence N. Rothenberg, PhD and Marilyn Stovall, PhD
AAPM Medical Physics Travel Grant was presented to: Sonja Dieterich, PhD
AAPM-IPEM Medical Physics Travel Grant was presented to: George A. Sandison, PhD
Honorary Membership was awarded to: Donn Brascho, MD
Sylvia Sorkin Greenfield Paper Award (non-dosimetry) was given for:
“SemiSPECT: A small-animal single-photon emission computed omography (SPECT) imager based on eight cadmium zinc telluride (CZT) detector arrays”
by H. Kim, L. Furenlid, M. Crawford, D. Wilson, H. B. Barber, T. Peterson, W. J. Hunter, Z. Liu, J. Woolfenden, and H. Barrett.
Med. Phys. 33, Num. 12, 4590 (2006)
Farrington Daniels Paper Award (dosimetry) was given for:
“AnEGSnrc investigation of the PTP correction factor for ion chambers in kilovoltage x ray²”
by D. J. La Russa and D. W. O. Rogers.
Med. Phys. 33, Num. 2, 465 (2006)
The following are named Fellows in 2007 for their distinguished contributions to the AAPM:
Susan Brownie, MSc
Chee-Wai Cheng, PhD
Joanna Cygler, PhD
Bruce Faddegon, PhD
Steven Goetsch, PhD
John Humm, PhD
Mahadevappa Mahesh, PhD
Cynthia McCollough, PhD
Peter Munro, PhD
Adel Mustafa, PhD
William Roventine, MSc
Christopher Serago, PhD
Jan Seuntjens, PhD
George Sherouse, PhD
Thomas Shope, PhD
Ken Shortt, PhD
Timothy Solberg, PhD
Robin Stern, PhD
Cheng-Shie Wuu, PhD
Di Yan, DSc
Marco Zaider, PhD
Timothy Zhu, PhD
2007 John R. Cameron Young Investigator Competition Results
1st Place: Reed Selwyn of University of Wisconsin
“The Development and Validation of An Image-Based Dosimetry System for 90Y Microspheres Used to Treat Hepatic Tumors”
http://www.aapm.org/meetings/07AM/PRAbs.asp?mid=29&aid=6744
2nd Place: Antje-Christin Knopf of Massachusetts General Hospital
“Quantitative Assessment of the Accuracy of Proton Beam Range Verification with PET/CT”
http://www.aapm.org/meetings/07AM/PRAbs.asp?mid=29&aid=7414
3rd Place: Jonas Fontenot of University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
“Stray Radiation Exposure During Proton Radiotherapy of the Prostate: The Influence of the Patient On Scatter and Production “
http://www.aapm.org/meetings/07AM/PRAbs.asp?mid=29&aid=6983
