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, MDSylvia 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 ray?"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, PhDBruce Faddegon, PhDSteven Goetsch, PhDJohn Humm, PhDMahadevappa Mahesh, PhDCynthia McCollough, PhDPeter Munro, PhD Adel Mustafa, PhDWilliam Roventine, MScChristopher Serago, PhDJan Seuntjens, PhDGeorge Sherouse, PhDThomas Shope, PhDKen Shortt, PhDTimothy Solberg, PhDRobin Stern, PhDCheng-Shie Wuu, PhDDi Yan, DScMarco Zaider, PhDTimothy Zhu, PhD2007 John R. Cameron Young Investigator Competition Results1st 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=67442nd 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=74143rd 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
