VOL. XVII, Supplement 4, 2001

Proceedings of the Topical Meeting on "Medical Radiation Physics and Engineering", Lisbon (Portugal), November 20-22, 2000

A - Radiation for Therapy

P. Crespo, J. Debus, W. Enghardt, Th. Haberer, O. Jäkel, M. Krämer, G. Kraft
Tumor Therapy with Carbon Ion Beams

J.Mª. de Frutos Baraja, M. Llorente Manso, J.R. Sendón del Río, A. del Castillo Belmonte, M.A. Saornil Álvarez, F. López-Lara Martín
Use of General Brachytherapy Planning System with Epiescleral Plaques

A. del Castillo Belmonte, J.M a . de Frutos Baraja, M. Llorente Manso, J.R. Sendón del Río
Exit dose as a method to verify external radiotherapy treatments in vivo by TLD’s

J.Mª. de Frutos Baraja, J.R. Sendón del Río, M. Llorente Manso, A. del Castillo Belmonte, F. López-Lara Martín
Assessment of Different Reconstruction Methods in a Brachytherapy Treatment Planning System

F.M.C. Clemêncio, M.C. Lopes, C.M.B.A. Correia
4 MV Photon Beams Dosimetry with Kodak X-Omat V Films for External Radiotherapy

A. Irles, I.C. Gonçalves, M.C. Lopes, A.C. Fernandes, A.G. Ramalho, J. Pertusa
A Biological Study on the Effects of High and Low LET Radiations Following Boron Neutron Capture Reaction at the Portuguese Research Reactor

M.C. Lopes, F. Preto, C. Alves
Electron Output Factors for Irregular Fields Following Commissioning Procedures in Plato RTS 2

C. Alves, M.C. Lopes, A. Chaves, L. Peralta, P. Rodrigues, A. Trindade, C. Oliveira
Build-up Measurements and Calculations for Photon Beams

A. Pascoal, N. Teixeira, E. Alves
Influence of radiotherapy treatments in head and neck oncological patients with biomaterial pros-theses

U. Oelfke, B. Rhein, P. Häring
Dosimetric Procedures and Problems of IMRT

B - Radiation for Diagnosis

M. Llorente Manso, A. del Castillo Belmonte, J.Mª. de Frutos Baraja, J.R. Sendón del Río
A Tool for Contour Comparison in Different Image Sets

M.F. Botelho, M. Couceiro, C.M. Gomes, J.J. Pedroso de Lima
Pulmonary Arterial-Venous Shunts: A Method for Detection and Quantification

M. Stoeva, G. Spassov, S. Tabakov
A PC Program for Building of Database for Quality Control in Diagnostic Radiology

S. Tabakov, M. Stoeva, C.A. Lewis
The Effect of Quality Control on Some X-Ray Tube Output Parameters

C.A. Cordeiro, L. Gonzalez, E. Vano, M.J. Perez Castejon, A. Jimenez, H.R. Montz, M. Domper, J.L. Carreras
Estimation of absorbed doses to patients from PET imaging

M.O. Leach
Assessing Response to Treatment Using Magnetic Resonance

C - Instrumentation and Technology

I.C. Dormehl, F.H.A. Schneeweiss, W.K.A. Louw, R.J. Milner, E. Kilian
Optimalisation of Radiolabelled Polymin-MP of Different Molecular Sizes as a Selective Bone Seeker for Therapy in Animal Models

P. Ferreira, N. Teixeira, M. Ramalho
Critical Analyses of the Calibration of PDR/HDR Source

C.A. Lewis, D.S. Evans
SafeSpecs - A Web Based Solution for X-ray Equipment Specification

D - Training and Profession

D.R. Chettle, D.R. Boreham, F.E. McNeill, W.V. Prestwich
Medical Physics Education at the Undergraduate Level

J.R. Sendón del Río, J.M a . de Frutos Baraja, A. del Castillo Belmonte, M. Llorente Manso, J. Almansa
Introduction to Medical Physics (Radiotherapy) for Physics Sciences Students

C. Roberts, S. Tabakov, C.A. Lewis, S. Bowring, D.S. Smith, D. Evans, A. Litchev, B.-A. Jonsson, M. Ljungberg, S.-E. Strand, I.-L. Lamm, L. Jonsson, F. Milano, L. Riccardi, A. Benini, G. da Silva, N. Teixeira, A. Pascoal, P. Ferreira, A. Noel, P. Smith, L. Musilek, N. Sheahan, P.J. Blake, J. Young, M. Folkesson, U. Peterson
EMERALD Training in Medical Radiation Physics

E - Mathematical Methods of Simulation

A.D. Oliveira, J.J. Pedroso de Lima
The Spatial Structure of Photons Scattered in Water

N. Teixeira, G.R. Cunha, J. Gomes da Silva
Important Radiotherapy Quantities Using Statistical Analysis of PDD Simulation Curves

A. Leal, F. Sánchez-Doblado, M. Rincón, M. Perucha, R. Arráns, J. Roselló, I. Camacho, M. Sierra, E. Carrasco
Distributed processing for CPU time optimisation in Monte Carlo simulation

F. Sánchez-Doblado, A. Leal, M. Perucha, R. Arráns, M. Rincón, B. Sánchez-Nieto, E. Carrasco, J. Roselló, L. Errazquin, J.A. Sánchez-Calzado
Monte Carlo as a tool for treatment planning verification

F - Radiation Protection and Legislation

P.J. Blake, J. Young, D.S. Evans
The Use of Entrance Skin Exposure Nomograms for Patient Dosimetry in the Absence of a DAP Meter

C.A. Lewis
Recognition of the Qualified Expert in the United Kingdom

M. Marco, M. Rodríguez, J. Menarguez, S. Falcon
Specific Radiation Protection Training for Supervisors of Medical Installations in Spain

Leopoldo Arranz
Scientific Bases and Principles of the Radiation Protection System for Medical Applications