Conveners
HC. Medical Physics: Improving Health, Saving Lives
- Kenneth Wong (Virginia Tech)
Martin Murphy
(Virginia Commonwealth University)
10/21/11, 10:45 AM
Invited
Modern radiation therapy can achieve a very high level of conformality, meaning that the size and shape of nearly any disease site (such as a tumor) can be irradiated to uniform dose while sparing surrounding normal tissue. However, an inherent limitation in many treatment planning and delivery systems is that the body region under treatment is considered to be static and unchanging. This...
Jessica Ramella-Roman
(Catholic University of America)
10/21/11, 11:15 AM
Invited
Thermal and electrical injuries are devastating and hard-to-treat clinical lesions. The pathophysiology of these injuries is not fully understood to this day. Further elucidating the natural history of this form of tissue injury could be helpful in offering stage-appropriate therapy. Spatial Frequency Domain Imaging (SFDI) is a novel non-invasive technique that can be used to determine optical...
Kenneth Wong
(Virginia Tech)
10/21/11, 11:45 AM
Invited
Sleep is essential for the health of the nervous system. Lack of sleep has a profound negative effect on cognitive ability and task performance. During sustained military operations, soldiers often suffer from decreased quality and quantity of sleep, increasing their susceptibility to neurological problems and limiting their ability to perform the challenging mental tasks that their missions...
Dr
J. Daniel Bourland
(Wake Forest School of Medicine)
10/21/11, 12:15 PM
Invited
Medical physics, an applied field of physics, is the applications of physics in medicine. Medical physicists are essential professionals in contemporary healthcare, contributing primarily to the diagnosis and treatment of diseases through numerous inventions, advances, and improvements in medical imaging and cancer treatment. Clinical service, research, and teaching by medical physicists...
