Roman Vasyltsiv, a PhD student in Dr. Bruza's Optics in Medicine Lab won the SLAM competition at the New England chapter of the American Association of Physics in Medicine meeting in Quincy Massachusetts. Roman gave a 3 minute, 3 slide description of his research work to resolve the spectral features of Cherenkov emission during radiotherapy in order to determine underlying tissue composition. The talk was designed to appeal to non-scientists and was judged by lay people for clarity, interest, and ability to convey complex ideas. Roman will represent the New England Chapter at the upcoming national meeting this summer and was awarded a $500.00 scholarship to help with attendance costs.
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Dartmouth MPEP students awarded first place at NEAAPM competition.
Savannah Decker and Roman Vasyltsiv tied for first place in the New England chapter of the American Association of Physicists In Medicine early investigator competition. Savannah presented, "Improving Cherenkov Dosimetry via Quantitative Skin Tone Analysis". Roman presented "Fast Imaging of Novel Conformal Scintilator Mesh for 2D In Vivo Validation During UHDR PBS Proton Therapy". Savannah and Roman are both PhD students in the Optics in Medicine Laboratory.
Megan Clark awarded Best Abstract at FRPT
PhD student Megan Clark was awarded Best Abstract for her work to be presented at the upcoming Flash Radiotherapy and Particle Therapy Conference (FRPT) this December in Toronto, CA. Megan is presenting ground breaking work using High-speed Quantitative Imaging for Retrospective Quality Assurance FAST-01 Clinical Treatment Fields. This novel technology, developed at Dartmouth can image scanning proton beams at up to 12 kHz and can verify that therapeutic beams are delivered as planned. Congratulations Megan!
Savannah Decker wins 2nd place in AAPM Early-Career Investigator Symposium
Savannah Decker won 2nd place in the 2023 Early-Career Investigator Symposium for her work, Expanding the inclusivity of Cherenkov surface dosimetry by quantifying the effects of skin tone in a multi-institutional human study. Savannah's submission was one of 10 chosen from the hundreds submitted, for oral presentation in the competition which was held at the annual meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine in Houston, TX. Congratulations Savannah!
Yao Chen wins 3rd place in the AAPM Early Career Symposium
Yao Chen placed 3rd in the AAPM Early Career Symposium competition during the AAPM Spring Clinical Meeting in Orlando Florida. Yao presented his work on "Cherenkov-Based Positioning Correction Through Registration of Biomarkers". Yao competed against 9 other top contestants from over 100 submissions nation wide. Congratulations Yao!
2023 AAPM Spring Clinical Meeting Early Career Symposium
Megan Clark, Savannah Decker, and Yao Chen, competed in the Early Career Symposium at the 2023 AAPM Spring Clinical Meeting. Over 100 applicants were submitted to this symposium for the 10 top slots to compete and Dartmouth was well represented with 3 of our graduate students obtaining final slots. Congratulations Megan, Savannah, and Yao!
Dartmouth PhD students win early career symposium at the NEAAPM
Kudos to Megan Clark and Austin Sloop who tied for first place in the Early Career Symposium at the New England Chapter meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine. Megan presented her work on high spatial-temporal resolution scintillation imaging for beam characterization of ultra-high dose rate pencil beams. Austin presented his work on dosimetric stabilization of a modified clinical linear accelerator to deliver FLASH electron beam irradiation.
Megan and Austin are both PhD candidates in the Dartmouth Medical Physics Education Program at the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth.
Congratulations!
Dartmouth MPEP students present their work at Radiation Research Society.
Megan Clark presented "First Single-pulse Scintillation Imaging of Synchrocyclotron Pencil Beam Scanning Proton System" at the 2022 Radiation Research Society meeting.
Savannah Decker presented "In vivo contralateral breast dosimetry via rapid, optical imaging to assess carcinogenesis incidents" at the 2022 Radiation Research Society meeting.
Dartmouth MPEP students present at ASTRO
Students in the Dartmouth Medical Physics Education Program will present their work at the 64th annual meeting of the American Society of Therapeutic Radiation Oncology. Presenting authors are:
Savannah Decker: "Improved Cherenkov Imaging Across a Wide Range of Skin Pigmentation Levels for the Inclusion of Diverse Patient Populations"
Savannah Decker: "Dosimetric Effect of Variations in Bolus Placement Identified via Cherenkov Imaging"
Mahbubur Rahman: "Evaluating Risk of FLASH Experiments on a Clinical LINAC with Failure Mode and Effects Analysis"
Mahbubur Rahman: "Intensity Modulation in Electron FLASH Radiotherapy"
Mahbubur Rahman: "In-vivo Cherenkov Imaging-guided FLASH Radiotherapy"
Austin Sloop: "Comparison of Two Modified Linear Accelerators for use in FLASH Clinical Trials"
Savannah Decker wins NIH F31 Fellowship
Savannah Decker, a 3rd year PhD student in the Pogue/Gladstone labs was awarded an NIH F31 fellowship in support of her thesis work studying real time patient radiation dosimetry via imaging of Cherenkov emission. Savannah is currently investigating the use of color imaging techniques to calibrate the imaging systems for use in diverse patient populations.